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Minnesota Northern Lights over the Pigeon River
Over the past 17 days, I’ve canoed about 250 or so miles from Crane Lake to Lake Superior via the Border Route in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. I joined Amy and Dave Freeman of Wilderness...
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Canoeing in the Fog
Canoeing in the Fog, originally uploaded by Bryan Hansel. Via Flickr: Canoeing on Sag in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. A dense fog covers everything. This is a post from Bryan Hansel...
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Lake Superior Winter Photography Workshop 2012
In February, Lake Superior starts to freeze. Thick sheets of pack ice get pushed up onto the shore making a maze of blue ice to walk through. This ice also makes an interesting subject to photograph —...
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A Stream Inside a Circle
This photo is from the Kadunce River near Grand Marais, Minnesota. This is a post from Bryan Hansel Photography. Respond and ask questions at A Stream Inside a Circle.
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January 2012 Newsletter – The Grand Marais Photography Update
This year December seemed more like November, and November seemed more like December. Usually on the north shore, we get waves — lots of waves — in November, but this year it was relatively calm, and...
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The Grand Marais Photographer Newsletter March 2012
489 pictures out of about 1,500. That’s the number of pictures that I kept in February. Out of those 489, I had 70 that I considered worth flagging for adjustment. Out of those 70, I really love about...
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The Grand Marais Photographer Newsletter April 2012
What a month March was in the northland. It got hot, the snow melted, it got cold, it snowed. The waterfalls are running, kayakers are kayaking and skiers are still skiing. It was an unusual March in...
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Spring Waterfall Photography Workshop
In April when winter’s snowpack melts, it rushes down Lake Superior’s tributaries and over the numerous waterfalls. The waterfalls thunder, the narrow canyons fill and the ground shakes from the...
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Northern Landscapes 2013 Calendar
My Northern Landscapes 2013 Calendar features images from the Grand Marais and Grand Portage area of Cook County, Minnesota. I took each of the images at some point during 2012, so all the images are...
View ArticleFree eBook: North Shore Impressions: Favorite Photos of 2012
Over the last week, I’ve been looking back at the photos I took in 2012 trying to identify my best images of the year and my favorite images of the year. I also compared this year’s photos to last year...
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September Newsletter: Basic Night Sky Lightroom Preset
August Wrap-Up August was a busy month in the Grand Marais area, it kicked in with Fisherman’s Picnic, then we had the Grand Portage Rendezvous Days and Powwow. That was followed by an extremely busy...
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November Newsletter: The Prime Challenge
Typically, October is a month of rest and recovery and calm in the northwoods. Grand Marais gets slow, the woods change from showy to a state of waiting for winter. It gets easy to find a seat in a...
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December Newsletter: Keep Your Hands Warm During Winter Photography
With the massive amounts of snow that we’ve gotten over the last few days, it’s hard to think back about November. November is always about changes. The land starts to freeze and then it thaws and then...
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2014 Northern Landscapes Calendar
The last year has been a good one for my photography. I’ve felt like I’ve really pushed myself to get outside and photograph more often, but I also feel like I’m making more images that way that I...
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2014 Northern Nightscapes Calendar
Over 2013, I shot the night sky more than usual and ended up with enough images to put together a night sky calendar. All of these images are of the night sky near Grand Marais. So, this year, there...
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Photography is Curiosity, Creativity, Math, Science and Imagination
One reason that I love photography is that it combines many different engaging elements, including some of my favorite aspects of life: curiosity, creativity, math, science and imagination. While...
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What Happens When You Stack Filters? Is it sharp enough? Is the color good...
What a brutal winter, eh? But it has been perfect for photography. In Grand Marais, the sun rises over Lake Superior and it sets over Lake Superior, which is what makes it the perfect location for...
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Photography is Exploration, Discovery and Reward
In January, I wrote about how I thought that Photography is Curiosity, Creativity, Math, Science and Imagination. It’s now March and I still feel the same (us creative types can sometimes change our...
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The Full Moon Shot behind the Grand Marais Lighthouse is in Jeopardy
In August, the full moon rises directly behind the Grand Marais lighthouse if you stand near the boat ramp in the campground and recreation park. It’s a popular shot to get and photographers come to...
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Equipment Does Matter; Equipment Doesn’t Matter
There’s a pseudo-debate in photography that has been going on for awhile, but it flares up now and then and it has recently. The debate goes like this: equipment doesn’t matter, because you can make...
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