Canal Park and Tischer Creek Duluth Engagement // Jenna & Nathan

Oh my Duluth has my heart! The authenticity, the calm of the lake, the personalities, the parks, waterfalls, trails, food, neighborhoods...  everything!

Jenna and Nathan's color outfits matched their personalities and the authenticity of Duluth echoed the authenticity of their relationship.

Nathan proposed near Crabby Ol’ Bills Duluth's Canal Park boardwalk so we started our session there to capture the joy and excitement of their engagement!  The lake, the boardwalk, the lighthouse, the breakwater, the lift bridge and Crabby Ol’ Bills washed up boat are the essence of Duluth's Canal Park in my mind.

Next we drove up to Congdon Park's Tischer Creek.  What a history this creek holds.  The Congdon's purchased the land all around the creek in order for the creek to power the fountains and garden's at their Glensheen Mansion.  For me, Tischer Creek embodies the beautiful park system of Duluth with its waterfalls, trails, trees and bridges.

Exploring with film at Grand Superior Lodge

Over the past 6 months I've been exploring with shooting film for a couple of reasons.

1. It slows me down and pushes me to make better compositions because each press of the shutter costs me about $1.50
2. The COLORS.  Oh my I love the colors. I love how you can change the exposures and processing combinations to manipulate the colors you get in return.
3. There's something about the analog process of actually creating a new thing, in the real world, the instant you press the shutter.

Here's an image from Megan and Barry's wedding at Grand Superior lodge shot with Kodak Portra400 push processed two stops.   I love the colors.  Love, love, love them: the richness combined with the softness, her skin tones to die for, the inky blacks, the subtle transitions, all of it.

Canon AE-1 with 50/1.8 at 2.2.