This past weekend when we were up on the North Shore the wind was blowing hard and the lake was ready for surfers (yes a few crazy people do surf Lake Superior in the winter). The waves were high and crashing into the shore right outside our hotel, so I took a few moments to […]
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Took a visit to the Como Conservatory this past week and basked in the warmth of plants and flowers. Also visited the tropical area and got a few brightly colored birds. The flowers were mostly done using my Tamron 24mm f/2.8, which does an adequate job of macro work. The rest were on my Sony […]
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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 racing in the women’s beginner division, but I also had time to shoot most of the men’s beginner race as well. One of the unique challenges with races like this […]
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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 the flowers that grow there, and as a photographer I always like the opportunity to shoot something new. The bog walk at Lake Bemidji State Park is only a half […]
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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 Recreation Area again. We first visited last year in May and not a lot was blooming yet. Now that it’s June we got a chance to see a lot more […]
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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 means that participants have 1 hour to traverse a 4.167 mile looped course. They can then rest until the top of the next hour when they do it all over […]
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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 last posted in March about turning 48 and then ended up going silent for a while, and I decided that’s OK. It’s not for lack of ideas for content, I’ve […]
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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) and Petrified Forest National Park. Although we didn’t get to the actual petrified wood portion of the park we did spend some time along the painted desert. This vast expanse […]
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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 visited Techatticup Mine (sometimes known as Nelson Ghost Town) which is on the way through Eldorado Canyon. This attraction is an old mining town that is filled with original buildings […]
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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 lunch at Corktown Deli. I also decided to head down to Canal Park and get a few shots of the frozen shoreline. Seeing the ice coated rocks is always spectacular. […]
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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 busy-ness of the Fall finishes up. However, today I got to spend some time with my oldest child as we worked on a photography project he’s doing for school. We […]
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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 got a chance to try out my new camera in our native plant garden. There have been so many bees of different kinds that come through that it’s been a […]
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Second Runnings 