Also, an article about the same photos was published on The Local Current blog. You should go read that as well..

"Duluth artist Kip Praslowicz re-imagines the concept of concert photography" is a post from: K. Praslowicz, Photographer

So the image, nothing amazing. But what kind of took me by surprise was the date. January 31st, 2003. So doing this type of photography for ten years really kind of unexpectedly snuck up on me. Has it really been that long? Wild. The ten year anniversary of making that image was only a month away, so I set an alarm on my phone to remind me to go back to that same shot and rephotograph it on January 31st 2013 to see how much things have changed in the past decade.

Ten Years Ago is a post from: K. Praslowicz, Photographer

I've always held the notion in my heart that the printed images are the only true complete versions of my photography. Color can vary widely between viewing devices, but more importantly, the files I put on the web just can't accurately show the lush detail & subtly that my photo process is capable of creating in the way that as large printed image can. So come check it out! Reception details can be found here.

2012 Arrowhead Biennial is a post from: K. Praslowicz, Photographer

Is the stunned silence over with? Good, lets move on. Take this recent portrait of mine for example.

Yes. Every last pixel on it has been changed in Photoshop. In a last ditch attempt to come clean with the Image Capture Purity Party out there who insist that what comes out of the camera is the most true way to present a photograph, I am also going to release this photo in its original form out of the scanner so that they may draw their own conclusions.

Glad that is off my chest. This post was for Shawn.

Bonus

What the hell. Lets go one step further and at least inverse it.

There. I'd still get laughed out of the Camera Club if I showed up with that as a print.

These steps have to be done. If they're not by you, then it is a best approximation by an algorithm that a programmer as Nikon, Canon or Epson came up with. Tweak it yourself if you don't like the computer's stab at it and take some pride in knowing the final result came from your hand. Using Photoshop (or any other brand name of post-processing software) doesn't have to imply creating grotesque HDR images or slathering Gaussian blur all over your photo and calling it Tilt-Shift. Just be gentle with the image. It'll love you more for it.

Guys, I Have a Confession. is a post from: K. Praslowicz, Photographer

The second was different though. I was approached by the 4onthefloor needing a photo in a very short time frame. Almost too tight to go shoot something just for them and expect amazing results. Instead I presented some pieces from my back catalog and got a This piece is perfect! response. Beautiful, and far less stress.

Head rattled and the memory of William Eggleston's 1,547 or so album covers moved back into immediate memory. Microstock has never sounded appealing to me, but utilizing images I've already taken that don't really fit in elsewhere as album covers? That sounds like a win.

Your band's next album cover

As a result, I dove further into my back catalog and dug up a bunch of images, many of which I've never even scanned before, and am offering them up for licensing for your band's next album cover. Pretty cool huh? Just to show the potential a bit better, I've even went so far as using an album cover generating meme I came across a while back to put some fake band names & titles on them. No need to stick with my two-minute designs or anything. They're just for fun.

HBXIP - The Greatest Men and Women

Løvenkrands - English Language

Loving County Courthouse - How Others Saw me

André of Brienne - What We Have Already Done

Metoposauridae - The Less Competitive

Kozie Chrbty - A Good Example

Kavlak Peak - ...of peace, not of tumult

Cerro Colorado - Neither Idolize Nor Hate

Compsomantis Semirufula - The Redemption of Ignorance

Degenerate Dimension - Pigs Treat Us As Equals

Spanish Christmas Lottery - ...let go of the familiar

The Green Initiative - What People Do Want

Interested? I'm looking for a simple $100 + $0.05/pressing ($25 min) or so. Pretty cheap! Contact me and we'll do business.

12 Square Photos that Would Look Great as Your Band's Next Album Cover. is a post from: K. Praslowicz, Photographer

What if the masters of photography used horrendous watermarks?

Well wasn't that just a ball of fun? Here are a few more links to some other fun satire posts about famous photographers in the Internet age.

• Great Photographers on the Internet
• Great Photographers on the Internet, Part II
• Future Now Cleansed
• Iconic Photos “Re-taken” with Instagram

What if The Masters of Photography Used Horrendous Watermarks? is a post from: K. Praslowicz, Photographer

Benefits

1. Missing tap is now you're sign of an exposed sheet. Saves you when you accidentally reinsert the dark slide with the wrong side out.
2. Prevents accidental double exposure if you do put a slide in backward.
3. Lets you know which holders are loaded with blank sheets if you don't shoot for a while.
4. Provides a place to mark film speed on the top of the holder. Useful to find an unexposed sheet of the speed you need if your bag only shows you the top of the holders.
5. Prevents accidental dark slide pulling while removing the holder from your bag due to a loose L-lock swinging out of place.

There you go large format photographers, start saving your film from needless doom.

For the non-photographers who have patiently read though this post, here is a new photo for you to enjoy.

Quick Tip For Large Format Photographers is a post from: K. Praslowicz, Photographer

Someone trying to get a head start on shoveling the night before.

First rule of anticipating a blizzard. If you park on the street, get read to shovel your ass off after the plows bury your card.

No really. You're going to dig. And dig as soon as possible. It only gets work as the snow slightly melts during the day and ices back up at night.

One of the greatest things that happens when it gets super cold in these parts are the enormous cold steam walls that roll in off Lake Superior.

If it is all too much for you, you can always buy some tropical swimsuits on the sidewalk to beat the cold.

Raiding the Archives 6: A Blizzard is a post from: K. Praslowicz, Photographer

This time around though I'm not pulling a roll out at random. See, the other day I was walking around though an area of town that has reaching the end of construction that has been going on for a few years now. Part of the new construction is a nice, brand new set of public restrooms. Seeing these restrooms triggered a memory of taking a rather unexciting snapshot of the doors of the restrooms that used to stand there.

Strange enough, I seem to very actively recall thinking that I should just take a quick photo of those restrooms. The design was quite dated, and I didn't expect them to be around much longer. Seems I was right.

Any ways, the images from this archive raid comes from a sunny after noon during the 2008/2009 winter where two of my friends managed to contact me about just walking around and taking some pictures at the same time. We all met up at my apartment, and walked to Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum and back.

It was a rather nice day for the middle of winter, and this year Lake Superior had a very nice thick layer of smooth ice extending far out into the bay that we could walk on.

Unlike 99% of every other photo I've ever taken with 35mm film, this day I loaded my camera with a roll of slide film. Even though the casual snapshots on them are only a mere four years old, there is still something incredibly romantic about flipping though a pile of mounted slides and holding them up to the light to view each one. Almost, kinda, sorta the same experience as looking through my grandfather's Kodachromes from the 1950s.

All photos taken with Leica M3 with Leica Summaron 35mm f2.8 on Fuji Provia 100F if I recall properly.

Raiding the Archives 5: Winter Walk to Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum is a post from: K. Praslowicz, Photographer

Photos From The Duluth Flooding is a post from: K. Praslowicz, Photographer