Author Archives: Shawn Thompson
My Photographic Journey. 6 years in the making.
It all started September 2004 when I got my first camera. It was a Casio QV-3EX 3mp “pocketable” digital camera that shot video. I believe it cost me around $400. I got it because I wanted to capture memories while hanging out with friends and snap pics while on vacation. Unfortunately I do not have [...]
Homegrown 2010 – Ancillary Arts Night (Night Two)
The theme last night was Ancillary Arts Night. First I visited the Homegrown Photography Exhibit and Music video show. Here are my images from last year’s homegrown, in this Year’s Photo Exhibit. All of the images will be moved to Teatro Zuccone for the remainder of Homegrown. #1 After the Photo Exhibit, I stopped in [...]
An afternoon at Park Point
I took a walk to the end of MN point and back with another local photographer, Nate Lindstrom and his dog, Ace. Only took a handful of images and these are a couple that I decided to process. #1 – An ancient outhouse in the middle of the old growth forest. #2 – A wooden [...]
A walk through my image processing
As you can see, my sensor needs a serious cleaning. Too many lens changes over the past couple days. Final Image That is my landscape workflow in a nutshell, it isn’t the same every time. Lots of times I will adjust levels and color balance, but this was pretty true to what I saw already.
Cloverland Community Center
After first seeing images from Nate Lindstrom of the abandoned Cloverland Community Club nearly a year ago I finally got out there yesterday. Another local photographer, Justin Sinks joined me on the exploration. A couple locals stopped by to see what we were up to. Unfortunately over the last year or two, people have vandalized the building [...]
Every Never is Now Tour – P.O.S, Dessa, Astronautalis and Plain Ole Bill – Pizza Luce Duluth, MN
Below is a selection of images from the last show of the Every Never is Now Tour. P.O.S, Dessa, Astronautalis and Plain Ole Bill performed in front of a nearly sold out crowd at Pizza Luce in Duluth, MN. It was an amazing, high energy show with a lot of content. If you ever get [...]
Lunchtime Walk – Icebergs and Art
Lunchtime Icebergs and Art #1 #2 #3 #4
Landscapes, How to Achieve “that look”.
Chances are, if you have ever attempted landscape photography you have had trouble capturing the view that you saw. You set your camera on a tripod, find your composition, take the shot and then what happens? The sky is partially or completely washed out, right? This is because the Camera’s sensor cannot handle the entire [...]
A quick guide for “Exposing to the Right”
Exposing to the right First off we need to learn about the camera’s histogram and what it represents. “The Histogram is a tonal representation of the dynamic range within an image”, at least that is what Wikipedia says. In simpler terms it is a graphic representation of the image you took. The histogram shows all [...]
A Cold Morning on Stoney Point
A Productive -15°F (feels like -33F) Morning on Lake Superior I arrived at Stoney Point thirty minutes before sunrise on 1-2-2010. I had checked the weather reports the night before and saw the temperature would be sub zero. It may sound crazy, but I had been waiting for weather like this for a while. When [...]