Minneapolis Skyline
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
Listening to: Regina SpektorSummer in the City.
Part of a recent outing… I think this whole outing was very successful!!!
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Riverplace
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
The other day it was a rainy wet cold miserable spring day. The kid of day that makes you want to wrap up in a blacket and read a good book…
But this thought in my head kept saying get out and shoot some night phototography tonight. I am learning to go ahead and get out and shoot whenever I am feeling inspired like that..
It turns out, it was a wonderfully successful creative time out shooting… This is one of the images I captured… I love the New England feel to this image with that gorgeous old church in the background…
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Minh
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
Minh a natural beautiful model…
This is from a recent photo shoot with Lenny and Minh. Lenny was teaching me the joy of lighting… Minh was being a wonderful patient model..
Thanks for all the help guys… I learned a ton…
If you are a person that is looking to get some modeling experience and you have the patience to work with a new photographer, let me know.
I have opened a new account that will now allow me to sell prints of my photography. There marketing campain will look like the box below…
Gaviidae Common
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
Listening to Yanni: Reflections of Passion
This image was taken on a recent flickr walk in Minneapolis…
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Angelo
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
Listening to Manheim Steamroller: Silent Night
The other night I went out with the idea that I was going to capture Christmas lights in the city…
Instead I was accosted and blessed by a homeless person Angelo.
Let me fist set the stage. This morning at church we had as Pastor from New Orleans preach at my church… John Gerhardt is a friend because of a trip I had taken to help out in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
So John was preaching about the help they still need in New Orleans, but then he went on to preach about getting outside the walls of the church….
So I run into Angelo this evening… It is downtown St Paul, 19F and windy… He comes over and tells me he needs $7 to get into union gospel mission for the night.. My nature is to always be a bit skeptical at first but I was willing to take the time and hear is story… At the same time I was trying to determine if he was drug and/or alcohol free.
He started talking about his work… He is a construction worker that got injured.
He told me about his 12 yr old daughter that is loves and misses… This part of the discussion made him cry..
He told me about him being a writer… He said he got published at the local Minnesota Public Radio Web sight for his writing…
You can actually read about Angelo here…
He told how important it was just to have someone spend the time with him…
Especially on a cold winter night…
We ended our encounter praying together and then he was on his way to the Union Gospel Mission. I hope and pray.
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Upstairs Downstairs
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
This is a staircase found in the historic Landmark Center in St Paul Minnesota.
This image just caught my eye and I had to snap it…
Crying…
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
Listening to Runrig: Loch Lomond. (if you have difficulty listening to this try to turn off your pop up blocker.)
Music inspired by my daughters piano playing and singing..
This is part of what I captured on a recent walk… This was taken probably 10 minutes before sundown.
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Thunderstruck
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
Listening to AC/DC: Thunderstruck. (if you have difficulty listening to this try to turn off your pop up blocker). Music inspired by my my son Nathan.
After a soccer practice I decided to hang around as the sky got interesting… The lightning kept getting more and more frequent. One bystander asked if I was a storm chaser… I had to think for a while…lol
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Cathedral of Saint Paul
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
Cathedral of Saint Paul
Listening to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Introutius Requiem. The music is as grand as the structure.
I have never experimented with sepia photo processing so I decided to take an image from a recent shoot and process it in that way. Let me know what you think.
Sepia view of the St Paul Cathedral.
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Cathedral of Saint Paul
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
Cathedral of Saint Paul
Listening to Handel: Messiah.
I had the opportunity to get together with some flickr friends to do a portrait shoot.
The shoot was with WildCurl (Jeanette) and thatgirlisgirlie (Lisa).
Well while we were on location I had to attempt to capture the St Paul Cathedral. This is the result of that…
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Get Serious….
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
Listening to James horner: Freedom The Execution from Braveheart.
There is a time to take seriously the things in life that are to be taken seriously…
Minneapolis Bridge Collapse
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
This is the bridge that collapsed today in Minneapolis.
This was the 35W bridge over the Mississippi river in Minneapolis which is a major artery with very heavy traffic. Fifty cars went into the water and so far 6 people are confirmed dead.
See map
Please say prayers for those affected…
Through the Falls: Zion National Park
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
It was unanimous among the family members that Zion National Park was our favorite. It was a combination between the incredible views the great weather and the cool river running through it.
At this location I do not know if you can see but there is water falling right in the middle of the image. I am behind a waterfall that flows like a torrent in spring but during the summer it gets a bit dry.
There were actually two deer down in this area also and they did not seem to care at all that were were here.
At this time of the morning is was fresh and cool and you could indeed smell the water in the air… Later in the day it was 113F and you had to retreat to the cool of the stream below.
This series is from my family’s recent summer vacation. For our vacation we decided to make it extra special for our oldest son who just graduated from High School.
So for our trip we went to the amazingly breathtaking desert southwest www.americansouthwest.net/. Some of the most incredible National parks in the entire country are located in this region and many of those are concentrated in the State of Utah.
Our basic itinerary was drive from Minnesota to Denver Colorado to rent an RV.
Then drive to…
Arches National Park Utah www.nps.gov/arch
Bryce Canyon National Park Utah www.nps.gov/brca
Zion National Park Utah www.nps.gov/zion
Grand Canyon National Park North Rim www.nps.gov/archive/grca/grandcanyon/north-rim/
Four Corners Monument en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Corners_Monument
Mesa Verde National Park www.nps.gov/meve
and then on to our final destination before coming home of Colorado Springs Colorado.
This series attempts to document our trip.
Arches National Park
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
This series is from my family’s recent summer vacation. For our vacation we decided to make it extra special for our oldest son who just graduated from High School. So for our trip we went to the amazingly breathtaking desert southwest www.americansouthwest.net/. Some of the most incredible National parks in the entire country are located in this region and many of those are concentrated in the State of Utah.
Our basic itinerary was drive from Minnesota to Denver Colorado to rent an RV.
Then drive to…
This series attempts to document our trip.
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Historic Minneapolis City Hall and Courthouse
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
I take the train to work everyday in downtown Minneapolis and when I am coming into town I seen this fantastic historic building, Minneapolis City Hall. It has been calling out my name for a long time. Wayne, come photograph me. Well I have finally done it.
Enjoy!!!
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Memorial Day 2007
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
“Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (observed this year on 2007-05-28). It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. After World War I, it expanded to include those who died in any war or military action. One of the longest standing traditions is the running of the Indianapolis 500, which has been held in conjunction with Memorial Day since 1911.”
Send memorial day greeting cards to one who has lost a loved one serving.
Lonely Looking Sky (aka Wayne’s World)
Originally uploaded by realife42.
A great flickr friend of mine painted this picture from one of my photographs that I think is one of my best…
There original image is here…
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The Circus Comes to Town
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
All kinds of things seem to come to life in the spring….
This is a concession wagon on Nicolette Mall in Minneapolis Minnesota on a glorious 86F spring day.
Strike!!!
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
This is a fun shot that gave me an opportunity to work with all the kids. Even the neighbor kids got involved.
The genesis of a picture: This picture originated from a discussion with another flickrite Wans2pics . We were talking about how to do a portrait of a male well. She came up with the idea that it could be an action shot or some shot were the guy was going the thing that he loved. So while this is no longer a portrait, it is a male action shot. There Wanda, the picture is up!!!
How is this done? Take 10 million pictures of a ball coming in and sort through them…lol Or…
The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow…
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
This helps me think of sunshine and warmth and I hope it helps you also!!!
This is an old photo reworked to help bring on spring and summer.
The original date is actually July 4th 2005. WOW
This photo below is a fantastic example of the results of HDR or High Dynamic Range imaging.
A Golden Moment
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
This is a glowing golden image of the University of St Thomas chapel in St. Paul Mn. Notice the incredible detail and it appears that the entire area is bathed in light. While in reality it was quite dark in this church when this image was taken. How can you get this kind of detail and light and color?
For this particular image I used a relatively new technique called HDR or High Dynamic Range.
HDR, or HDRI stands for High Dynamic Range Imaging. It consists of taking several pictures of the exact same frame, each frame moving from a dark exposure to a light exposure, then combining the pictures. This allows for a photo in which the darkest and lightest parts of the picture have detail , where a single photo of normal exposure won't have detail in these areas.
The specifics of the technique are…
You can see more examples of my HDR work here WaynePhotoGuy's HDR Collection.
Not everyone like this technique. Some people think it is not real or it makes a shot look too fake. Well, for my two cents, I love this technique. It makes many pictures look fantastic and magical.
The software I use is Photomatix from HDRSOFT. You can find more information here.
I am able to offer this software at a significant 15% discount.
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Basilica of St Mary
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.
This is an image of the interior of the Basilica of St Mary in Minneapolis Minnesota. The inside is breathtakingly beautiful and it certainly gives one a sense of awe…
You can find a wonderful resource about the facility at wikipedia
