"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." --John Muir Shot on a quiet, albeit cold and very icy, walk through the St. Francis Seminary Woods in St. Francis, Wisconsin, just south of Milwaukee along the shore of Lake Michigan. Day 97 of my 365 photo-a-day project. Copyright 2016 Scott Norris Photography www.scottnorrisphotography.com
It was going to happen. A day within the 365 days of my project where I don't feel like going out to shoot nor do I feel too creative. Heck, it's Monday after the holidays - I don't feel like creating anything. But the project is a photo-a-day project, not a photo-on-the-days-I-feel-like-maybe-kinda-sorta-I-might-could-shoot-and-process-something project. So here is a photo I actual took about 2 weeks ago. I know, kind of a cheat, but it's my 365 project, so roll with it. It is 6 15-second exposures of Lake Michigan using my ICE 10-stop ND filter blended in camera to create one photo. It is very minimal, as the whole point of the shoot was just to test the ND filter. After just a bit of processing in Photoshop, the creative lightbulb above my head flickered ever so slightly and I thought, "Hey, this would look great as a triptych!" And with that fleeting thought, the virtual lightbulb was dark. So, for what it's worth, here is a Lake Michigan Minimalist Triptych. Day 96 of 365 Copyright 2016 Scott Norris Photography www.scottnorrisphotography.com
There is a cool wall of convex mirrors at Discovery World along the lakefront in Milwaukee. I was there with the family (we have an annual pass, SO worth it). Anyway, the mirrorred wall. I'd love to set up my camera with a tripod and get a cool HDR pano of the whole thing (I need to ask about that). But I did have my cell phone. So I thought I'd try to get a quick reflection street-style shot / self-portrait. My aim was to get myself and the random folks behind me in the shot, but not the cell phone. This is the result. Shot with my Droid Turbo and then downloaded and processed in Photoshop. Day 95 of 365 Copyright 2016 Scott Norris Photography www.scottnorrisphotography.com
