Michigan
Michigan is a state located in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Known for its stunning natural beauty, Michigan offers a plethora of photography locations for both amateur and professional photographers. From the picturesque Mackinac Island to the stunning Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan has something for everyone. The state is also home to several iconic landmarks, such as the Detroit skyline and the Mackinac Bridge, which provide excellent opportunities for capturing breathtaking images.
Photography regions of Michigan
Photography of Michigan
.... aka St. Joseph North and South Pier Lighthouses (and a beautiful Lake Michigan sunset)
... over the twin, St. Joseph Lighthouses, in Benton Harbor, Michigan
“I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.” - Paulo Coelho
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Don’t you feel the same? I don’t like to complain because I live in the city. Especially because I live in Chicago, it’s a beautiful city and I love it! But every time I get the chance to spend some time in the nature I feel that It gets more and more difficult to come back to it. Getting up early and being greeted with this kind of peacefulness it just very addicting even if you don’t get a shot you anticipated every time. What do you think?
South Haven Lighthouse at the end of the pier.
The rising sun tried to burn through the heavy fog on the Portage Lake
With the weather forecast predicting rain for the next 3 days, I decided to take advantage of the potential good sunset and visit the Bond Falls. My...
I've been wanting to get up to this lighthouse for a while. It's not particularly easy to get to. Four or five hours away from home, it is about a 15...
A intense sunrise today caught me off guard. No decent foreground to work with but I like this telephoto view. 2 shots stitched together, each from...
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Where are you going next? After a quick jump in to a fall in my home town it's time to go back to nature again. I still didn’t give up on this years fall and I must say that so far it’s been my most productive fall season to this day. Since the season is sleeping away quickly the plan is to reach as many places and locations as I possibly can in this short amount of time. It really feels refreshing to step away from the usual routine and try to find beauty in unusual places. What do you think?
“Odd, how life makes twists and turns. I never would have guessed that I’d end up where I am now, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I wouldn’t trade this path I’m on for the whole solar system, for that matter. If I’ve learned anything these last several months, it’s that sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.” ― Angela N. Blount, Once Upon an Ever After
Did anyone catch northern lights last night? Our attempt was a complete bust! But hey, that’s life! What matters is that we tried and the day in whole was a complete success. We spent some quality time with our friends and still manage to get away with a few keepers. South Haven was a huge surprise to all of us. It is very beautiful and the walk in marina makes you feel like you are somewhere in Amsterdam. Can you spot the ship?
Do you have the same problem? After returning back from Detroit I had a sensory overload. We had so much fun and the experience was more than we can hope for that I had to let my head cool down a bit before I dive deep in to the editing some of the shots. I have to thank Alanna St Laurent (@alannastlaurentphotography), a great photographer and above all a great human being, for making sure that we don’t miss out on anything. And we didn’t! So 4 days and 350GB of images later we came home happy. This is the 3 image and 100MPX vertorama of the beautiful Wayne County Building in the very downtown. What do you think?
I’m sure you can tell, can you? It was very exciting on the day one of our trip. GM’s Renaissance Center is a magnificent structure that is impossible not to notice in downtown Detroit. My mind was going in to overdrive just thinking about the angles from where I can capture it. This was the first location from where I was able to frame it with the very interesting, single track encircling transportation services called “People mover”. What do you think?
I hope this sends you back in time? Here is the last image, for now, of this Detroit series. This is a beautiful “Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Building. It was designed by architect Julius Hess, and constructed at 1942 West Grand River and Cass as an appropriate structure for meetings and other GAR related activities. This Richardsonian Romanesque-designed building lies on a small, triangular lot on the northwest side of downtown Detroit” (Wiki). We really enjoyed photographing this gem. What do you think?
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Taken from the bottom of N Upper Michigan Avenue looking up towards the Wrigley building. you can see the Hancock in...
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” - Aristotle
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It’s all about the tone, right? I spent recently some time in Grand Rapids, Michigan and I just fell in love with that skyline. It’s been photographed a lot and I didn’t have that much time to get everything I wanted. I got the night shot but for some reason I like the mood and the color palette from the overcast day. I decided to shoot a long exposure pano. To get the long exposure effect I used the Sony app that blends about 128 shots for each frame to get the long exposure effect. I stitched 13 of those frames for a huge 210MPX pano. I would usually go for a BNW edit but this minimalistic 3 tone frame just spoke to me. What do you think?
It was a beautiful morning at Big Sable Point. The air had a hint of crispness and the scent of pine. The sky was spectacular. It continuously...
As you can probably see from this photo taken today, the fall color around Houghton is already past its peak. As my photography skills grow, even...
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Michigan!
Most notably Nenad Spasojevic, Andrey Sulitskiy and David Hamments.