Month: March 2015

The falls on the Big Sioux River

Travel tip #138…think about it

Sometimes the whole world suddenly makes a little more sense. Like a few years back when I shot an assignment in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and I realized for the first time that it was named for the waterfalls. On the Big Sioux River. Well, of course. It’s not that I didn’t believe it before….

15 below
downtown Minocqua
using the GoPro
the results
doesn’t look like much…
but it’s lovely
the moment just before the model steps on your GoPro
the moment just after the model steps on your GoPro
beer
critters
food
20 below
20 below plus an incalculable wind chill at 40 mph
swinging bridge
biggest snowman I’ve ever seen
a pretty big fish…and a dude that has bare, wet hands at 20 below
some of this
fresh groom
the warm day
and a little of this
bye…

Photo Tip #27…Dress Warm

Travel photography is all glamour, all the time. You get to be in the world’s most beautiful places under stunning conditions. People are happy to see you and they treat you well. Of course, sometimes you get to work 20-hour days. Sometimes you have to photograph snowmobiling at 30 below and sometimes you get to…