Photographer
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Happy New Year, New Sale & Happy Birthday To The Photographer!
Christian and Kara here.. We hope your year is getting off to a great start! We feel like we haven’t seen anyone in so long.. being tucked away and focused on building the house. It’s been a challenge to get out there. Photography and adventures have taken a bit of a back seat. Thankfully this cold winter has allowed for a little rest time. We hope to have our new home gallery ready for visitors this summer! The Photographer did find some time for a couple “quick dips” in the Lake 🙂 Happy Birthday, Photographer! Today (January 2nd) – I get to celebrate the birth of the grooviest dude I’ve…
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We Miss you!
I thought I’d drop a little note to let you know of an upcoming event.. Have you heard of the Lake Superior 20/20 Studio & Art Tour? It takes place next weekend (September 23rd- 25th) Fri-Sat:10am-6pm and Sun:10am-5pm, there are many different studios and locations on the tour – all worth checking out. You can see the full tour info here. Christian Dalbec Photography will be a guest artist at a really cool local farm: Boreal Bounty Farm (address: 7221 Laine Road, Two Harbors, MN). As many of you know, the Photographer and I have been a little busy lately. We also haven’t had a studio. So if you can…
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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Sunrise
A follower’s perspective This morning started like every other morning.. Don’t these days feel an awful lot like the movie “Groundhog’s Day?” Every day we stay at home, chat with our phone friends, do our daily work, maybe drink too much coffee and get jittery and wish we could go literally anywhere but the next room, make dinner/ eat at some point, and eventually lay our head down upon that wonderful creation known as a pillow so we can hopefully sleep after all the coffee and then start this same day all over again! Whew! Living the same day over and over again (even writing that) is exhausting! But like…
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When The Passionate Create
That includes you. About the above image… I hesitated to share this picture of me from after a day of paddling around our Lake, but it just feels so raw and real and US. I want to be raw and real and US. So there is the (fabulous) NA beer we drink, with the (phenomenal) kayak/ paddle board brand we love, but there is also Me goofing around, being real. Christian and I have fun, that’s what we do. We have this beautiful life together because we know how to laugh. Sometimes teamwork requires loads of laughs.. just sayin’. Recently, I have had the privileged of observing an extraordinary amount…
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In The Wee Small Hours..
..of the morning. When the whole wide world is fast asleep… you can bet there is a photographer out there somewhere, chasing the ever-rising light. The Photographer and I recently spent a couple nights at his parents cabin -except we stayed in the camper to get used to the new set up. 😉 It was a pretty sweet deal, we knew we had the safety of being on “our land” and also knew we could run into the cabin if the weather or camper fever got too crazy. I enjoyed our little mini trips. It was a good escape from the crazy traffic and busyness of town. Christian, of course,…
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A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
And we don’t get to see our neighbors. It’s a whole new world and a new way of living. Here in Minnesota, we’re under a ‘Shelter in Place’ order. Which means no work for non-essential companies. I get it. And we don’t go to an office or hang out in public places. We are taking every precaution. Christian avoids people. He never goes in buildings. He stays outside and in the lake. We have his extremely high-risk parents to consider and care for right now. We are cleaning, sanitizing and avoiding everything and everyone. We are taking this very seriously. That being said, I know that Christian’s work is more…
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When Peace Like A Wave..
It is ‘swell. I’m not sure how any of you have been feeling lately, but I feel just a bit overwhelmed by life. I have recently made the decision that I’m over this anxiety and I am determined to create a place for peace in my life. I am crazy lucky to have the opportunity to experience peace from beauty. Do you know what I mean by that? It’s that feeling you get when you look up at a sky full of stars, or when you hike for 2 hours up a mountain only to stop and take in the rolling hills. Or if you journey to Cascade River or…
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Anatomy Of A Wave
The science you didn’t know you wanted to know. You may have seen some of my recent adventures Following The Photographer to Split Rock Lighthouse: While I was shivering on shore (and blissfully happy) I spent a good amount of time watching the waves. I’ve always had favorite wave images and tried to share them with you. Breathing it all in recently, I realize why I love those certain waves. I see the full movement of the wave and that one moment The Photographer captured. So, without getting too Geeky-freaky I will attempt to describe wave formations and use some interesting images in the process. Wave-making 101: On Lake Superior…
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Chasing The Light
A Day In The Life Ever wonder what Christian Dalbec does every day to get those spectacular sunrise shots? Well.. let’s take a peak shall we? 😉 Every morning Christian sets his alarm to go off approximately 2 hours before sunrise. This time of year (Octoberish), sunrise is at 7:00am. He has his alarm set for 4:50am. In the summer, when sunrise is much earlier, the alarm gets set to 2:30 or 3am. I have said it before, it takes a really special kind of crazy to do what this man does everyday. In theory, Christian has his camera and wetsuit (and coffee) prepped and ready to go out the…
