Matt Mortensen Blog: 2011

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Winter Cometh...

St Paul Cathedral in Winter
Copyright 2011 Matt Mortensen Photography

Monday, December 12, 2011

Tucker Christmas...

Caught before Christmas

Tucker loved his early Christmas present. We put up the tree and he laid quietly all night chewing on that gigantic rawhide!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Wedding photos take forever...

What a couple!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Top Chef Challenge...

Top Chef Contender 2012

Apparently the show Top Chef has been on a while and we decided to incorporate it into our Mortensen Holiday family traditions. I was down this year but not out! Just wait 'til next year...

Friday, November 25, 2011

First Annual Thanksgiving Cook-off...Lefse-Pumpkin-

Lefse-Pumpkin-Cranberry Pie

Lefse Breakfast-on-a-stick

Lefse Blintz (Winner)

Friday, November 18, 2011

Ghosts of Travel

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Friday, November 11, 2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Friday, October 28, 2011

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Occupy Minnesota
Copyright 2011 Matt Mortensen Photography

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Our Little Island
Copyright 2011 Matt Mortensen Photography

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Frosty Fall

Seven day anniversary! It was a beautiful morning with Fall colors and a frost on the ground.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Sunday, September 11, 2011

God bless all those who have suffered from the events unfolding due to the events of 9/11 in NYC, VA, and PA in the United States. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who has been hurt or killed in those events and subsequent actions.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Arches Trip 2011...

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Flights...

Flight to ???
Copyright 2011 Matt Mortensen

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Plugins and corrections...

Before post-processing using XnView/Fisheye-Hemi and Lightroom

After post-processing using XnView/Fisheye-Hemi and Lightroom

Before post-processing using XnView/Fisheye-Hemi and Lightroom

After post-processing using XnView/Fisheye-Hemi and Lightroom

Sunday, July 17, 2011

A Rainy Day for Pizza...

Fat (and wet) Lorenzo's
Copyright 2011 Matt Mortensen

Monday, July 11, 2011

Nokomis Triathlon...

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Heron's Roost...

Friday, June 24, 2011

Comparison...

Comparison of two lenses at 24.0 mm focal length. It might take some long staring but after looking at millions of images like I have there is definitely a detectable difference in quality. Sadly the lesser image is produced by a Nikon AF-D lens and the one on the right is made with a Tokina. This just goes to show you that not everything that glitters is Nikon!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Hotel Olympic Area - Beijing
Copyright 2011 Matt Mortensen

Fond memories of our trip to China last summer abound. It has been almost 12 months and there is no return trip insight. Until we can return to make some more images, enjoy this one. This image was made using a 10.5 mm fisheye lens and it was handheld. The camera body was a Nikon D2Xs. Notice how the fluid lines of the grand staircase play well into the curvature of the fisheye optics.