In this issue:
• what's new at MPS
• photo tip of the month ...This
month we decided to forgo the usual "tip" format and just share
with you some inspirational quotes that we have run across over the years.
• safarian "image gallery"
• our current safaris
• history tidbits
WHAT'S NEW AT MPS?
This
month we are offering a spring special! Book any regularly scheduled
safari between March 5 and March 31st and you will receive a coupon for
50% off our Safari # 2 (the Minneapolis Nights tour). To claim your
discount, simply register for either Safaris 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9
before March 31st, 2010. This is a "newsletter only" discount offer,
and will not be valid with any other offers. Your discount coupon will be
included in the packet we give you at the end of your safari.
OUR CURRENT SAFARIS NOW INCLUDE:
All of these safaris, except those that include the
Skyways, run Tuesdays thru Saturdays. The Skyway Tours run Tuesdays thru
Fridays
for complete schedules, visit our
Web Site
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"Famous Quotes from Famous
Photographers"
Ansel Adams
(1902-1984)
Ansel Adams is very likely the single most recognized photographer by name.
A combination of timing and location led to his fame. In the early
nineteenth century travel took much longer than today so Adams’ sweeping
views of the stunning Western United States landscapes were unprecedented
views to the vast majority of Americans.
"A
good photograph is knowing where to stand"
"Ask
yourself, "Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am
I learning?" Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful. How
high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your
world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level."
"You
don't take a photograph, you make it."
Richard Avedon
1923-2004
Main Photographic Subject: Fashion Models/Celebrities
"All
photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth."
"A
photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being
photographed."
Berenice Abbott: Known for:
photographs of New York, portraits of notable artists.
"Photography can never
grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be
itself"
from: "The Teachings of Chairman David" Luria's
Little Homilies from the
Washington Photo Safari:
"F22
means you get 22 people in focus. F2 means you only get 2 people in focus"
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SAFARIAN
IMAGE GALLERY
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Last month we had out of
town Safarian Aaron G. from Kansas City with us on Safari 5, the
Mall of America and LRT tour. As fate would have it, his SLR decided
to take a day off in his hotel room, so Aaron decided to use his 1.3
MP cell phone camera on the safari. While this image is not of quality
to sell as a stock image, it illustrates the point we make in our
tours that good pictures come from photographers, not cameras. Aaron
captures the empty interior of an LRT car... making use of well placed
common elements in his composition. Aaron also had a good number of
other cell phone images that we will add to our Safarian
Galleries soon! |
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HISTORY TIDBITS FROM OUR SAFARIS
The
Rise and fall of the Hennepin Island Tunnel
aka "The Hennepin Tunnel Disaster of 1869"
In 1868 and 1869 construction
began on a 2500' tunnel from Nicollet Island... under Hennepin Island ... exiting below
St Anthony Falls. The purpose of this tunnel was to provide a spillway for upstream hydro plants and mills.
In early October 1869 the river broke through the thin layer of limestone separating
the river from the tunnel and the tunnel caved in taking about 30 feet of
the south side of Hennepin island out and causing the falls earth support to be compromised.
There was serious concern that the riverbed would crumble and reduce St. Anthony
Falls to a long set of rapids.
Immediately dams were built to divert the river and stop
damage to St Anthony Falls. These dams partly failed in the spring floods of
1870. In the fall of 1870 the falls were stabilized using a wooden apron cap.
Seven years after the tunnel collapse, by 1876, the falls were stabilized with
an underground dike and low dams that are still in place upstream of the Stone
Arch Bridge. By 1880, the
Army Corps of Engineers had covered the face with a sloping concrete apron,
creating the artificial falls, much as we see today.
We stand on these very
spots on our Safari #
1... The St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail Safari running April 1 through
October 31.
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