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A twice-monthly publication about living photography with practical insights, creative ideas, and the occasional adventure story.
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The Unnamed Island at The Tombolo (opens the original)
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Photos of the Moonrise Behind the Grand Marais Lighthouse (opens the original)
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Recently, a private photo workshop I was teaching fell on the full moon. Instead of photographing the sunset, which is what I usually do for private lessons, we waited for the nearly full moon to rise behind the Grand Marais lighthouse. I had planned for the moon to rise inside the lighthouse’s legs, with nearly the same amount of space above and below it. This would be one of the best alignments of the year, but we’d only have a few minutes to capture it.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-
Photos of Northern Night Skies (opens the original)
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This summer’s night skies in northern Minnesota were spectacular as always. That’s not all that newsworthy for a newsletter. Yet every time I step outside my house near Grand Marais and look up at the night sky on a moonless night, it feels unreal. I grew up in a city and did spend time in the Iowa countryside looking at stars, but nothing I saw there or anywhere else growing up compared to what I see here. I’m awestruck every time. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://subs
The Right Tool for the Job (opens the original)
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Earlier this week, I watched a video from a photography influencer who said that a tool I often use “does more harm than good.”I was a little taken aback. He was talking about split neutral-density filters, which are also known as ND grads, and bracketing and using HDR to composite shots together. I’ve been using split neutral-density filters for decades and have been using bracketed shots since film days, and using HDR since I went digital. I’ve tested the two approaches against each other and
The Photograph I Didn't Take (opens the original)
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The last few weeks have been rough here in northeastern Minnesota. Wildfires continue to burn in and around the Boundary Waters, although fire conditions have finally given us a week-long break from the smoke.A few days ago someone asked if I’d been out photographing the fires.I told them no. Subscribe now<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gyuq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A
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