http://mikeekern.com Photos you haven't seen Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:33:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You're looking at the central section of the Winton Guest House.  Completed in 1987 for Mike and Penny Winton, the house was designed by architect Frank Gehry.  In 2002 the Winton's sold the property on which the house resides.  Six years later, the current owner and St. Thomas came to ... http://mikeekern.com/2008/12/the-gehry-house/ Dr. Robert Kennedy is a professor for two departments, Catholic Studies and Business.  He also ran an Aquinas Scholars seminar when I was going to St. Thomas about film noir.  We took his photo for CAS Spotlight a few issues ago.  As often happens, we used a different photo, but ... http://mikeekern.com/2008/12/kennedy/ Submitted for your approval, one, Isaac Rosefelt.  Rosefelt is former Tommie basketball star and you're seeing him here as he celebrates a 2006 MIAC championship win.  The MIAC is the local Division III conference, and a championship win there means you're headed off to compete for a national championship bid. The ... http://mikeekern.com/2008/12/ike/ Most of what you've seen on this blog so far are the slightly irregular photos I take.  To be sure, I shoot plenty of sports, a good batch of campus scenes at least twice a year, and some intricate portrait setups.  But the type of photo you see here is ... http://mikeekern.com/2008/11/the-usual/ I photographed Mickey's Diner in downtown St. Paul for an article about environmental fiction writing in the English department's newsletter (look for the Spring 2006 issue).  We used different photos in the newsletter so this one has never really seen the light of day before.  Time in the cold well ... http://mikeekern.com/2008/11/mickeys/ You have to love fall light. The front of the chapel was quite a bit darker than the rest of the building, so I took a single frame of the building and processed it in the computer twice - once for the portion of the chapel catching the light and a ... http://mikeekern.com/2008/11/st-marys/ The doors of O'Shaughnessy Hall catch some nice light on fall mornings.  In this case I chose to put more emphasis on the doors by using one of our new lenses - a Canon 45mm tilt shift lens.  Tilt shift lenses allow you to shift the plane of focus left ... http://mikeekern.com/2008/10/doors/ Most of the folks who read this blog are from Minnesota which means that most of you already know this is arctic explorer Will Steger.  I photographed Will for the latest issue of St. Thomas Magazine.  We went with a different photo for the cover, but I'm still fond of ... http://mikeekern.com/2008/09/arctic-explorer/ Due to popular demand, "Foggy Field" is now up for sale at the St. Thomas photo store.  All proceeds go to the university's budget, not mine. Enter the code "BRoll" (be sure to include the capital letters) when checking out to get 25% off your order.  This discount is only good ... http://mikeekern.com/2008/09/foggy-field-for-sale/ Not too much to say about this one.  Sometimes it's best just to shut up and push the damn button. http://mikeekern.com/2008/09/foggy-field/