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Ludington's Queen of the Great Lakes

After getting several notices on our phones the last few days that the Northern Lights might be out on Sunday night and early Monday morning, my dad picked me up from my new house in Ludington around 9pm. We drove to Point Betsie Lighthouse just north of Frankfort, Michigan. Shortly after getting on location and figuring out where we wanted to shoot, my dad and I noticed a large white pillar of light appearing to the left of the lighthouse. A few moments later, the colors of the Northern Lights appeared. Luckily, my camera was taking an almost three-minute exposure during this time. By the end of the long exposure, the pillars were gone and the colors faded quickly. My dad and I stayed until 2am hoping they would come back. Once the clouds rolled in, we headed home with giant smiles on our faces because we were pretty sure we each got at least one nice photograph!

It was a great sailing day in Ludington today. With a stiff and steady wind, I watched several sailboats cruising the lakeshore. I was geeked when one of the bigger sailboats decided to pass the pier heads under full sail.

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12-24-22 All Is Calm

Double Your Luck

Waves rush ashore at Point Betsie Light Station on a late winter afternoon. Point Betsie is one of Michigan's most distinctive and beautiful lighthouses.

We always tell our workshop students, before we arrive at Point Betsie Lighthouse, that they won’t believe their eyes when they see the tropical color of Lake Michigan water. Once we get on location and start shooting photos at Point Betsie, I love seeing the student’s reaction to the color of the water. Then, we teach them how to capture that color with their cameras. It never gets old.

Ludington Lunar Sunrise

Supeer Blue Moon