<previous January 30 2009 - 01 North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesotanext>
Ocala and I are parents! Renn Kulig was born last week and came in just over 7.5 pounds. We are happy, scared and sleep deprived all at once.

This a shot from our honeymoon. Its one of my favorites and I have been saving it for a special occasion and this seemed like the best of them.

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<previous August 30 2008 - 01 North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesotanext>
This sister image to the one a posted a few posts back. I was edging along a very steep beach in a cove on Lake Superior trying to see what was around the corner. I liked the ragged outlines in the image and the subtle lighting just hinting at what textures exist in the shapes.
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<previous August 27 2008 - 01 North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesotanext>
Another shot from the North Shore of Minnesota to make my wife homesick.
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<previous August 25 2008 - 01 Grand Marias, MNnext>
Another shot here from the north shore. It was a tranquil day up in Grand Marias, an awesome little town a few hours north of Duluth, MN. If you ever find yourself there, you should grab a slice of pizza at Sven & Olies. Everytime I find myself there, life seems like a different animal all together. This shot is from Artist's Point. With the flat rock formations, a lot of pools tend to form. I thought the image had a good subtle contrast in the textures, the wind blown pool with its little ripples, the straight rigid rock formations, and the large expanse of lake superior. You can see quite a few other shots from Artist's Point if you click on the tag of "grand marais" below.
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<previous August 24 2008 - 01 North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesotanext>
I liked the simplicity of this shot. It was down on the beach looking out along the edges of the bay I was standing in, trying to peek around the corner and see what was there. I couldn't get any farther down along the waters edge and so it had the "edge of the world" feeling. It was almost like one of those video games where the game map stops and you can't run over a tiny little hedge.
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<previous October 12 2007 - 01 Grand Marais, MNnext>
Shot in Grand Marais walking near the lighthouse point.
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<previous October 07 2007 - 01 North Shore, MNnext>
Taken a couple of years back, very early in the morning as storms and the ducks made their way across Lake Superior. I just liked the subtlety of the picture. The ducks were completely silent as they went along while the distant storms rumbled. It felt like I was watching a funeral procession.
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<previous July 24 2007 - 01 North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesotanext>
Well the new design is up. I will be upgrading old posts and comments to this format for a bit, there is a lot of them.

In other news, the Host is out on blu-ray today. And I have been at a new job for the past few months. Its a new company being started by Robert Zemekis, of Forrest Gump and Back to the Future Fame. Its a startup company being funded by Disney. It should be interesting.

I shot this a couple of years ago, while visiting the North Shore in Minnesota. I carried the frame around with me for a while trying to frame things. I finally settled on this little rocky valley that I had been waiting to see if a stream would form in. I thought the sharp cornered, very straight frame was an interesting contrast to the wave beaten rocks and curvy stream.

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<previous July 20 2006 - 01 North Shore of Lake Superiornext>
I took this along the shore line in front of the house I rented during my honeymoon last year. There was a small cliffish walk down to the lake from the backyard of the house down to a little private cove. It was only like 3 or 4 in the afternoon but the dappled light was traveling fast across the rocks. Its was a peaceful little spot with the waves softly crashing against the rocks. The bay was full of oval pebbles washed about by the constant waves.
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<previous July 26 2005 - 01 Split Rock Lighthouse, North Shore, Minnesotanext>
This is another shot from the Split Rock Lighthouse. It is the climb up to where the lens is held. I don't really think its the prettiest photo, but the contrasts in it held my interest. The geometric contrasts of the square bricks and window against the elegant arch of the stairs. Its a bunch of squares and rectangles trying to exist in cylindrical world of the lighthouse.

The lighting is also in contrast and is what initiated the photo. The warm light from the sun coming in the window and the cool glare on the bricks from the blue sky visible above.

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<previous July 25 2005 - 02 North Shore, Minnesotanext>
Whenever I see a lighthouse the thing that fascinates me the most is the lens that focuses the light. The Fresnel lens made light houses range much greater and also helped pave the way for photography lenses. We also use some of the same techniques in my 3d work to approximate proper reflections and lighting.
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<previous July 25 2005 - 01 North Shore, Minnesotanext>
This is a shot from the Split Rock Lighthouse grounds looking south down the shoreline. I thought it was pretty indicative of the North Shore's geography.
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<previous July 13 2005 - 03 Just South of Grand Marais,MNnext>
We have spent the last couple of weeks getting back into normal life and dreaming of the quieter days.
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<previous July 13 2005 - 02 Just South of Grand Marais,MNnext>
We spent the next couple weeks in a house on the shores of Lake Superior. We lived like small town folks. It was an awesome and super relaxing experience.
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