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best places to photograph in Minneapolis

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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best places to photograph in minneapolis

Photo of the Day: Lake Calhoun Sailboats

Lake Calhoun Sailboats
Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy.

Lake Calhoun Sailboats
This location is one of the most iconic in the city of Minneapolis. It is beautiful day or night, summer or winter.

This is a more artistic view of this classic scene...
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Rush Creek Golf Course : Golden Sunset

Rush Creek Golf Course : Golden Sunset
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Rush Creek Golf Course: Golden Sunset

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I am shooting a project for the townplanner guys and they wanted me to photography Rush Creek Golf Course for next years calendar. It turns out Rush Creek is the last place I had ever golfed because I gave the sport up in frustration years ago, so there was a certain sense of nestagia that I had to for the place. The course is certainly gorgeous and I ended up with some great sunrise and sunset images from this early spring outing.

These images are from that outing. I hope you enjoy.

I hope you capture some of your dreams today. All the best to you my friends.

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Any and all theft will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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How to get money from people who steal your pictures: Part III the killer letter that produces results

On the Wayne Moran Photography site on facebook we have been discussing how to get money from people that have stolen your images Wayne Moran Photography .

Like I had promised you here is the killer letter that gets results.  This is the letter that you send to companies that have stolen your image or images.  They have much more to lose than regular private individuals and you could make them VERY uncomfortable online about their public theft. 

This letter has been almost 70% effect with companies that I send it to.  That means they decide to pay immediately after recieving the letter. Yes I was suprised myself with this effectiveness in the beginning but then I realize, they have some much to lose.  With a couple of blog posts I could really tarnish their reputation that they have been working so hard to build.  So they are very eager to get this event behind them.  So with that knowledge, use this letter boldly.  It is right, and it works...

Here is my most recent example of the Killer letter that gets results.

Date:   12/12/2009
From Wayne Moran Photography, Moran Enterprises Inc
3266 Rolling Hills Drive,
Eagan, MN 55121

To:  send a copy to all people involved and to the company’s marketing department

Hello,
Your company in this location on this date, appears to be illegally using one (or more) of my images…
(Show some of the details and make sure you have copies of all the appropriate advertisement or usage material)

Your advertisement or web site…
(Show picture here)

is using my Stone Arch Bridge Picture that you can see here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waynephotoguy/196744922/
You can tell it is my image because of the cloud formations.
All of my images are copyrighted and they are the way I make a significant part of my living so you and your team are stealing from me.
That particular image is one of my most popular images and typically licenses for use like this for up to $XXXX.  In Minnesota a theft of over $500 is a felony.
I use the legal services of the most aggressive law firm in the country for prosecuting these theft cases, Greenberg & Reicher Llp in New York, NY 10017.
They would make this process very expensive and very uncomfortable for you.
You have an opportunity to correct this issue immediately by paying for the theft. 
I would accept a licensing fee for that image for the non-exclusive onetime usage of $XXX.
Please make payment of $XXX by check by 12/05/2009 to: 
Moran Enterprises
3266 Rolling Hills Dr
Eagan, MN 55121

If you refuse to pay I will be forced to contact “Greenberg & Reicher” about the matter and get things rolling and that would be very unfortunate, time consuming and expensive. 

I will watch for your payment on this matter.

Regards,

Wayne Moran
Moran Enterprises Inc
3266 Rolling Hills Drive
Eagan, MN 55121

Phone: 999-999-9999
Email: [email protected]

______________________________________

With this knowledge, you can shoot with confidence and you can share online knowing you have some recorse to stop image thiefs.

Happy shooting.

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How to save your marriage! Love Path International

Love Path International

Joe Beam, founder of Love Path International, is a world-renown marriage
expert who has been featured on The Montel Williams Show, Good Morning
America, The Today Show, The Mike and Juliet Show and Focus on the Family
Radio.

Obviously the reason he's been invited on those shows is because he knows
what he's talking about and he has a record of saving marriages that
appear hopeless. About 60 percent of the marriages he's saved through his
intensive seminar have been couples who have been hurt by affairs. And yet
according to third party research, Joe's seminar is saving 3 out of 4
marriages in that kind of crisis!

Your problem might be that your spouse is having an affair. Or it might be
another issue. Joe Beam's seminar can help. It can save your marriage!
Please give this seminar serious consideration if your marriage is in
trouble. You can get more information by visiting
http://www.marriagehelper.com.

If your marriage is NOT in trouble, please link to the http://www.MarriageHelper.com
site to help more couples learn that there is hope.

Other great resources...

His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage

Minneapolis Skyline

Minneapolis Skyline
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Listening to: Regina SpektorSummer in the City.

Part of a recent outing... I think this whole outing was very successful!!!

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New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina Relief Trip

We, the relief team from SSEFC had our first training meeting last night for our trip down to hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans.  You can find previous post on the trip here and here.

We have or maybe 21 people signed up for the trip, I am so encouraged.  We had an original dream goal of thirty people and I must admit that I thought that was insane.  I was thinking if 10 people agreed to go I would be greatly impressed.  Shows what I know.  More on humility 101 later…

The team is composed of 10 females and 10 males.  Two of the males are high school aged youth.  Now who would have foreseen this?  This whole thing is just so odd how it is working out.

We have already had people step forward and volunteer to manage all the transportation, housing and financial issues.  We have even had people step forward to gather encouraging reading materials etc for the people that we will be coming into contact with and serving.

I must admit, I am a bit on edge.  I always have a tendency to think that I am in charge of things like this and then all the details freak me out.  Lord, help me to relax and realize that you are really in charge of this project.

If you are the praying sort I ask that you pray for protection of the team while we are down there.  The mold and disease issues that they are running into down there are pretty severe.  Also I ask that you would pray for team unity and a team filled with joy while having the opportunity to serve those in dire need.

Christianity 101: Salvation

We are on to part seven of our Series Christianity 101, Salvation.  This material in based on the book...

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Introduction:
From one point of view salvation is very simple.  It can be summed up “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.” (Acts 16:31).
At the same time, salvation is profound.  It has a permanent impact on every person who experiences it.

We do not need to understand everything before we can receive salvation.  In fact most understand very little at first and some things will not be understood until we see God face to face.

Some truths are to be understood with the mind and others are to be experienced with the heart.

Today we will be studying the key elements of salvation.

Christianity 101: The Holy Spirit

We are on to part six of our Series Christianity 101, The Holy Spirit.  This material in based on the book...

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Introduction:
Of the three persons in the Godhead- Father, Son and Holy Spirit, The Holy Spirit is the least known and understood. 
Yet he is most vitally and intimately involved in our initial conversion and birth into the family of God an in our ongoing development as Christians. 
The important truth is… The Holy Spirit is as much a person a God the Father and God the Son.   He is not an impersonal “it”.
Some Biblical terms help reinforce the “impersonal” stereotype.

- Both the Hebrew and Greek terms for spirit translate “breath” or “wind”
Misunderstanding may also come from the fact that the work for the Holy Spirit is not as visible as the work of the Father and the Son.
The many symbols of the Holy Spirit like oil, fire and water also may give an impersonal feel.

God Wants You to be Happy: Last Chapter of Your Life

Last Chapter of Your Life

By Warren Coe
South Suburban Evangelical Free Church

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Psalm 1:1-6

INTRODUCTION

1.  I am a book reader who sometimes wants to know the end of story before reading entire book.  Are you this way?  The story is engaging.
● Main character is interesting.  Narrative surprises make you read faster.
● Impatient to know the end you peak at the last chapter. 
● Ah, you know the end of the story.  Does this describe you?

2.  Every person in this room has a last chapter to write in their life.  Each has a conclusion.  What if I tell you I can predict your life’s end?
● Imagine the size of my wealth if I charged people to tell their future.
● Today I’m here to tell you that I have such power.
● I am able to accurately foresee last chapter of your life.  Are you interest?

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