Weekend Warriors: Boundary Waters Canoeing

Boundary Waters canoeing near Ely, Minnesota

Fall is canoe time. Canoe time is Boundary Waters time.


Weekend Warriors is a weekly feature of outdoor, active lifestyle images meant to inspire viewers to go play outside.

Aaron Peterson covers travel and outdoor recreation in the Upper Midwest. www.aaronpeterson.net

Wednesday Waterfall: Big Pup Falls, Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Wheee!

A little piece of Big Pup Creek in northern Marquette County in the rugged central highlands of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Wednesday Waterfall is a weekly photo feature from Aaron Peterson, a writer and photographer covering outdoor recreation and travel in the Upper Midwest. www.aaronpeterson.net

Wednesday Waterfall: Bond Falls

Bond Falls near Watersmeet, Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Bond Falls is a waterfall on the Middle Branch of the Ontonagon River near the towns of Watersmeet and Paulding, Michigan on the Upper Peninsula.

Aaron Peterson is a writer and photographer based near Marquette, Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, for more of his work visit www.aaronpeterson.net. Or connect with him on Facebook at facebook.com/AaronPetersonPhotography.

Weekend Warriors: Copper Harbor Mountain Biking

Fall ride on the Mango Trail, Copper Harbor, Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula

I've been doing this "weekend warriors" photo feature on Facebook, and I think I'll carry it over here on the blog as well. It'll be seasonal active outdoor shots, some fresh (when I can) and many more from the archives. Look for it on Mondays.

Fall weather is bike weather. I shot this in October 2011 while working with the great crew of the Copper Harbor Trails Club to shoot some autumn riding shots on their great network of mountain bike trails up at the tip of the Keweenaw. We shot all the regular stuff, useful shots for brochures and promos and magazine work but I wanted to play around with some artsy stuff too. I enjoy shooting through a busy foreground--balancing timing, exposure, depth of field, etc. and the thick Copper Harbor forest surrounding the trails seemed like a nice challenge. We found this patch of birches and played around a bit with a rider who was willing to take a few passes along this section of trail while I tried my luck panning with a longer lens to compress the scene.

Aaron Peterson is a writer and photographer based near Marquette, Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, for more of his work visit www.aaronpeterson.net. Or connect with him on Facebook at facebook.com/AaronPetersonPhotography.

Recent Work: Traverse magazine September 2012 cover

Solo canoeist and dog on Craig Lake; Michigan's Upper Peninsula on the cover of Traverse 

The September 2012 issue of Traverse magazine has my shot of canoeing at Craig Lake State Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula as the cover image.

The image features my wife Kristen and our border collie Gus. We shot this a few years ago, back when we only had one dog and zero kids. Now there are two dogs, two little kids, lots of chickens and lots of fun--but definitely not as much canoe time!

Inside the mag is my feature story on fly fishing for muskie in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. More on that later.

Aaron Peterson is a writer and photographer based near Marquette, Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, for more of his work visit www.aaronpeterson.net. Or connect with him on Facebook at facebook.com/AaronPetersonPhotography.

Wednesday Waterfall: Memorial Falls, Munising, Michigan

Memorial Falls, near Munising, Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Memorial Falls is one of two...or sometimes three...whispering veils of water in the wooded canyons of the Michigan Nature Association's Twin Falls Plant Preserve within the city limits of Munising, Michigan.

The preserve was MNA's 100th preserve. Check them out, they do good work.

Aaron Peterson is a writer and photographer based near Marquette, Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, for more of his work visit www.aaronpeterson.net. Or connect with him on Facebook at facebook.com/AaronPetersonPhotography.

Weekend Warriors: Warm Water Fly Fishing Michigan's Upper Peninsula

One...last....cast--chasing muskie makes for long days

I've been doing this "weekend warriors" photo feature on Facebook, and I think I'll carry it over here on the blog as well. It'll be seasonal active outdoor shots, some fresh (when I can) and many more from the archives. Look for it on Mondays.

This is a shot from 2011 while shooting a story on warm water fly fishing for muskie (hard), northern pike (easier) and good ole small mouth bass (fish in barrel) in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Rumor has it long days on the water are not subtracted from the sum of the days we get to crawl the earth...so fish on.

Aaron Peterson is a writer and photographer based near Marquette, Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, for more of his work visit www.aaronpeterson.net. Or connect with him on Facebook at facebook.com/AaronPetersonPhotography.