highway30.org | Jeff Nesheim Photography

North Shore, MN

jeff — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:37:54 +0000

Finally processing some shots from late summer on the North Shore.

Flowers

jeff — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:03:55 +0000

I’m exploring some abstract flower images with an eye toward some big wall prints and/or a ‘postcard series’. More will follow!

road / signs : a photo essay

jeff — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:13:48 +0000

A photo essay exploring the open and empty backroads of Eastern Iowa, and the signs that point to them.

TO VIEW THE VIDEO SLIDESHOW WITH MUSIC, use this road/signs slideshow link.

Some Black & White

jeff — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:25:32 +0000

Although most of my work is black and white, these are from the third class assignment, dedicated to B&W.

Abstracts

jeff — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:17:55 +0000

Second class assignment…way behind in posting.

Fire Hydrant

jeff — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:52:05 +0000

I’m taking a photography workshop with friend and instructor Lisa Bergmann, mostly to give me projects for the fall and some sort of structured accountability to produce.

First assignment, find a subject and move around. Thus the ‘iconic’ fire hydrant.

Next up, abstracts, and I’m still working on a final set of North Shore images!

Panoramas

jeff — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:43:39 +0000

Panoramic Photos

North Shore Preview

jeff — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:47:27 +0000

We spent a few days hiking the North Shore of Minnesota and it’s taking me a long time to process through all the images I made. So here’s a teaser of what’s to come. It wasn’t shot as a panorama, just cropped that way. The image begged for it, and the detail seems to support it.

This was the first time I had the M9 out for ‘real’ nature shots. It was again wonderful. In the past, I would have struggled with a heavy, awkward backpack holding several lenses and a big DSLR. With the exception of a downpour at Split Rock, the camera was constantly in my hand with no fatigue.

The simplicity of this camera still marvels. There is a great deal of freedom in the lack of options, and this camera literally has no features. Set the aperture, set the shutter using the light meter or instinct (no auto exposure). Manually focus the camera. Take the picture. Even reviewing in the field is a bit ‘film like’ because the LCD on the back is low-resolution and frankly useless. But when I get back, load the card into the computer and first see what the big, beautiful sensor has captured, I’m usually floored.

Over the next week or so I’ll post probably 15 or so shots from the North Shore. Maybe six will be good, but that’s not bad.

(make sure to click the image to the left for a better view!)

Des Moines Sculpture Garden

jeff — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:24:20 +0000

Iowa State Fair, 2011

jeff — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:57:01 +0000

Captures from a day at the Iowa State Fair.