Previous Prairie Dormant shrubs and billowy, dried-up waves of the last season’s prairie grasses in Camden State Park catch the final rosy rays of sunset. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #prairie #largeformat #madewithkodak #Ektar100

Prairie Smoke One of the earliest flowers to emerge after winter in Minnesota. Nikon N80 | 50mm f/1.8 (reversed) Kodak Vision 3 250D #Minnesota #wildflower #prairiesmoke #35mmfilm

Sublunar Savanna Over a 6-hour exposure, the Moon descends onto an oak savanna in western Minnesota. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #startrails #moon #longexposure #Ektar100 #largeformat

Moon Marches On In the pre-dawn blue hour, a golden full moon sets behind the rolling hills of Keystone Woods Wildlife Management Area. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon T 400mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #largeformat #Kodak #Ektar100 #fullmoon

Sentinels of the North Dramatically lit white pines tower over the frozen shoreline of Rose Lake, gracing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with their majestic stature. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon T 400mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #BWCA #BoundaryWaters #largeformat

Snowshrooms Wandering around local a woodland that is very picturesque in the snow, I struggled to find a wider composition that wasn't too busy for my taste. Sometimes you just have to look closer! Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 | Ilford FP4 Plus #largeformat #Minnesota #ilfordphoto

Let's Not Pollute This Place The title is simply how I feel about the BWCA, especially in light of Resolution 140, which if passed by Congress will allow toxic sulfide-ore copper mining to move forward immediately upstream. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #BWCA

A New Light Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Ektar100 #largeformat #Minnesota

Temperament A chilly, blustery morning on the rocky Lake Superior shoreline of Temperance River State Park. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon T 400mm f/8 | Ilford FP4 Plus #Minnesota #LakeSuperior #largeformat #ilford #fp4plus

Leveaux Expo 🍁 Moody clouds cast scattered shadows on vibrant fall colors in Superior National Forest, with Carlton Peak looming in the distance. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon W 300mm f/5.6 | Kodak E100 #largeformat #kodak #ektachrome #Minnesota

Pincushion Flame Receding rain showers over Lake Superior are set ablaze by the setting sun, casting Grand Marais and the forests of Pincushion Mountain in a radiant amber glow that bolster fall foliage. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #Kodak #Ektar100 #largeformat

Sunset on a sunflower field in central Minnesota. Mamiya RB67 Pro-S | 50mm f/4.5 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #sunflowers #Kodak #Ektar100

St. Croix Smolder A sultry summer sunrise over small islands in the St. Croix River. Intrepid 4x5 | Kodak Portra 160 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 1/15 second | f/5.6 | 0.6 Medium GND #Minnesota #largeformat #kodak #portra160

Last Call on Lida As the sun sets in the Leaf Hills of west-central Minnesota, a lone fisherman on Lake Lida casts his line one last time. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon T 400mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 1 second | f/22 | 0.6 Very Hard GND #largeformat #kodak #ektar100 #Minnesota

Gleaming Wellstone The blazing midsummer sun crashes through the forest canopy and lights up a waterfall in southern MN, creating a dazzling, yet serene light show. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor 210mm f/5.6 | Kodak Ektar 100 4 sec. | f/22 | Warm CPL + BPM 1/4 #largeformat #kodak #ektar100 #MN

My first Trichrome Infrared images. 📷: Bronica SQ-A 🎞️: Rollei IR400 🧪: Ilford DD-X 💾: Lightroom classic and Photoshop #photography #infraredphotography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #analog #analogue #abandoned #abandonedplaces

Big news for the northwoods: Senator Tina Smith just introduced a bill to permanently protect over 225,000 acres near the Boundary Waters from copper-sulfide mining. It’s the first Boundary Waters protection bill in the Senate in nearly 50 years. Hands Off the Boundary Waters!

Silver Creek Sapling A young balsam fir surrounded by an aspen colony basks in the light of a spring sunrise. Intrepid 8x10 | Nikkor 120mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 #largeformat #kodak #ektar100 #superiorhikingtrail

Rose Cold Sunset A cloudy late-winter sunset atop a cliff in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8 Kodak Ektar 100 | 1 sec. | f/22 #largeformat #kodak #ektar100 #BoundaryWaters #BWCA

Wintry Mix A wet March snowfall gathers on aspens at the edge of a wetland. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon T 400mm f/8 Ektachrome E100 | 1/15 sec. | f/16 #largeformat #kodak #ektachrome #Minnesota

Post-eclipse full moon setting at a local Wildlife Management Area.

So glad I got outside with the camera this morning. With everything that's been happening, it was just what I needed. #largeformat #4x5film

Ailing Allium A few years back, when 8x10 color film cost slightly fewer appendages, I tried my hand at a still life subject that had been growing on my kitchen counter. Intrepid 8x10 | Fujinon W 300mm f/5.6 Kodak Portra 400 | f/11 | PCB strobes #largeformat #film #kodak #Portra400

Rose Lake Sunrise One from my 2023 BWCA snowshoeing trip, right on the Canadian border. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8 | Kodak Ektachrome E100 | 1/8 sec. | f/16 #BWCA #boundarywaters #kodak #ektachrome

Brighter Days Fresh snow melting under the strength of a late-winter sun is all the more beautiful for its impermanence. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 Kodak Portra 160 | 1/8 sec. | f/16 #intrepidcamera #largeformat #kodak #portra160

Some trees 📷: Bronica SQ-A 🎞️: Portra 400 #filmphotography #believeinfilm #analog #analogue #120film

Small Pieces of a Cold Great Lake I was aiming for a more abstract rendering of a common cold-weather phenomenon on Lake Superior, and used rear tilt to wildly narrow the depth of field. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon W 300mm f/5.6 Ilford FP4 Plus | 1/125 sec. f/8 #ilfordphoto #largeformat #fp4plus

Breakwater First Light Curiously, when it’s -15℉ out, I don’t feel the need to try any special large format techniques. Back to the basics: compose, focus, meter, expose, return to warm car! Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor W 300mm f/5.6 Ektachrome E100 | 1/30 sec. f/16 #largeformat #ektachrome #kodak

Chengwatana Nightscape Venus and the stars of Orion grace the night sky over the Snake River in a 5.5-hour exposure. Mamiya RB67 | 50mm f/4.5 | Fujichrome T64 #mamiyarb67 #startrails #astrophotography

Illgen Falls Mistaking this roll of Portra 400 for the Rollei IR 400 that was in my other film back, I developed it in B&W chemicals. No harm done though! Mamiya RB67 | 50mm f/4.5 | Portra 400 #Portra400 #MamiyaRB67 #happyaccidents

Circumpolar Exposure The Snake River slowly freezing beneath the northern night sky in a 10-hour exposure, my longest yet! Shot 4x5 Kodak Ektachrome E100 #Kodak #largeformat #startrails

Boreal Boneyard Roughly halfway to a promising overlook in the Boundary Waters, I was stopped by the sight of these barren trunks catching the sinking sun while lengthening shadows enveloped the forest behind. Shot on 4x5 Ilford FP4 Plus.