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Senior Portrait Shoot: Evan
This weekend I was out on a Senior High School Portrait shoot with a great young man from Burnsville Highschool, Evan. Evan is a huge sports kid, so much of our task would be to capture his athleticism and his masculinity. Continue reading
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Tagged blaze, burnville, Eagan, football, minnesota, mn, portrait photographer, senior pictures, Senior Portrait, senior portrait photographer, sports, twin cities
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SEO The Importance of Inbound Links (and How to Get Them!)
One of the many ways to increase your visibility in the search engines like Google is to appear import. This is a measure of actually being important in the wed community. The way you appear important is to have many web sites link to your site. This process is known as building inbound links, or backlinks. Inbound links are those that direct to your page from another website or domain.
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Tagged inbound links, link back, Link backs, linkbacks, SEO, The Importance of Inbound Links
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Camera review Panasonic Lumix GF2 – Part II
Do you ever get tired of lugging around that huge anchor of a camera that you have so that you can impress all your friends and fellow professional photographers and look like a pro? Have you been keeping up with the incredible advances that have been made in the high end point and shoot camera market? These cameras are often called interchangeable-lens compact (ILC). Well, I must say I am very intrigued and yes I can say I even lust for a great small camera that I can have with me all the time. These cameras and they are showing up all over the place and great advances have been made in quality and performance. Continue reading
Camera Review Panasonic Lumix GF2
Do you ever get tired of lugging around that huge anchor of a camera that you have so that you can impress all your friends and fellow professional photographers and look like a pro? Have you been keeping up with the incredible advances that have been made in the high end point and shoot camera market? These cameras are often called interchangeable-lens compact (ILC). Well, I must say I am very intrigued and yes I can say I even lust for a great small camera that I can have with me all the time. These cameras and they are showing up all over the place and great advances have been made in quality and performance. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography, Weblogs
Tagged Camera review Panasonic Lumix GF2, Mark Teskey, Panasonic Lumix GF2, Popular Photography, Tom DeBruyn
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Eagan Art Festival 2011
It is time once again for the Eagan Art Festival. This is the 17th Eagan Art Festival and it has grown to be one of the best in the state with over 100 artists, youth events, music, assorted entertainment and of course great food. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Current Affairs, Music, Photography, Weblogs
Tagged 2011, art, Eagan, Eagan Art Festival, Eagan Art Festival 2011, Eagan Photographer, Festival, photographer, wayne moran
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Minneapolis Stone Arch Festival of the Arts
17th Annual Minneapolis Stone Arch Festival of the Arts
– June 18 & 19
The 2011 Stone Arch Festival of the Arts will be held on June 18 & 19 along the stunning Mississippi River in Minneapolis. In it’s 16 years, this free, two day festival held on Father’s Day weekend, has brought nearly a million people to the Minneapolis downtown Riverfront District. The festival features more than 250 visual artists, 60 live performances and family entertainment.
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Tagged 17th Annual Minneapolis Stone Arch Festival of the Arts, Annual, Annual Stone Arch Festival, arts, minneapolis, stone arch, stone arch bridge, Stone Arch Festival
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How to create a Email Submit or Subscribe box on WordPress?
How to create a Email Submit or Subscribe box on Wordpress?
So I was doing some SEO work on my blog and the tools that test your site for SEO-niceness look for a “subscribe to site” capability. On a previous blog that was very easy to do and frankly I was a little surprised that WP does not currently have that capability.
So off I went searching for answers. I quickly realized that it was not automatic and it was going to require a little code. Not to worry, it turns out there is a solution that is relatively easy.
Memorial Day 2011 Fort Snelling National Cemetery
“Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (observed this year on 2007-05-28). It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. After World War I, it expanded to include those who died in any war or military action. One of the longest standing traditions is the running of the Indianapolis 500, which has been held in conjunction with Memorial Day since 1911.” Continue reading
How to convert a Typepad blog to a WordPress blog
I have been blogging for a very long time at the Questions and Answers blog www.qandablog.com that is hosted via typepad.com. But I have known for a very long time that,
1. I wanted to be working in WordPress, the most popular Content Management System (CMS) in the world, so that I can easily help my clients with their web pages and blogs etc
2. From a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) perspective, it is much better to be blogging at your main domain, in this case www.waynemoran.com so that you are driving traffic to your domain and not the generic typepad.com domain.
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Tagged blog, convert, convert typepad blog to wordpress conversion seo twitter, typepad, wordpress
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Memorial Day 2011 Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Memorial Day 2011 Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Remembering the Fallen, Caring for Those Left Behind. Freedom is not Free.
Image from Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis MN.
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Posted in Art, Current Affairs, Heartwarming Stories, Misc, Photography, Weblogs
Tagged fort snelling, fort snelling national cemetery, memorial day, Memorial Day 2011 Fort Snelling National Cemetery, remembering our fallen heros
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Basilica of St Mary Minneapolis Minnesota – Minnesota Art
This is an image of the interior of the Basilica of St Mary in Minneapolis Minnesota. The inside is breathtakingly beautiful and it certainly gives one a sense of awe…
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Jay Micholic : President Cornerstone Parking Group
Jay is only one of the most charming handsome men alive.
Great working with your team Jay!!!
This is all part of the large commercial shoot I am doing for a local Parking Vender. These guys are a great team of wonderful people.
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The Museum of Modern Art: New York City
The Museum of Modern Art (stylized MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world.[1] The museum’s collection offers an unparalleled overview in modern and contemporary art,[2] including works of architecture and design, drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist’s books, film, and electronic media.
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Use your color histogram to correct your white balance
Have you ever noticed that when you are shooting an image, you look at the image on your screen on your camera and you notice right away that the colors do not look right? You know, they are too blue or too red or whatever. Yes you can run into this situation even when you are shooting with a camera that has a great auto white balance setting. As you get more and more careful with the quality of your images and when you want to capture super high quality images the first time so that you can limit post production edits. So how do you fix this color issue which is a white balance issue?
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Minneapolis Stone Arch Bridge Magazine Cover
I was contacted by one of the editors of a national magazine, the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy the monthly journal for The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy because they wanted to use my Stone Arch Bridge image as the cover of their magazine for an upcoming issue.
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Best Places to Photograph in St. Paul
I get asked the question all the time, what are the best places to photograph in St. Paul. Well of course that depends upon what you are really looking for but the way I understand that question is this way, What are the most popular, iconic, interesting places to photograph in St. Paul that will give me the photographer a good chance at getting a good picture? So that is the question I will answer here in this article. It is interesting to me that so many people think there is no beauty in St. Paul. Well I believe this article will dispense with such crazy thoughts and I will show you all kinds of incredible beauty.
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Tagged Best Places to Photograph in St. Paul fine art photography minnesota
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best places to photograph in Minneapolis
What are the best places in Minneapolis to photograph?
I get asked the question all the time, what are the best places to photograph in Minneapolis. Well of course that depends upon what you are really looking for but the way I understand that question is this way, What are the most popular, iconic, interesting places to photograph in Minneapolis that will give me the photographer a good chance at getting a good picture? So that is the question I will answer here in this article.
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Strike!!! Classic baseball Image.
One of the all time best shots.. 🙂
This is a fun shot that gave me an opportunity to work with all the kids. Even the neighbor kids got involved.
The genesis of a picture: This picture originated from a discussion with another flickrite Wans2pics . We were talking about how to do a portrait of a male well. She came up with the idea that it could be an action shot or some shot were the guy was going the thing that he loved. So while this is no longer a portrait, it is a male action shot. There Wanda, the picture is up!!!
How is this done? Take 10 million pictures of a ball coming in and sort through them…lol Or…
Note: Bigger view is now available.
Note 2:
To see the Set Up…
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Tagged classic rawlings baseball image the boys of summer
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Como Conservatory Orchid Show
Como Conservatory Orchid Show
Yes it is still possible that spring will come again.
Last weekend my wife and I got out the orchid show at the Como Conservatory in St Paul.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Como_Park,_Zoo,_and_Conservatory
It was a wonderful show and I must tell you it was great to get out of the winter cold and into a summery feeling place. There were preparing the conservatory for the Valentines exhibit which I am sure will be incredible. I may have to get out there again to capture some of that beauty.
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Orchid Show Como Conservatory
Orchid Show Como Conservatory
Yes it is still possible that spring will come again.
Last weekend my wife and I got out the orchid show at the Como Conservatory in St Paul.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Como_Park,_Zoo,_and_Conservatory
It was a wonderful show and I must tell you it was great to get out of the winter cold and into a summery feeling place. There were preparing the conservatory for the Valentines exhibit which I am sure will be incredible. I may have to get out there again to capture some of that beauty.
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Tagged St Paul Como Conservatory Orchid Show
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Landmark Center St Paul Winter Carnival 2011
Landmark Center St Paul Winter Carnival 2011
The Landmark Center is one of the most recognizable buildings in Minnesota not to mention St Paul, Minnesota. The building has a great history and it is still being used in many interesting ways.
St. Paul’s historic Landmark Center, completed in 1902, originally served as the United States Post Office, Court House, and Custom House for the state of Minnesota. It was designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke, who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department in 1891-92. Edbrooke designed a body of public architecture, much of which, like this structure, was completed after his death in 1896. Landmark Center stands in beautiful Rice Park, now housing an arts and culture center for St. Paul.
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St Paul Winter Carnival Ice Sculpture
The St Paul Winter Carnival ( www.winter-carnival.com/ ) is an annual event showcasing life in Minnesota and the hearty individuals that live here. It is a great way to get out and enjoy the fresh air and stay sane in the deep Minnesota winters. The ice sculpture event is the event that got me out shooting this particular evening and while I was out I decide to capture the great lights lighting up the night in St. Paul.
This is some of the amazing ice sculpture work. The artistry is amazing.
I love this town!!!
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Tagged St Paul Winter Carnival 2011 Ice Sculpture art activities fun entertainment
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St Paul Winter Carnival 2011
The St Paul Winter Carnival ( http://www.winter-carnival.com/ ) is an annual event showcasing life in Minnesota and the hearty individuals that live here. It is a great way to get out and enjoy the fresh air and stay sane in the deep Minnesota winters. The ice sculpture event is the event that got me out shooting this particular evening and while I was out I decide to capture the great lights lighting up the night in St. Paul.
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Tagged St Paul Winter Carnival 2011 landmark center Lawson software st paul hotel saint paul hotel mn minnesota fun entertainment
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New York City Skyline : Reflecting Clouds
New York City Skyline : Reflecting Clouds
This was from our family trip to New York city in the summer of 2010. This was one of those perfect days, perfect temperature, perfect conditions and everyone was in a good mood.
I would highly recommend the trip.
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Tagged New York City Skyline : Reflecting Clouds architecture art beauty
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Mickey’s Diner in Lights St Paul Minnesota
Mickey’s Diner is a 50′ x 10′ classic Art Deco diner car restaurant in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was prefabricated in New Jersey by the Jerry O’Mahony Diner Company of Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1937 serial # 1067, shipped to Saint Paul by rail, and installed downtown just before World War II. It looks much like it did then and is still open 24 hours a day (and according to its employees, non-stop since it started). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as the only building of its kind in Minnesota. It is shown in several Hollywood movies, including The Mighty Ducks, Jingle All the Way, and A Prairie Home Companion, where it is featured prominently in the opening and closing scenes.
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