One of my personal rules of photography is that I try very hard to never edit a photo beyond what a realistic view of the actual scene would be. Some pictures need more post-editing than others, but I’ve never been a fan of blowing out the saturation, or other common photoshop habits people have. I […]
Abstract / Artsy
Most of what I shoot is somewhat straight forward landscape and wildlife… but sometimes I like to try to get more creative either with the shot itself or with the editing in Photoshop. This category covers those that are a little more about the idea of the shot rather than the shot itself.
Paint Pipe
Download: Paint_Pipe_Asgard_Photography_IMG_7867.jpg I’ve been coming back to this spot in Marquette every other trip up… I really want to get a photo I like that involves this little concrete painted up tunnel, but I’ve yet to crack that nut. I know there’s some kind of framing or perspective that I will love, but so far it’s […]
Spirits of the Snow
DOWNLOAD: Spirts_of_the_Snow_Asgard_Photography_IMG_7506.jpg I was having a hard time finding a shot I liked along the shoreline on the day I shot this, and while I wouldn’t put this one up against many as an “amazing photo” or anything, I ended up really liking it because it fell within a fun “accidental” category of photos… every now […]
Superior Eye on You
Sometimes a photo just asks to be displayed differently. In this case, for some reason, it looks better to me turned on its side. Made me think of an eyeball – the lake watching for something. The glass balls are fun to play with in various landscape situations… though it’s difficult to be creative with […]
Zoom & Bloom
After buying some cheap macro lens attachments off Amazon, I spent a bit of time this summer in the field next to my home. I found it interesting that the macro lens tended to curve or warp around the center of the frame… I feel like this could be used really well on the right […]
Piggy Back Ride
I must have looked at these trucks as I drove past them on 23 heading North for the better part of a year before finally stopping to take a picture. This was my second attempt (the first was on a much cloudier day.) From the highway there’s a fence in-between where you can stand and […]
Hauling Nothing
Not to infrequently I end up with a shot where I can’t decide whether I like it or not. Usually they are the result of random things I caught while working toward something completely different. In this case, I’d stopped to take a photo of a pair of old abandoned trucks, but this caught my […]
Frozen Falls
Of all the waterfalls in the U.P. I’ve gone to shoot, Munising Falls has been the hardest for me to time right. It seems like between the seasons, the weather and lighting is never quite what I want it to be when I’m able to stop. When I took this photo, the falls were almost […]
Reflecting on Winter
Over a couple of days, I tried to get some photos of the snow on the trees in Ishpeming… a little early for November, but not unbelievable for the U.P. However, it was cloudy and dark every day I tried, which made it difficult to get a correct white balance. Or at least that felt […]