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Why Your Favorite Photos Matter More Than Your Best Ones
Why your favorite photos, not your best ones, might be the clearest map to your evolving photographic style.
 • Bryan Hansel
Winter Has Arrived
Photos of the northland during early winter. Sub-zero mornings, sea smoke, and ice. It’s why early winter is one of my favorite times to photograph Lake…
 • Bryan Hansel
All Things Black
On black beaches, black hills, and photos of everything in between. A little riff on Black Friday, a few unexpected photographic detours, and a reminder…
 • Bryan Hansel
Telling a Kayak or Canoe Trip Story
For photographers, capturing the story of a paddling trip is half the fun and learning how to capture your paddling adventures even when you’re focused…
 • Bryan Hansel
Lessons for Better Calendar Photography
The behind-the-scenes process of crafting my Northern Landscapes Calendar and lessons learned from over a decade of photographing for calendars.
 • Bryan Hansel
Where the River Led Me plus the 2025 Landscape Photography Summit
A two-week celebration of landscape photography and a chance to see how I photograph from the seat of a canoe.
 • Bryan Hansel
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: A National Treasure
One of the wildest routes in the BWCA, shared with family, and just enough light to make magical photos. Plus a ridiculous number of beaver dams…
 • Bryan Hansel
When the Gales of November Come Early
For All Who Rest Beneath the Waves, Widen the Edmund Fitzgerald Remembrance
 • Bryan Hansel
I Might As Well Have Been on the Moon
Recounting my visit to Craters of the Moon National Monument
 • Bryan Hansel
Photos From the Tetons
As I write this from my tent, I've just finished up teaching two photo workshops in Grand Teton National Park and have spent two weeks in the park.
 • Bryan Hansel
The Blue Hour
A Magic and Often Missed Time for Photography
 • Bryan Hansel
When Are Fall Colors on Minnesota's North Shore
When do the fall colors typically happen on Minnesota's North Shore? After decades of photographing them, here's my answer.
 • Bryan Hansel
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