Seeing Your Photograph
It is one thing to see your photograph before you take it, but it is entirely another thing to “see” your photograph after you have taken it and are looking at the final print. After you take the photograph, the finished print will probably not be exactly what you saw in the viewfinder. This is ok, if you are merely filing the print away in a box or put it in a family album, or post it on line. But if you are going to have an enlargement made for matting, framing and hanging it on a wall, then you will want the best print possible. I am talking about visually, not printing...
Read MoreStreet Musician
The photo of the week takes us to the French Quarter in New Orleans. Music is everywhere there. This street musician was a member of a trio playing outside Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter. It is one of several shots I took of him and other members of the group playing for the entertainment of the people in the cafe who were eating the powered sugared French beignets and drinking the special coffee blended with chicory. I get hungry just thinking about the beignets again. It was a cloudy day and this scene says it all. Can you hear him playing, “When the Saints Come Marching...
Read MoreAdd Impact to Your Subject
If you enjoy taking photographs of people,, flowers scenes or just about anything for that matter, you never have took very far to find a subject. The big problem is trying to add impact to your photograph. The problem is not with the camera, but with the person behind the camera. Used properly, an inexpensive camera can give you just as much impact as a very expensive one. It is the person behind the camera that counts. These days with nearly all cameras having zoom lenses, the job is fairly simple. If you are taking photographs of landscapes, you can wait until there are a lot of puffy...
Read MoreMississippi River Fisherman
You will find fisherman along the river from the very source all the way down to the gulf in boats of all shapes and sizes. This fisherman was waiting for the fish to really take the bait before setting the hook. However, the fish did not cooperate. But it was still a beautiful autumn day on the river in Southeastern Minnesota. Photo taken 2008. Share this:...
Read MoreFrank Brueske
Award winning photographer, Franklin (Frank) Brueske, is originally from Southeastern Minnesota. He became interested in photography while in elementary school and purchased his first camera from a rural community drug store when he was is the sixth grade. It took 127 film, was fixed focus, but had sun and cloud adjustments. He still has that camera today. More about Frank
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