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UP fall 2018 Images Click the link above to see the 30 images big if on a computer. New prints form this trip also available! Click the print store link above. Thanks for looking and thanks for sharing. I’m hoping to blog about some individual images and stories from my trip.
Hey! I’m making a 2019 photography calendar! Twelve photos of northern Michigan photographed over the last several years. I’m taking pre-orders now. $15.00 (plus shipping $3.95) for pre-orders, $20.00 (plus shipping $3.95) after October 15. The plan is to start shipping the third week of November, plenty of time for holiday gift giving or to …
Continue reading → “2019 Wall Calendar of Northern Michigan Landscape Photography”
West Branch Falls (West Branch Yellow Dog Falls on Google Maps) are in the north half of the McCormick Wilderness, part of the Ottawa National Forest. The area is in one of the most isolated parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, northwest of Marquette, in the southern part of the Huron Mountains. (yes, you read that …
Continue reading → “Waterfall Wednesday – West Branch Falls on West Branch Yellow Dog River”
1. Get close. “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough,” a quote attributed to famous war photographer Robert Capa. Getting close helps you to isolate your subject, or main subject, and shows the viewer exactly what you want them to see. If you can’t physically move closer for whatever reason, but try …
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There have been times I’ve been sent on photo assignments by a newspaper to capture someone going about their job or daily life, but when I get there the first thing they say is the dreaded, “what do you want me/us to do.” Ugh! Or I’ve been at a school, maybe photographing some kids working …
Continue reading → “Shoot family photos like a photojournalist”
When I used to teach a beginning photography class at Schoolcraft Community College I would always get asked, “what do you like to take pictures of?” My first gut reaction was usually that I wasn’t sure. But my actual answer was along the lines of, “things I have never photographed before.” That was one of …
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