The Four Dances - Great Egrets in Wisconsin
Great Egrets dancing as they land in the trees.
Foreword Book Award Silver Medals!
Today we learned my book Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Fifty Years of American Landscapes has been named a winner in two categories in the 26th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. We won the Silver Award in both the Nature Book and Art Book categories!
Great Smoky Mountains - Fog
This year we need to do a third printing of my book on the park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Thirty Years of American Landscapes. I headed down in January for new snow images and went back last week to see about getting the synchronized fireflies and some star images. Sadly, not many synchronized fireflies had come out yet, a few but not many, and the weather was cloudy every night. What happens then? You change strategy and get images of the streams – which were running full because of the rain – and details of the mountains and the vistas with the fog lifting.
Owls in Evanston
During these very strange days here in Evanston, Illinois there has been an interesting diversion for those out for a walk or bike ride – a family of Great Horned Owls.
Line 5 Flotilla Protest
On September 1, 2018 I was up in Mackinaw City, Michigan for the Flotilla Protest to shut down Line 5, a 65-year-old oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. And that is what The Flotilla – a protest by the Tribes of northern Michigan to promote the issues surrounding Line 5 was all about. Keeping our waters safe. It started with a blessing of the waters and then the flotilla protest with Native American’s and others joining in to show their support for shutting Line 5 down. It was organized by all the tribal leaders, tribal nations, and water warriors across the Great Lakes region in the 4th Paddle Out Protest to decommission Line 5. Especially the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.
International Color Awards
Honored to be once again nominated for the International Color Awards for three images!
Time-lapse of clouds and water
I've been shooting time-lapse for awhile now and am always amazed at how cool it can be when you see the final results. Working on The Sweetwater Seas - A Documentary About the Great Lakes, I have done a fair amount of time-lapse with moving clouds, stars and the water.
Shooting Farms in Wisconsin
Farmers are working with the Natural Resources Conservation Services as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to mitigate the nutrient runoff.
Pukaskwa Provencial Park
Whenever I do a shoot for our documentary The Sweetwater Seas I return and compile my favorite shots into a reel for quicker review when we edit the film later. This is a collection of the shots from this summer's trip to Canada's Pukaskwa Provincial Park on Lake Superior. I met a lot of great folks up there... Enjoy! Richard.
Richard Mack Photography Reel 2017
As the year starts you tend to not only look back at how last year was but to think about the upcoming year and put together a plan to accomplish your goals for the next month, 6 months, year or more. As part of this effort I put together a reel of video work we’ve done over the last several years for clients. It certainly does not show all the work, can’t usually be done in 2 ½ minutes.
The Sweetwater Seas in 100 Words
The Sweetwater Seas in 100 Words is a quick introduction to the feature-length documentary film The Sweetwater Seas - North America's Great Lakes.