"Minnesota Winter" Photo of the Day: December 1, 2015

"Minnesota Winter."

"Ionic Colonnade" Photo of the Day: August 13, 2015

I shot this one winter evening at Northrup Auditorium on the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. I remember it being unbelievably cold and my fingers were numb for quite a while afterwards!

Photo of the Day: August 12, 2015 "Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis"

I rarely post photos not taken on my Nikon, but this is one that I shot from my iPhone this past February. Taken on the East bank of the Mississippi River - facing downtown Minneapolis - the centerpiece of this photograph is the historic Stone Arch Bridge. The illuminated stone arches created all sorts of interesting shadows on the frozen river. Despite it being one of the coldest nights that I have ever been out shooting, I was pleasantly surprised by some of the photos that I got, including this one taken on my iPhone. I lightly edited it to remove as much of the noise (grain) as possible from the dark areas of the photo.

Photo of the Day: August 5, 2015 "Tower in Winter"

While wandering around Loring Park near downtown Minneapolis this past March, I photographed this apartment tower amongst some beautiful cloud cover.  The way that the clouds appeared to be painted in the sky is one of my favorite things about this photo. 

Photo of the Day: July 8, 2015. Darling Harbor Cool Yule Winter Festival

Yet another Sydney festival has come around! "Cool Yule" Winter Festival is a fun way for a city that doesn't get snow or ice to enjoy some of the colder aspects of the winter season. I took this image tonight in Darling Harbour, where under this massive snowflake structure is a temporary outdoor ice rink. Not surprisingly it was absolutely packed!

Photo of the Day: July 6, 2015

"Levels." I had to climb to the top floor of a parking garage to get this photo on a blistery winter night in Minneapolis this past February. At least hauling my photographic equipment up all of those stairs kept me (somewhat) warm! At first I did not think anything of this photo until I looked at it later on my laptop. I think it would be interesting to go back and shoot the same framing but on different levels of the parking garage to give different perspectives into each of the hallways. Thoughts? #photooftheday #architecture

Ionic Light

Okay, so I do not "nerd out" about architecture and design enough with all of you! This past week I have been out late at night shooting on my home campus of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It has been a unique experience; capturing such a large campus in the quiet hours of night. In this series, I was exploring the Ionic Columns which line the front of the prized Northrop Auditorium building. Playing with the light and how it interacted with the columns was a blast, however the -16 degree windchill (fahrenheit) just about froze me! Thankfully I think that I got some quality images.

What do you think? Which image(s) are your favorite? Also, below is a picture of me while I was shooting (a big thank you goes to my girlfriend who willingly comes with on my photo adventures even when its blisteringly cold out!).

Benches

As night fell on Loring Park - the largest park located near downtown Minneapolis - I was doing my best to capture the sights in the frigid weather. The benches in the park made for interesting subjects, albeit nonliving ones. It is incredible how important the snow and ice are in these compositions; adding to the overall feel of the scenes. For those of you from warmer climates, I will let you know that while out shooting the windchill was below 0 degrees fahrenheit!