Day 2 - morning shoot. At the cruel hour of 4:15am, the phone alarm rings and we roll out of bed. 15 minutes later, the group of photographers trudge out the front door towards our destination in Silver Bay. After a couple hours of shooting we all are ready for a coffee or two. We make our way to the local diner, the Northwoods Cafe. As you have already formed an image in your mind, the cafe is exactly what you think. <insert mental picture here> After our all American breakfast we are all recharged for the rest of the morning.
The above image is a photograph of a small grove of paper bark birch this morning shot with the Lensbaby Composer with a second shutter speed and in hand camera movement.
The workshop (as mentioned in an earlier post) started this morning at the Grand Superior Lodge, near Two Harbors at 8:00am. I slipped out before we got started to catch the sunrise,
and it was tremendous. The weather patterns can be tricky around Lake Superior but I was lucky to have some clouds and great color this morning. We'll be shooting in the area for the next 3 days, and have a great bunch of photographers. I again used the HDR software - Photomatix along with Photoshop to edit the image.
In about a week, I will be assisting on a workshop for a good friend and great photographer that lives in St. Paul. The workshop will be on North Shore of Lake Superior based near Two Harbors Minnesota. You can check out the link for the workshop here, http://blog.acjohnsonphoto.com/workshops-2009/digital-landscape-201. This will be my fourth trip to the Shore, and the image above was taken on my first visit, mid-day, near Silver Bay. The North Shore offers a great deal of diversity and the lake is like an ocean. And seriously, I can count the number of mosquito bites on one hand for all three trips.
