tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20226185894282302982023-04-07T20:08:36.203-06:00Big Mike's PhotographyA place to showcase my photography and my vision.Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.comBlogger237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-40467819043571095082015-12-17T12:56:00.002-07:002015-12-17T12:56:42.063-07:00Review by Reflecting on the Past...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know I've been away from blogging for a while. Sadly, I also stopped creating new images for a longtime as well. I hope that won't happen again! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I though it would be good to go back to my roots in sharing some insights on how I have developed as a photographer over the years. While I'm sure there are many much more talented photographers out there, I find it useful to share my experiences to help other learn and also to help me continue to develop. That is what is behind my post for today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think it's good from time to time to revisit some of your old work to see how you have grown and improved as a photographer. Can see a difference in how you frame the subject? How do you see the lighting and shadows? Has your eye changed on white balance, vibrancy</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, or saturation? Has your interest in in subjects changed? How will I view the images I'm creating today in 5 years or 10 years? How has imaging technology and workflows changed my process or images? Take some time to look back at some of your old work... if nothing else you will hopefully see that you have improved as a photographer. Use that as motivation to continue to improve.</span><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-75728530181517913072014-04-13T23:03:00.000-06:002014-04-13T23:03:49.795-06:00Day 13 MonorhymeThis poem may be quite small,<br />
I had no time to think at all.<br />
My brain has started to hit the wall.<br />
My sense of verse is at a crawl.<br />
I seriously think I dropped the ball.<br />
I'm shocked and surprised this rhymes at all.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-48494825020300056352014-04-13T22:48:00.001-06:002014-04-13T22:48:12.061-06:00Day 12Miles go by hour by hour, minute by minute, seconds and so on.<div>
Just the humming noise of my tires to and an old song on the radio pass the time.</div>
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The destination far ahead, sign posts count down the miles I've gone.</div>
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I try to speed up the to hurry up but I don't want to get a fine.</div>
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Along the way, other cars driving to go to their own destinations and homes.</div>
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Some fixed on the road ahead, others barely aware or their surroundings at all.</div>
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Way too man distractions, eating, drinking, music, and texting on phones.</div>
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With all these distractions why don't we see more cars hitting the wall.</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-51203924442604530882014-04-11T15:33:00.002-06:002014-04-11T22:38:12.802-06:00Day 11The darkness settles on the land enveloping everything. <div>Eyes strain to perceive the slightest glimpse of light. </div><div>Wondering what lurks near by as the crickets sing.</div><div>A faint flutter of wings, a bat? Will it bite?</div><div><br></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-2214345386169087242014-04-11T15:31:00.000-06:002014-04-11T15:31:12.893-06:00Day 10 - BreveteTacos<br />
Burning<br />
Mouth<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-46954462538893917772014-04-09T23:54:00.001-06:002014-04-09T23:54:30.735-06:00Day 9Zoom, zoom, zoom I used to say,<div>As a young child I wish to play,</div><div>But as I grow older day by day,</div><div>Carefree like my youth I wish I could stay,</div><div>But perhaps if wish real hard I may,</div><div>Remember the joy of yesterday.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-47802944825661465492014-04-08T20:43:00.001-06:002014-04-08T20:43:22.415-06:00Day 8 - Flappy BirdYou came into our lives <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">with not so much as a word.</span><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The critics all asked, "Hey! What's with the bird?"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The graphics were boring and flat as a board,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">but that didn't matter, the rankings soon soared.</span></div><div>Oh the time wasted playing your game,</div><div>the chatter on Facebook just wasn't the same.</div><div>Then came the news that your app was pulled,</div><div>we thought they were joking, we wouldn't be fooled.</div><div>Then it made headlines, everyone had heard.</div><div>Gone was my good friend, my game, Flappy Bird.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-6160496481596273912014-04-06T21:46:00.001-06:002014-04-07T21:41:32.888-06:00Day 7<div>Let's Get Away</div><div><br></div>Grating, noisey, ringing in my ears,<div>the pressure in my head strains to let go.</div><div>I keep the anger at bay, afraid to face my fears.</div><div>Please let the the calmness and peace flow.</div><div><br></div><div>Imagine yourself on on a beach far away,</div><div>where tropical drinks flow from the bar.</div><div>A destination not more than a day,</div><div>some place quiet, peaceful, pleasant and far.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-44831703384051875732014-04-06T21:45:00.001-06:002014-04-06T21:45:10.441-06:00Day 6 The BrevetteThe Brevette<br />
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The Brevette, created by Emily Romano consists of a subject (noun), verb, and object (noun), in this exact order. The verb should show an ongoing action. This is done by spacing out the letters in the verb. There are only three words in the poem, giving it the title Brevette.<br />
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Chihuahua<br />
a s s u l t i n g<br />
anklebone<br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-39199137276730581472014-04-05T23:11:00.001-06:002014-04-05T23:12:26.334-06:00Day 5 NaPoWriMo Katauta<div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="text-align: justify;">The Katauta is an unrhymed japanese form consisting of 17 or 19 syllables. The poem is a three-lined poem the following syllable counts: </span><b style="text-align: justify;">5/7/5</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> or </span><b style="text-align: justify;">5/7/7</b><span style="text-align: justify;">. </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The Katauta form was used for poems addressed to a lover.</span></div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Look at her</b></div><div><br></div><i>Eyes like the blue sea</i><div><i>lost in you I have become</i></div><div><i>my heart yearns for your fair smile.</i></div><div><br></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-89706648136745391112014-04-04T22:59:00.000-06:002014-04-04T22:59:41.708-06:00Day 4 NaPoWriMo Acrostic<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<b>L</b>ove always seems to be far away<br />
<b>O</b>nly know by those who's tales I read<br />
<b>N</b>eeding to have a closeness and comfort only dreamed<br />
<b>E</b>ach day, waiting, wanting, wishing for love<br />
<b>L</b>et your heart take a chance, a leap of faith<br />
<b>Y</b>ou must reach out, and love, or lonely you will remain<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-51430363637238645552014-04-03T22:55:00.001-06:002014-04-03T22:55:18.239-06:00Day 3<div>Writer's Block</div><div><br></div>As I sit here tapping my pen,<div>words and thoughts escape my mind.</div><div>What to say, how to say it,</div><div>words, expressions, I fail to find.</div><div><br></div><div>My paper sits lonely, unused, blank,</div><div>wanting me to use it to express and feel.</div><div>The keys are cold, unused and stiff,</div><div>I think the hamster fell off the wheel.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-50098709338070642992014-04-02T19:03:00.002-06:002014-04-02T19:03:43.107-06:00Day 2 NaPoWriMo Interactive Poem - Guess What It's About...<h2>
Guess what is it?</h2>
<i>In my fridge, way in the back,</i><br />
<i>your sour goodness makes my lips smack</i><br />
<i>I remove the top of your jar with care,</i><br />
<i>Reach in with my fingers? I wouldn't dare!</i><br />
<i>Your great with a sandwich, or even plain,</i><br />
<i>Eating too many could cause my foot pain.</i><br />
<i>But I don't care, I love you so much,</i><br />
<i>I might have your brother tomorrow for lunch!</i><br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-61958552268938060442014-04-01T22:09:00.000-06:002014-04-01T22:09:15.964-06:00Blogging Again...I decided that I would join <a href="http://joceywrites.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">my daughter</a> in <a href="http://www.napowrimo.net/" target="_blank">NaPoWriMo</a> which stands for National Poetry Writing Month. The goal is to write 30 poems in 30 days. Frankly, I can't remember the last time I wrote a poem. With that said... here we go!<br />
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<b>What, No Photos?</b><br />
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<i>I know that I normally post photography,</i><br />
<i>I'm attempting this task to break the monotony,</i><br />
<i>Thirty days of poems to write,</i><br />
<i>Hope my lyrics cause you no fright,</i><br />
<i>Or my use of spelling and apostrophe.</i><br />
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Hope you like it.<br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-17207103644243250272013-08-27T20:15:00.001-06:002013-08-27T20:15:17.303-06:00Old Number 7<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/9609573217/" title="Old Number 7"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7367/9609573217_fbb41397bd.jpg" alt="Old Number 7 by Big Mike's Photography" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/9609573217/">Old Number 7</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/">Big Mike's Photography</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p><i>Via Flickr:</i><br />I love the texture of this old casting on an old plow rusting away in Northwestern Montana</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-86804950693833193952013-08-27T20:14:00.001-06:002013-08-27T20:14:44.932-06:00Fire Works<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/9612807926/" title="Fire Works"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7359/9612807926_c9f091f422.jpg" alt="Fire Works by Big Mike's Photography" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/9612807926/">Fire Works</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/">Big Mike's Photography</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p><i>Via Flickr:</i><br />Picture from a small fireworks show in Northwestern Montana this summer.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-13303617569087732382013-07-13T14:26:00.001-06:002013-07-13T14:26:51.123-06:00Mike Braaten shared an Instagram photo with you <div style="padding: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; border-radius:5px; width:550; margin:0px auto; font-size:18px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial"> Hi there, <p><span style="font-weight:bold">Mike Braaten</span> just shared an <a style="text-decoration:none; color: #2f79c2" href="http://instagram.com/">Instagram</a> photo with you:</p> <div style='margin:0px auto; width: 480px; text-align:center'> <a style="color:#2f79c2; text-decoration:none; font-style:italic; font-size:0.6em" href="http://instagram.com/p/buCcxIjaUw/"><img style='margin-bottom: 0.4em; box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888;' src="http://distilleryimage4.ak.instagram.com/c077e0c2ebf911e2855722000aa800e1_7.jpg"/><br/>view full image</a> <p style="font-size:0.8em">"Jake passed us again." <br/>(taken at Missoula, MT)</p> </div> Thanks,<br/> The Instagram Team </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-3325191778236096582013-06-12T10:02:00.001-06:002013-06-12T10:02:12.406-06:00Blow Up!<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/9026672282/" title="Blow Up!"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5334/9026672282_6815f20018.jpg" alt="Blow Up! by Big Mike's Photography" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/9026672282/">Blow Up!</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/">Big Mike's Photography</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p><i>Via Flickr:</i><br />Huge plumes of smoke going up to 20,000 feet from a blow up of the Black Forest Fire on June 11, 2013. The smoke cloud was so big they could see it on Doppler radar.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-45458264293164298902013-06-12T10:01:00.001-06:002013-06-12T10:01:02.683-06:00Panoramic view of smoke<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/9026672180/" title="Panoramic view of smoke"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7313/9026672180_a2de2fe6b5.jpg" alt="Panoramic view of smoke by Big Mike's Photography" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/9026672180/">Panoramic view of smoke</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/">Big Mike's Photography</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p><i>Via Flickr:</i><br />A panoramic view of the smoke plume stretching for miles from the Black Forest Fire.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-13574566679150872242013-06-12T10:00:00.001-06:002013-06-12T10:00:28.402-06:00After Sunset Day 1<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/9026672094/" title="After Sunset Day 1"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3712/9026672094_da3b37d6dd.jpg" alt="After Sunset Day 1 by Big Mike's Photography" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/9026672094/">After Sunset Day 1</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/">Big Mike's Photography</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p><i>Via Flickr:</i><br />A bright orange glow app an be seen from the advancing flames of the Black Forest Fire after sunset on the first day of the fire.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-14139457141431124592013-02-15T14:11:00.001-07:002013-02-15T14:11:54.543-07:00Repost: 123D Creature From Autodesk Makes Monsters Real<a href="http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2013/02/15/123d-creature-from-autodesk/">123D Creature From Autodesk Makes Monsters Real</a>: <br />
Check this out. The team at Autodesk, creators of the suite of <a href="http://www.123dapp.com/">123D programs</a>, just added a new tool to the arsenal: <a href="http://www.123dapp.com/creature">123D Creature</a>. And they’ve made a <a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/123DCreature/designs">Thingiverse account</a>!<br />
We all know the higher-end 3D modeling programs from Autodesk like <a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/maya/">Maya</a> and <a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/autocad-products/">AutoCAD</a>. They’re targeted to people with a bunch of experience or professional need for 3D design. The 123D programs like 123D Catch and 123D Sculpt let users with far less experience create really sweet 3D models. They’ve taken this mission one step further with 123D Creature.<br />
Watch this! Even if you’re at work. You’re boss will love it.<br />
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Yes! You saw that correctly. 123D Creature is an iPad app (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/123d-creature/id594014056?mt=8">available on the App Store</a> for a sweet introductory price) that basically lets you sculpt any kind of creature you can think of.<br />
Oh snap, is that is a <a href="http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2">MakerBot Replicator 2</a> featured in the video? Yep! Just export the 3D design file from the app, run it through <a href="http://www.makerbot.com/makerware">MakerWare</a>, and bam! You’ve got yourself a custom figure ready to for printing on your MakerBot. This has to be one of the easiest ways ever to do this kind of organic modeling. It’s like hand-sculpting clay figures, but the clay is trapped inside an iPad screen. (Yes, I actually get paid to make analogies like that.)<br />
We’re gawking at <a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/123DCreature/designs">all the examples</a> that have already gone up. Dan from the 123D Creature team writes on Thingiverse that all of these models are available in their in-app Creature community, so you can open them up and modify them.<br />
Please for the love of your childhood dreams, and especially your nightmares, go and create some awesome new Creatures and upload them to Thingiverse. Let’s just say that there’s a pretty decent chance you’ll get featured if you do! Because we love this thing. Really, we do.<br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-74184747145924363292013-01-16T12:44:00.001-07:002013-01-16T12:44:13.324-07:00Baron Speed Shop - Stray CatHad to repost this awesome Triumph!<br />
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<a href="http://bubblevisor.blogspot.com/2013/01/baron-speed-shop-stray-cat.html">Baron Speed Shop - Stray Cat</a>: You've probably seen the latest <a href="http://www.baronspeedshop.com/">Baron Speed Shop</a> custom, the Triumph T100 sprint bike on the excellent <a href="http://www.bikeexif.com/">Bikeexif.</a><br />
But the Baron Speed Shop build more very nice Triumph customs.<br />
Meet the Stray Cat! <br />
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<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1pvvOsjUJwg/UPaDhX8E52I/AAAAAAAAEzc/T_yWkPaQhas/s1600/baron+speed+shopIMG_1884-copy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1pvvOsjUJwg/UPaDhX8E52I/AAAAAAAAEzc/T_yWkPaQhas/s1600/baron+speed+shopIMG_1884-copy.jpg" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OZCk8S1_M1E/UPaC7qzSCtI/AAAAAAAAEzI/TVSY3XJOe4E/s1600/%250AI%250ABaron+Speed+Shop+MG_1883a-copy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OZCk8S1_M1E/UPaC7qzSCtI/AAAAAAAAEzI/TVSY3XJOe4E/s1600/%250AI%250ABaron+Speed+Shop+MG_1883a-copy.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHxbCgpMIgQ/UN8fwZIcYbI/AAAAAAAALAI/_NZjjM6cA3c/s1600/3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHxbCgpMIgQ/UN8fwZIcYbI/AAAAAAAALAI/_NZjjM6cA3c/s1600/3.jpg" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-61810328364175392632012-10-17T14:51:00.001-06:002012-10-17T14:51:35.351-06:00Red-Tailed Hawk<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/8097598699/" title="Red-Tailed Hawk"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8335/8097598699_ab261b3385.jpg" alt="Red-Tailed Hawk by Big Mike's Photography" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/8097598699/">Red-Tailed Hawk</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespotcrew/">Big Mike's Photography</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p><i>Via Flickr:</i><br />Rescue bird on display at the 2012 Elk Festival.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-31052488515792546522012-09-19T08:06:00.003-06:002012-09-19T08:06:44.426-06:00Jake's Senior Portrait<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #f1f6f9; color: #333333; font-family: 'Fertigo Pro', fertigo-pro-1, fertigo-pro-2, Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: #f1f6f9; color: #333333; font-family: 'Fertigo Pro', fertigo-pro-1, fertigo-pro-2, Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Just finished Jake’s senior photo for his yearbook last night. We decided to go to Fox Run Park, a popular spot for portrait photography because of the variety of backgrounds available. It was a little busy but we managed to get a few choice shots. This one is my new favorite portrait. Hope you like it too.</span>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022618589428230298.post-48357638652861141092012-08-25T18:12:00.001-06:002012-08-25T18:12:15.019-06:00Mike Braaten shared an Instagram photo with you <div style="padding: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; border-radius:5px; width:550; margin:0px auto; font-size:18px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial"> Hi there, <p><span style="font-weight:bold">Mike Braaten</span> just shared an <a style="text-decoration:none; color: #2f79c2" href="http://instagram.com/">Instagram</a> photo with you:</p> <div style='margin:0px auto; width: 480px; text-align:center'> <img style='margin-bottom: 0.4em; box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888;' src="http://distilleryimage2.instagram.com/8aaec120ef1211e1acff22000a1e8b23_6.jpg"/><br/><a style="color:#2f79c2; text-decoration:none; font-style:italic; font-size:0.6em" href="http://instagr.am/p/OxUz83jaYK/">view full image</a> <p style="font-size:0.8em">"Tessa finally up from her nap." <br/>(taken at Braaten's)</p> </div> Thanks,<br/> The Instagram Team </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright Michael Braaten</div>Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03915716690722564010noreply@blogger.com0