Fish Creek

Photo: A mobile snapshot while stopping for our caffeine fix in Fish Creek.

Well, halfway through our weekend up here in Door County, WI, and it’s been fun. Now that I’ve grown fond of my 24” monitor at home for doing all my post production work, I’m hesitant to upload any new photos without the proper processing. That means the good stuff will half to wait until we return.

In the meantime, how about a fun little snapshot I grabbed while stopping for coffee on Friday. These quaint little shops up here are so neat, and the shop owners that bear the Wisconsin winters and stay open all year round have to be the best.

Came across this scene with the flag and the little Main St. sign while walking around Fish Creek in Door County this past weekend, and was inspired to steal Cindy’s camera from her hands and grab this shot.

One of the areas of feedback I received from my portfolio reviews at the Maui Photo Festival last month was to “get closer.” Much of what I’m used to shooting are wide open landscapes or big, black, night skies. So taking that advice, as with all the other tips I receive, I took it to heart and starting putting into practice.

Granted I only had a few hours to shoot the entire weekend, I did get a few more close ups, like this one.

Maybe not the best image in the bunch, but again, it’s practice in action and helping to train my brain to expand my vision when I’m shooting.

And we all know what practice makes.

Time to start thinking Door County again, seeing as we’ll be driving up there this time next week.

This shot was from a lookout point in Peninsula State Park from last April, and I dug up this on in particular because I’m close to finalizing reservations for an aerial photo shoot over “the Door” for next weekend.  Ever since the Maui Photo Festival, I’ve been in a photo frenzy over when my next shoot or project will be and keeping the personal momentum I’ve picked up since then. Not to mention the aerial aspect, of which I’m still buzzing about from the doors-off helicopter tour I got to experience last month.

Yup, I’m shooting for a 70 minute flight over Door County next weekend, and in a plane this time. The option for shooting “doorless” is available, so I’m looking to take advantage of that. Seeing that the trip is still 10 days away, we’re just now starting to get a feel for what the weather might be like.  Obviously it’s going to be much colder than cruising over Maui, but the question is whether the clouds and rain (or snow!) will cooperate and take the weekend off.

I’ve got a few other things to get together to prep for this aerial shoot, thanks to my experience last month, so I’m hoping to do 2x as well this time around.

Be sure to stay tuned in the coming weeks for hopefully some nice views over Door County, the beautiful autumn colors from above, quaint little towns, islands, bays, lighthouses and more.

Also, if you’re on Twitter and want to check out more of what Door County has to offer, take a gander at what @DoorCountyInfo is tweeting about.