Visual Conversations
The Spoon & Cherry This past weekend we focused our night shooting on the Walker Art Center’s famous Sculpture Garden, in particular the “Spoon & Cherry”. Our goal was to capture the Spoon with the Minneapolis skyline in the background for use in our annual calendar. We had a couple of surprises in the process; [...]
Lately we have been focusing on night photography both for the diversity and with o0ur 2012 Calendar in mind. This group is the first of several we will be building over time and was taken on the Historic Stone Arch Bridge adjacent to the Historic Mill District that was the commerce center for Minneapolis during [...]
There are two spectacular seasons along Lake Superior’s shores: Fall and Winter. Fall is the time of year when the North Shore becomes a major tourist destination as folks from all over make their annual “leaf peeping” pilgrimage to witness Fall in all of its’ glory.
There are two spectacular seasons along Lake Superior’s shores: Fall and Winter.
Originally built as an aerial transfer, ferry, or transporter bridge, was completed in 1905, the Aerial Bridge’s design centered around a gondola that could carry 350 people plus wagons, streetcars, or automobiles. A trip across the canal took about one minute, and the ferry car moved across once every five minutes during busy times of the day. However, it wasn’t long before the city was forced to remodel the bridge to accommodate increasing demand from tourists and expanding population.
The Skagit River Valley in Washington produces the second highest crops of spring bulbs next to Holland. The Tulip Festival is held annually during the end of March and beginning of April, to say that it is colorful is an understatement! Despite the lack of sun the colors in the tulip fields were saturated with reds, yellows and every combination each, the scale of the crops can only be comprehended by standing in the middle of a field, regardless of which direction you turn your eyes will be bathed in color.
The annual Duluth Tall Ships Festival in August occurs during a yearly Great Lakes race of working wind powered boats. Altogether, nine tall ships converged on Duluth beginning July 28th, 2010. Included in the armada were the Denis Sullivan, Wisconsin’s official boat, the schooner Roseway, the Barque Europa and the HMS Bounty.
In the Fall of last year we set out on a photo expedition to Colorado to capture mountain landscapes in their full splendor.
One of the fun things about using the iPhone 4 as a point and shoot is the availability of photo and video related apps. One of our favorite is the Hipstamatic which comes very close to duplicating the old plastic Holga and Lomo cameras used during our film days. Without having to fool around in a dark room the Hipstamatic app produces some truly funky surprises!
Our 2012 calendar is now available. Each page is custom printed on high quality glossy stock ready for framing once the year ends. The calendar itself is wire bound with a hole for hanging making it … [Read More...]
