
Photographing Crit Races
Last night I got the chance to photograph the beginner races of the Tuesday Night Crit series at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. My wife was…
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Lake Bemidji State Park Bog Walk
Last month when we were up in Bemidji, MN we stopped by the Bog Walk at Lake Bemidji State Park. My wife loves bogs and…
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Big Bog SRA June 2022
We just got back from a big vacation up in the Bemidji area of Minnesota. While we were there we visited the Big Bog State…
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Elm Creek Backyard Ultra photos
A week ago I had the opportunity to photograph the first ever Elm Creek Backyard Ultra. This is a last man standing style event, which…
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Quiet on the blogging front
After many years of blogging regularly (some years every single day) I ended up stepping back for the past month to take a breath. I…
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Petrified Forest National Park
On our drive back we managed to stop at a couple of national parks including the Grand Canyon (which we had never been to before)…
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Techatticup Mine
We’re getting the opportunity to visit some interesting sites out here in Nevada while we’re here for a couple of weeks. This past weekend we…
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Lake Superior Winter Photos
On my way back from the Arrowhead 135 I stopped off in Duluth to pick up some cookies from Positively Third Street and get some…
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Some flower photography
Despite being absent from posting here very much lately, I’m still alive and well. Just taking a break from a bunch of things while the…
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Garden Flowers and Pollinators
I’m still working on some product reviews, but with the weather getting cold around here, I wanted to share something bright and warm. I recently…
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Moving up to full frame
I’ve been in the photography world since I was in my early teens. At 13 I was using an OLD Kodak rangefinder camera to document…
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Black Hills Photo Dump
Just got back from a trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota and despite having all the best intentions to blog about the trip…
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Photographing the Afton Trail Run
July 4th weekend is the traditional weekend of the Afton Trail Run at Afton State Park just outside the Twin Cities. This long standing event…
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Photos: Zippel Bay State Park
Finally, I have a few shots from Zippel Bay State Park. We were staying 30 minutes south of Baudette and decided that we couldn’t pass…
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Photos: Big Bog
Time for some more photos from the recent trip. Since I spent a lot of time at Big Bog doing video, I didn’t end up…
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Photos: Lost 40
On our journey up north we made a stop at the Lost 40 Scientific and Natural Area, a fascinating plot of land in the middle…
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Experimenting with astrophotography
This past weekend the wife and I spent time in a cabin out away from the city. The night skies were clear, which meant it…
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Bird photos at Sax Zim Bog
The wife and I took a short weekend away recently, and one of our goals was to hit Sax Zim Bog in northern Minnesota. My…
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The first snow of 2020
Sure enough, 2020 is being itself again. We’re getting record setting snow on October 20th here in Minnesota. It’s amazing and wild to see 6…
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A little documentary work
My wife decided to do a tour of regional park reserves, and set about planning a 3 day, two night, bikepacking trip to visit them…
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Fish Lake Trails at Cedar Creek Ecological Center
Haven’t done a photo post in a bit, and the other week we headed out to Fish Lake Trails at Cedar Creek. I decided to…
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Itasca State Park photos
I just realized it’s been a while since I’ve done a simple photography post. I recently edited a handful of photos from Itasca State park…
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New phones are a photographer’s dream
Last year I upgraded my iPhone 7 to an iPhone 11 Pro. One of the most compelling features of the 11 is the cameras. The…
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International Wolf Center
I’ve always wanted to visit the northern Minnesota town of Ely. As a kid I knew plenty of people who went up north to the…
Read moreA little canoe photography
I haven’t done a photo post on the blog in a while, so I thought tonight’s little adventure deserved one. We attended a fun event…
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Savanna Portage Photos
I realized I haven’t posted this yet, so here’s my gallery of shots from Savanna Portage State Park. Unfortunately, the mosquitoes were so bad that…
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Some north shore photography
I haven’t done a pure photo post in a while, so I decided now’s a good time. I was on my way back from volunteering…
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Super Blood Wolf Moon
Sunday night we got to experience a lunar eclipse. This will be the only one we will be able to see this year, and so…
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Hashtag Living My Best Life
A month or so ago, I was sitting in a small brewpub in rural Wisconsin, listening to some nice folk/bluegrass music on the PA, enjoying…
Read moreSmokey morning sun
This morning I went out for a 15 mile run, and as I came around the corner of one of the turns on the single…
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First Day of Spring
Officially, today is the beginning of Spring. So in Minnesota that means that it’s cold and we’re experiencing snow. That’s just how we roll here.…
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Another post about something beautiful
Once again our world is ripped apart by the news of yet another school shooting. We’re back into the same pattern of talking about making…
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The warm sound of dripping water
On my walk back from lunch today I took a path that brings me under a bridge. As I passed by this one pillar I…
Read moreAn Ice Palace walk
Over lunch today I decided to finally head over and check out the Ice Palace at Rice Park. Growing up in Saint Paul in the…
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Some Trooper Photos
Last night I had the honor of photographing my good friend Michael in his newly minted Stormtrooper outfit. He’s had a long standing ambition to…
Read moreHummingbirds!
Down in Vegas there are lots of hummingbirds. Where we were staying had a hummingbird feeder right outside the patio. This afforded me the ability…
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Plants of the desert
Over the past few days I’ve had the opportunity to shoot some pics of the various plant life in the desert outside Vegas. It’s still…
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Bighorn Sheep in Boulder
The other day we were in Boulder City, NV, which is the town that was created to support to the building of the Hoover Dam.…
Read moreHaze over Vegas
I’ve got some stories to share from our trip out west, and in particular a story about trying to climb Black Mountain. I’ll save that…
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Testing the sled harness
On Sunday the temps rose in to the mid teens, and I was feeling antsy, so it was a perfect time to pull out my…
Read moreMissing snow
So far this winter, the Twin Cities are down 18 inches of snow that we should have gotten. It’s made for a very dry year…
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The beauty of winter
Last week the historic Grain Belt sign was due to be relit. I’ve been wanting to get down to take some pics of it, but…
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2017 Photography Review
Photo posts on this blog are a common sight. I’ve put up 78 different posts tagged with “photography” in the past year alone. Sometimes it…
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