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On Artist Point in Grand Marais in pre-dawn light to catch the sunrise.

Photographers with tripods on an icy rocky shoreline at pre-dawn, overlooking a vast lake under overcast blue skies.
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Lake Superior, Grand Marais.

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First time winter hiking today with these hiking crampons. Amazing stability and still easy to walk on.

Hiking boots fitted with red and black crampons with multiple metal spikes, standing on icy snow-covered ground.
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Suggestion from Bryan Hansel to find your photography style — go through your photos for the year and pick your favorite single one from each month. Not your best, or most liked. Your favorite! Look at those twelve photos and reflect on what the common threads are between them all.

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Ice Climbers along the Cascade River.

Two climbers on a frozen waterfall along a rocky canyon wall in winter, one ascending with ice axes, one belaying below.
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How is it possible that I’m just now discovering how amazing Swedish Cream is. Wow.

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Geared up for sunrise winter photography.

Person bundled in balaclava, beanie with headlamp, and blue puffer jacket standing on rocky lakeshore at cloudy sunrise with tripod nearby.
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Out early shooting the sunrise. Good waves on Lake Superior.

Photographers on icy rocky shoreline of Lake Superior at sunrise with waves crashing nearby under cloudy sky
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Bryan Hansel getting everyone started on our workshop.

Group of photographers with tripods on a rocky shoreline in winter clothing during a photography workshop
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Morning coffee and pastry at 190° Coffee and Tea. Early morning snowfall. Heading on to Grand Marais.

190 Degree Coffee Tea cafe in a red brick building during heavy snowfall, with snow-covered sidewalks and an open sign visible in the window.