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Getting trapped in the Sheyenne National Grasslands and a strange...
I wouldn’t say I got lost because, when you’re lost, you don’t know where you are. I knew where I was. My location was right in front of me on my cell phone map. I just couldn’t figure out which one of...
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Photo: Maybe that’s a road … maybe not
As I discussed in my previous post, I was in the Sheyenne National Grasslands this weekend to do a little photography. While there, I saw a sign for 60th Street. I didn’t see a road going the other way...
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Photos from last year’s MSUM fireworks show
In honor of the Fourth of July tomorrow, here are some images I took of last year’s MSUM fireworks show. Click on an image for a larger view…
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BOOM! Photos from last night’s MSUM fireworks display
I love the fireworks display at Minnesota State University Moorhead! It’s awesome to watch, of course. But, also, from my experience, there’s plenty of parking within a reasonable distance, there’s...
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Photos from the Forum building
You never know where some interesting angle, a lovely color or little piece of composition is going to spring up. Sometimes it can be at work … like now. Here are a few photos from around The Forum...
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Sunset, full moon and lightning: A wonderful night for photos
Sunday evening was an outstanding day for photography in the Fargo-Moorhead and surrounding area . That evening, we had one of the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen. The sky was just on fire. My...
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A very colorful barn at night … or some farm-related structure (anyway, it’s...
In my previous post, I shared some photos from Sunday evening when we had a fantastic sunset, a big bright moon and a lightening storm. Does it get better than that for a hack photographer? I think...
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The remarkable in the common: A dandelion puffball at sunset
One of the cool things you can do with a camera is help people (including yourself) see the beautiful or remarkable in the common … or, in this case, the remarkable in the annoying. Dandelions are a...
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Snow in August? Don’t worry; they’re only photos…
It’s all sunshine and blue skies in Fargo right now. But here in the Upper Midwest, we all know that life is book-ended by snow. It’s never far away in either direction. Here are a couple of photos...
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Approaching the story: Photographing and writing about a woodturner
I had the privilege of meeting Ben Kandel a little over a week ago. I interviewed the 23-year-old woodturner from Moorhead for a business story about the business that he and his sister run, selling...
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A photo of a train going into the far reaches of space – not really :-)
A train leaves from Casselton, N.D., headed for the far reaches of space … Ah, just kidding. But I did take this photo in Casselton a while back. I think I hit it with the little built-in flash,...
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Sometimes blurry is good (well, at least I hope it is; otherwise this photo...
Most of the time when you’re taking pictures, you want things nice and crisp – at least in the area(s) of primary interest. (I.e., you usually don’t want the background in focus and the person who...
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Photos: A very shiny ethanol plant and some somber telephone poles
I often point the minivan westward when I head out to play with my camera. It has something to do with the fact that it’s usually late in the day when I get out to do some photographic exploring, and...
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Photo of a flower in cement
I went to Perham, Minn., this morning to do an interview for a business story. On the way, just a bit before coming into Perham, I saw a bright yellow wildflower poking up from the concrete at a Y in...
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Nine images of me in a single-exposure photo … How’d I do that?
First off, this isn’t art I do aspire to create art, but this is just fun. On the photo below, I didn’t Photoshop lots of pictures of me over and over, which would be a pretty reasonable guess as to...
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Playing with a camera downtown…
There’s a pretty good chance that if you run into a photographer, you’re running into a person who loves gear. There are so many great techno-photo-computerific things related to cameras: hunky camera...
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Meet Myrtle. She’s 104 and still quilts
Reporters spend a lot of their time interviewing people. You meet a lot of people that way. It’s one of the interesting things about being a reporter. From time to time, I feel honored to have had the...
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An green army guy in black and white
I think it was probably a Saturday. The sun was streaming into our east-facing window, spilling onto the hardwood floor in our living room. The light coming in that window in the mornings glows warm...
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Quick post! An evening downtown with the camera…
The other night a friend of mine and I went to downtown Fargo to click off a few rolls of digital film. I wasn’t exactly feeling inspired, but, going back to look at my photos, I found that I had...
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Vivid color: Stars, a blue sky and a big barn at night
Actually, this may be a barn and it may be a grain elevator. Whatever it is, I took the picture below at night. You can see that it was a long exposure because of the star streaks. There was some...
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