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Interview with Ben Jacobsen – Photographer, Blogger, Forum Owner
Today I am interviewing Ben Jacobsen of benjacobsenphoto.com. He is also the founder of the photography forum, newschoolofphotography.com amongst a few other websites. I have been a member of NSOP for a couple years now and recently became a moderator. Ben is a pretty humble guy with a boat load (pun intended) of skills. It’s [...]
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Tagged interview, photo interview, photography, photography interview, school of photography
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Converting a Manfrotto 488rc4 ballhead clamp to Arca Swiss
I have wanted to purchase an Arca Swiss style ballhead with a L bracket for my 5D but could never afford it. My big issue with the manfrotto clamp and Quick Release plate was the size and it just seemed to be a bit wobbly when mounted with a 70-200 F/4 lens. I kept my [...]
Posted in How To
Tagged Arca Clamp, Arca Swiss, Bogen 488rc4, Manfrotto 488rc4, photo clam clamp
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Tischer Creek Flow
I stopped at Tischer Creek this afternoon, around 45 minutes prior to sunset. I was going to shoot from a dry rock off to the side but my foot slipped on a wet rock and I ended up calf deep in the stream. It worked out for the best, the composition was much better from [...]
Sleeping in a car to get some photos..
Yesterday, I drove up the North Shore of Lake Superior after work. I was almost to Canada, Eh and had the intention of tenting. I Got there in time to sleep in my car. Luckily it wasn’t too cold out. I woke up this morning around 45 minutes before sunrise and shot for an hour [...]
Beaver River and Split Rock State Park
I drove up to Beaver Bay after work today and hiked up the Beaver River. Got a little risky on this shot and put myself in a fairly compromising position. In the end I was glad I did and was also glad I didn’t slip and fall into the gorge behind me as I was [...]
Posted in Landscape
Tagged beaver bay, beaver river, hwy 61, lake superior, north shore, scenic 61
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Andrea and Erik – Engaged
I was asked to shoot a wedding for a couple friends next August. We met up at Spirit Mountain today for their Engagement pictures. The fall colors are amazing this time of year. jQuery.noConflict(); jQuery(“#gal_images_594_1″).hide(); function iframe_594_1_loaded() { var iframe = jQuery(“#g594_1″) var height = iframe.contents().height(); iframe.height(height); }
Dredging the Canal
I had wanted to take a photo of the workers dredging the Canal since they started doing it several weeks ago. I headed down to the canal after work and shot this using my B+W 10 Stop filter. This is a 124 second exposure captured before sunset. jQuery.noConflict(); jQuery(“#gal_images_587_1″).hide(); function iframe_587_1_loaded() { var iframe = [...]
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Tagged canal, canal park, dredging, duluth mn, duluth photographer, lake superior, light house, lighthouse, north shore
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Temperence and Tettegouche
I visited Temperence River Stae Park and Tettegouche State park today. unfortunately the arch at Tettegouche collapsed a couple weeks ago, but it did leave a nice sea stack behind. I used my 10 stop B+W ND filter on both of these images. jQuery.noConflict(); jQuery(“#gal_images_589_1″).hide(); function iframe_589_1_loaded() { var iframe = jQuery(“#g589_1″) var height = [...]
Jay Cooke Storm
I looked out my living room window saw some storm clouds. They looked like they would have been over Jay Cooke State Park, so I drove over and hiked down to my favorite spot and snapped this shot. Canon 5D + 17-40 L + HiTech 2 and 3 stop grad ND filters. jQuery.noConflict(); jQuery(“#gal_images_592_1″).hide(); function iframe_592_1_loaded() [...]
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Tagged Canon 5D + 17-40 L, duluth photographer shawn thompson, HiTech grad ND filters, jay cooke state park, lake superior photographer shawn thompson, louis river, Saw some storm clouds over Jay Cooke State Park, so I drove over and hiked down to my favorite spjay cooke state park, st, storm
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Superior Spartan Dance Line
I met up with the Superior Spartan Dance Line today on Wisconsin Point. It was a fun shoot and all the girls were great to deal with.
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