Photography

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 […]

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

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 […]

July 5, 2021

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 […]

May 16, 2021

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 […]

May 9, 2021

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 […]

May 6, 2021

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 […]

March 17, 2021

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 […]

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021

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 […]

October 20, 2020

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 […]

October 6, 2020

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 […]

September 10, 2020

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 […]

July 10, 2020

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 […]

May 15, 2020

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 […]

February 16, 2020December 29, 2020

A 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 […]

July 20, 2019July 20, 2019

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 […]

June 27, 2019

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 […]

May 19, 2019May 19, 2019

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 […]

January 21, 2019

Cold fog

This morning on my run the temps were in the mid 20s, which was awesome. It also meant that all our recent snow was starting […]

February 27, 2018

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 […]

December 27, 2017December 26, 2017

Cold morning sunrise

I went out for a run at Elm Creek Saturday morning and managed a really nice 8.8 mile loop of the singletrack. Since I was […]

December 24, 2017December 23, 2017

A lonely, perfect, snowman

This morning I headed out for a 4 mile run nice and early. This route takes me past a big park and some ball fields […]

December 20, 2017December 19, 2017

Iowa at sunrise

I’m down in Iowa for a bit this weekend and got a chance to snap this sunrise shot. It was a cool crisp morning and […]

December 10, 2017

Sun show

Not sure why lately, but the sunrises and sunsets around here have been beautiful. It seems like every morning and evening there’s an amazing display […]

December 2, 2017December 1, 2017

Dam at Sunrise

This past Sunday on my bike ride I got to view a beautiful sunrise. I was biking over the Coon Rapids Dam and managed to […]

November 30, 2017November 28, 2017

A Goober

My brother-in-law and his fiancé have a cat named Goober. We were at their house on Sunday and while sitting around I got a nice […]

November 28, 2017November 26, 2017

Dreary rainy day

I had Friday off of work to get some work done on some personal projects. It’s a rainy and dreary day which means that there’s […]

November 18, 2017November 17, 2017

Playing with some Panasonic cameras

This weekend my good friend Wes started talking about looking at a mirrorless camera setup. As someone who’s gone through that transition before I was […]

November 14, 2017November 13, 2017