Snow-covered trunk in foreground. Mostly frozen Mississippi in background. It's so cold there is river fog - which is backlit by sunrise.

A morning view of Minneapolis downtown from Nicollet Island. Third Avenue Bridge arch frames a gnarly fallen tree. Backlit river fog is quite prominent thanks to how cold it is. Gold Medal Flour sign and Mill City Ruins landmark are visible in background.

Details of Lake Of The Isles Parkway Bridge. The sun illuminates them from the side, emphasizing stone texture. A bit of Minneapolis skyline in the background.

Solstice. Sun is rising over Lake of The Isles. Lake of the Isles is quite frozen, with surface varying between shiny exposed ice and snow.

Outtakes from #SundaySunriseClub over past couple weeks (frozen bodies of water edition)

Skyline in the background, frozen lake in the middle, cattails as the foreground

From last #sundaysunriseclub with @rileybruce.bsky.social and company #photography
Minneapolis from Lake of the Isles

A vertical image of a winter scene at night. The Lowry Ave. Bridge spans the frozen Mississippi river. The center of the bridge features an arch with support poles that appear as a crosshatch pattern. The arch of the bridge is lit with a blue light. In the foreground, snow covered rocks and a fallen tree limb are covered with snow. The tree limb extends from the lower right corner, pointing towards the arch of the bridge.

Another look at the Lowry Ave. Bridge in Minneapolis from my outing with the #SundaySunriseClub.

#bridge #Minnesota #UrbanGaze #PhotographersUnited

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This morning’s meetup started by the 3rd Ave Bridge and led us to Nicollet Island, chasing light and mist across the river. The cold was no joke—but the golden sun and fog dancing on the water made it all worthwhile.

#sundaysunriseclub #Minneapolis #Minnesota #sunrise

A black and white photo of the moon, seen through the support structure of the Lowry Avenue Bridge. The moon is waning at 89% visible, almost centered between two curved steel beams that go over the bridge. The beams spread out near the roadway (not visible) and curve inward, joined by a horizontal support member above the moon. Round poles extend downwards from the beams to the decking.

Moonrise as seen through the Lowry Ave. bridge in Minneapolis.

#SundaySunriseClub #landscape #moon #photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited

An image of a downtown city skyline with 15+ tall buildings and skyscrapers against a pale gold and peach sky. In the foreground, the frozen Mississippi river leads towards downtown. A railroad bridge can be seen. The ice is covered by snow and the river bank is lined with bare trees. The shadow areas have a purple color in the pre-sunrise light.

The downtown Minneapolis skyline, viewed from the Lowry Avenue Bridge, on a chilly morning.

#SundaySunriseClub #Minnesota #Winter #NIkon #PhotographersUnited

A winter scene at night. The Lowry Ave. Bridge spans the frozen Mississippi river. The center of the bridge features an arch with support poles that appear as a crosshatch pattern. The arch of the bridge is lit with a blue light. In the foreground, snow covered rocks and a fallen tree limb are covered with snow. The tree limb extends from the lower right corner, pointing towards the arch of the bridge.

The Lowry Ave. Bridge over the Mississippi River, lit up before sunrise.

#SundaySunriseClub #Minnesota #Winter #PhotographersUnited

Cold air, clear skies, and a moonrise over the Lowry Avenue Bridge this morning with the Sunday Sunrise Club. The light played nice, the cables caught fire, and the skyline glowed just enough to spark some creative compositions.

#SundaySunriseClub #LowryBridge #Minneapolis #Minnesota

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Fresh snow in the Sculpture Garden.
Spoonbridge and Cherry kissed by morning light.
Stillness. Wonder. Art in winter’s hush.

#SundaySunriseClub #MinneapolisSculptureGarden #WinterGlow #SharedStillness #ArtInSnow

Watched St. Paul wake from Cass Gilbert Memorial Park—Capitol glowing, Cathedral silhouetted, skyline stretching into light.

Two timelapses from Sunday Sunrise Club, each a quiet celebration of place and perspective.

#SaintPaulSunrise #CassGilbertMemorialPark #Timelapse #SundaySunriseClub

Sunday Sunrise Club at Cass Gilbert Memorial Park delivered a skyline light show—Capitol, Cathedral, and clouds aglow.

Quick stop at Nina’s Coffee, where the Frank P. Blair Building caught the morning light just right.

#SundaySunriseClub #StPaulMN #GoldenHourGlow #UrbanSunrise #MNPhotographer

Caught the morning light in motion—a timelapse of sunrise over the Stillwater Lift Bridge, shared with the Sunday Sunrise Club. The final frames reveal a radiant sun star, a quiet reward for early risers.

#StillwaterMN #Minnesota #SundaySunriseClub #Sunrise #LiftBridge #Timelapse

Sunday Sunrise Club: Stillwater Edition

We met at the Stillwater Lift Bridge for sunrise this morning, here are a few of my favorite photos that I captured.

#sundaysunriseclub #stillwatermn #VisitStillwater #Minnesota #liftbridge #sunrise #visitminnesota

🍂 Ford Bridge was glowing this morning.

Caught rowers gliding through reflections so rich it looked like they were paddling through fire-colored glass.

Framed a few shots through the railing—structure meeting serenity.

#SundaySunriseClub #MinneapolisFall #FordBridge #AutumnReflections #FallColor

"The Invention of Morning"

First visit to the Bakken Museum, captured with the Sunday Sunrise Club before the city woke.

Koi drifted beneath Tudor gables as the museum marked 50 years of invention. I’ll be back to explore inside soon.

#SundaySunriseClub #BakkenMuseum #Minneapolis #Minnesota

Central Kyoto 🇯🇵
March 10th, 2025

We took a break from #sundaysunriseclub today because of the weather. Instead, I am posting some photos from a photowalk I took at #sunrise while @ginger-unicorn.bsky.social & I were in #kyoto.

#kyotojapan
#Japan
#photography
#travelphotography
#streetphotography

Midway - St. Paul, MN
March 2nd, 2025

#sundaysunriseclub met up overlooking the Midway rail yard in #stpaulmn. Not sure how @rileybruce.bsky.social felt, but as difficult as the power lines were, those tracks are brilliant.

#urban
##urbanlandscape
#trainyard
#photography
#trains
#sunrise

Minnesota Capitol.

#minnesota
#stpaul
#exploremn
#sundaysunriseclub
#photography
#photogtaphersunite
#urban
#urbanlandscape
#urbanphotogtaphy

#minnesotaunited
St. Paul, MN - January26th, 2025

For #sundaysunriseclub, @rileybruce.bsky.social and I went to capture @mnufc.com to capture Andy Scott’s #loon #sculpture. #urbanlandscape #photographersunited #nikon

Happy SUNday, Twin Cities!!

St. Paul, MN. January 2025.

☀️: 26/365

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An image of a frozen river with a bridge and a sunrise in the background.

Good Morning from the banks of the largest river in North America in terrifying Downtown Minneapolis, MN.

My butt is cold but I’m glad we went out this morning.

#sundaysunriseclub

It's another beautiful day in the Twin Cities metro.

Here's a shot from this Sunday's meetup of the #sundaysunriseclub in Bloomington, MN.

Mornin’

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Sunday Sunrise Club Sign-up Hi, this is the sign up sheet for the Minneapolis Sunday ...

Sunday marked the second get together of the Twin Cities’ Premier* Sunday Sunrise Photography Focused Club!

The prompt this time was to focus on reflections and light/glass interactions.

Sign up to join us:

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Full Moonset over Como Conseratory in St Paul MN. The glass conservatory is limned in blush tones from the sun rise

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