Professional Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow shares daily photos of the city he loves. Exploring Minneapolis through Photography while teaching composition and techniques.

Continuing with the obstruction theme, today’s distortion is brought to you by the reflective and warped doors on a building at the University of Minnesota across the street from a Caribou Coffee. I like how this image pairs well with yesterday’s image: similar composition and subjects.

This was a fun image to compose, though I was inspired by and standing right where my friend Bob was when he took a picture of the same thing (plagiarism is such an ugly word), I focused on the reflected buildings, not the door and really had to work to get the open sign legible. It’s all about the coffee.

I was out with Bob and Matt walking around the new stadium construction at the U. It’s going to be quite the beast! It’s impressive to think that the St. Anthony Bridge (new 35W Bridge), the University Stadium and the new Twins’ Stadium are all being built at the same time. Three major Minneapolis landmarks being created at the same time.

Tomorrow Obstruction: Constriction

Professional Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow shares daily photos of the city he loves. Exploring Minneapolis through Photography while teaching composition and techniques.

I’m back. Sorry for the missing days lately, much ado about many things. Lots of work, family events and summer stuff. I’ve noticed a lot of barriers and obstructions in my work recently, so this week is obstruction week. It seems a good theme since I was obstructed from posting yesterday: the hotel I was at in Grand Rapids, MN didn’t have internet.

This photo was taken from the window of my friend Lynne’s art studio in Lowertown St. Paul. It’s on the eighth floor of a warehouse and looks out to the North. The building across the street was converted into a parking garage. Her window is that security glass with chicken wire cast into it.

I liked the idea of the window being so prominent in the image, it really wants to keep you in. The obstruction makes you look around it and even move your head around trying to see around it. The framing and the chicken wire also mimic the rhythm and composition of the parking ramp.

Tomorrow Obstruction: Distortion

Professional Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow shares daily photos of the city he loves. Exploring Minneapolis through Photography while teaching composition and techniques.

Professional Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow shares daily photos of the city he loves. Exploring Minneapolis through Photography while teaching composition and techniques.

The True Meaning of Cell Phone Sunday

My friend Dave pointed out that my skills as a photographer may appear to be the result of my good equipment, so I should get a cheap camera and prove otherwise. I suggested my cell phone camera, because it has a simple 640×480 camera and I always have it with me. “Perfect” Dave said, ”now do it.”
Simple rules: only uncropped, images directly from my cell phone. I do some post processing to sharpen up the image. The “camera” on the phone only has a “capture” button, so, at heart, it’s really a composition challenge. See past Cell Phone Sunday Photos.

Professional Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow shares daily photos of the city he loves. Exploring Minneapolis through Photography while teaching composition and techniques.

As the storms rolled in, I raced off to hide my Jeep in a parking ramp to avoid the hail.
The hail never came, but the totally awesome clouds did.

Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow presents daily photos of Minneapolis. Cityscapes, People & Perspectives: Mitch explains composition and techniques.

I got out to the Edina Art Fair this weekend with my friend Karen and her family. It was fun to check out the art and be outside with the natives. Not too hot, just right for my tastes. I loaded up on gifts and had fun taking pics.

My friend Neal Topliff was playing piano there too! He’s a friendly, hard-working, talented composer and pianist who’s available for events and has quite the collection of CDs for sale on his website, harbourlightmusic.com Alright, I’m bias, he’s a client too and I designed all of his CDs and website.

Neal and his wife, Beth.

Check back this Saturday for the strangest thing I saw at the fair.

Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow presents daily photos of Minneapolis. Cityscapes, People & Perspectives: Mitch explains composition and techniques.

I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
- Mitch Hedberg