Most photographers tend to avoid night photography, unlike me who loves shooting long exposure nightscapes. I find myself thinking a bit more about the desired end image. Since it’s a long exposure and the shutter is open sometimes for minutes, you have more to consider. Historically, there were good reasons for this. Night photography was […]
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I had read about the Holliday Park ruins and wanted to see them for myself. Plus the park was supposed to have a lot of hiking trails that I could take my dog on. Neither the ruins nor the trails disappointed. These ruins are from the facade of the St. Paul building, New York’s first skyscraper, after
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I had such a peaceful time shooting Cataract Falls at sunrise, I decided to return the following evening to capture dusk images of frozen Cataract Falls. The photo above is a 3-image panorama, each exposed at 30 seconds. Besides a small group of people that were there when I arrived at the falls, this kayaker
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Cataract Falls in winter is a sight to behold, if you can stand frozen fingers and toes. I started my short hike before sunrise in below zero degree weather to set up on the side opposite the parking lot. Needless to say I was the only person there, since it was one of the coldest
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Eagle Creek Park is one of Indianapolis’ largest public parks, and I went there early one fall morning to photograph the sunrise. Knowing that it was going to be a cold morning after a stint of unseasonably warm fall weather, I wanted to shoot the fog over the water. Fortunately for me Mother Nature cooperated
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On my way down to the Smoky Mountains I decided to make a stop to shoot the Cincinnati skyline. The last time I was in this area was on my drive to Belize in Central America, and I remember thinking I didn’t really care for Cincinnati. Oh boy was I wrong! I must have
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What is synchronicity? The term synchronicity (syn = with, chronos = time) was chosen by the psychotherapist Carl Jung to describe the simultaneous occurrence of events (or coincidences) which apparently have no clear cause, but are deeply meaningful. Some would say that coincidences are random, but if we look carefully into our lives, we realize
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After moving to Indiana a little over a year ago, I was concerned I wouldn’t be able to get lost in nature since the state isn’t really known for fantastic landscapes. However I soon discovered Southern Indiana, in particular the Charles Deam Wilderness Area of Hoosier National Forest, and the multitude of scenic areas and
Since being constructed in 1909, the Old National Centre, formerly the Murat Theater, has been a significant architectural and historical landmark in the city of Indianapolis. Learn more about shooting architecture at my post 10 Helpful Tips for Striking Architectural Photography.
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The full moons have descriptive names that come from Native Americans and Colonial Americans who used the full moons as a sort of calendar to keep track of the seasons. July is the month of the Full Buck Moon. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the Full Buck Moon comes from the fact that July is”normally the
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