Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Milwaukee Nights

I seem to be shooting more at night these days.  Here's a few looks at Milwaukee during the pre-dawn hours.  Hopefully the result justifies the insane hour of the day.



Monday, August 30, 2010

Gone Swimming . . .

This was a perfect weather weekend to leave your worries (and your sandals) behind.


Legend Lake, WI

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Night Time is the Right Time

For photography that is . . .

With a rising moon over Legend Lake and a perfect night with clear skies, cool temps and very few mosquitos, you couldn't help but want to be outside.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Hints of Fall

Labor Day is only a week away and this week, the weather has turned to beautiful cool mornings and bright sunshine for the day.  The cool mornings remind us that fall is just around the corner.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Getting My Grit

I've been itchy to photography lately and especially night, dark, gritty subjects.  I decided to head over to Jones Island, a busy port filled with heavy industry as well.  I was actually approached by an older gentlemen who drove up in his pickup truck.  Apparently, I was picked up by the Coast Guard's cameras.  He was polite enough, asked me what I was doing and merely said he needed to check because of Coast Guard security.  I told him I was just taking image of general structures in the area and that was a freelance fine art photographer.  While I was prepared to tell him I had every right to be there (on public property) and to photograph, he accepted my story and told me to have a nice day.  It was the first time I've ever been questioned on Jones Island.  I'm sure it won't be my last.





Sunday, August 22, 2010

More Old World Wisconsin

Darkly lit rooms and sepia toned images of old things just seem to go together . . .



Saturday, August 21, 2010

Old World Wisconsin



This month's photowalk for the Cream City Photographers took us to Old World Wisconsin. It was my first time there.


The museum's more than 60 historic structures range from ethnic farmsteads with furnished houses and rural outbuildings, to a crossroads village with its traditional small-town institutions. The efforts of countless historians have preserved an amazing slice of true Americana — one that will be enjoyed for generations to come.

Historic Structures Documented

To create this museum, researchers traveled throughout Wisconsin in search of authentic historic buildings hewn by generations of Wisconsin settlers.
From Lake Superior to the Illinois border, and from the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan, historians documented many old farmhouses, outbuildings, and small-town structures. Once the research was complete, the amazing construction process of Old World Wisconsin began.

Structures Relocated to Build Old World Wisconsin

Piece by piece, workers painstakingly dismantled the old structures. They numbered bricks, boards and logs, and moved them to the site of Old World Wisconsin. In a setting largely unchanged from the rolling prairies the first pioneers found, the buildings took shape once more, reconstructed precisely as they had once been built.

World's Largest Museum about Rural Life

Today, Old World Wisconsin's historic farm and village buildings comprise the world's largest museum dedicated to the history of rural life.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Solitude. Tranquil. Peaceful.


Solitude.  Tranquil.  Peaceful.  Those are the words that come to mind when I'm out on the lake early in the morning especially during the week when the weekend crowd are nowhere to be seen.  It doesn't matter what the weather is, it's always a special time watching the world come alive to experience a new day.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Loons on Legend Lake

This year, a mated pair of Loons are hanging around the same stretch of lake all season long.  In the morning and evening they appear on the lake in the same place.  Approaching them slowly, they seem to tolerate me getting close enough to photograph them although always keeping a watchful eye.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Land of the Menominee


Each year the Monominee of Wisconsin host a Pow Wow on their grounds.  They have an almost natural amphitheater in the woods for the show where several Indian nations gather for three days filled with contests, food, jewelry and of course, traditional dance, and chants.  This image was taken during the Grand Entry, when all contestants enter the arena dancing to the various chants offered by each drum team.  The event is filled with color, dance, music and tradition.  It is clear that the Menominee are trying to protect and keep their native language which has survived for hundreds of years.