On the edge of the day.

I really like shooting at around the twilight realm, everything takes on a whole new look then during the day. Lights are coming on as the daylight fades so you can get an interesting mix of light. I shot these about two weeks ago when I was out for a friends birthday party.

Everything was shot with my Nikon P7000 and processed in Lightroom.

Its all about the color

Back in the film days I shot nothing but black and white not that I had anything color images but black and white was something I could process and print myself to save some money. With digital though it's the same price either way so I try to take advantage of good color whenever I can.

 Sidewalk chalk during the 4th of July parade.

I was drawn to how the pole and wires framed the cloud the colors were just a bonus. 

Warm and cool tones always seem to work well together. Paul and Babe during the annual water carnival.

First two images were shot with a Nikon D300 with a 16-85mm and the bottom shot with a Nikon P7000 and everything was processed in Adobe Lightroom.

Shooting with Nora

I've been shooting a lot since I've been back from California, closing in on 5,000 images in the last four months. One of the people I have been shooting with is my new friend Nora featured here.

 For this image I used an Elinchrom Quadra with a 27x27" softbox above me and slightly camera left using the sun as a backlight.

For this image I placed the Quadra behind Nora and camera right to act as a back light but then over exposed Nora.

The lighting here was the Quadra with a full cut of CTO on it behind her and camera right to simulate warm afternoon sunlight because it was a dark and rainy day.

All images were shot with a Nikon D300 with a 16-85mm and they were all processed in Adobe Lightroom.

Portfolio part 2

 From my day at Pikes Place Market in Seattle, WA

 Speed skating race on Lake Bemidji.

 Scenes from "Wait Till Dark"

 Mountain biking in southern California.

 Actor waiting to do his scene in a historical cemetery walk.

 Local musician Brett Cease performing on the streets of Bemidji.

 Bemidji State University women's basketball.

 Guitarist for Eddie Money at Moondance Jam, Walker, MN.

 A drunk getting tossed from the Bemidji State University homecoming dance.

 One of my covers for Northwoods Woman magazine. It was a story on Beverly Everette conductor of the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra.

Performers heading back to their cars from The Night We Light parade in Bemidji. 

My portfolio

While I wait for my new website to be built I need something online to show people more then a couple shots at a time. This is my current portfolio and the thing that ties them all together is that they were all shot with some sort of flash or flash and ambient light combination.

On the set.

I spent the afternoon on the set of a movie some of my friends are making as the official photographer. This was the second day I did this and even with 300+ zombies at my disposal one of those days this is by far my favorite portrait from the set. This actor was done for the day and got to peel off his appliances but he still looked like he could be in character. I shot most of the day with my Nikon P7000 due to it just being a lot quieter on set while the main cameras were rolling and a little bonus was I got to shoot some B roll footage that might get used you never know.

Hiking with Justine

When I was in LA some one showed me this cool hiking trail on the backside of the Topenga Canyon State Park. I went there several times to shoot photos or just hike. One of those hikes I went there with my friend Justine and on the way back out I saw this scene and was able to grab it quick before she passed through it. Shot with a Nikon D300 with a 35mm 1.8 and processed in Lightroom.