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The Starlite 14 Drive-in is located in Richland Center, Wisconsin on the north side Wisconsin State Highway 14.
The Starlite is an authentic, old school drive-in theater that opened in the 1950's (anybody know exactly?) and can accommodate 500 cars.
It is scheduled to open this coming April 27, 2012 with no announcement yet what the season premiere movie will be.
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The Vali-Hi Drive-in is located in Lake Elmo, Minnesota on the north side of Interstate 94.
There really isn't very much remarkable about this theater outside of the amazing traffic visibility right off of a busy freeway.
What protects this theater is actually the freeway and the poorly developed urban sprawl in the immediate community. It is simply a difficult location to get to (easy to see, hard to get to).
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Drive-in movie theaters are in serious decline.
At their peak, there were more than 4,500 drive-in theaters operating in the United States. At the end of 2011, there were 370 drive-in theaters remaining in the United States.
This entry is the first of three parts that documents three drive-in theaters before they are gone forever.
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The only way to be spontaneous is to be spontaneous.
Road trip photography has to be one of the most fun and creative genres of photography. It creates lasting memories and new experiences.
One of the best parts of this type of photography is that the preparation is simple and most of the shots will come to you.
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Red Wing is just as photogenic from the air as it is from the ground.
Photographs hardly do the 'Red Wing from the Air' experience justice, but here are a few tips if you have the opportunity to do some aerial photography.
A few simple tips can make your aerial photography experience a satisfying adventure.
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Perfect is boring and uncreative.
Photoshop is a very well designed product and its influence could be directly attributed to the demise of creative photography.
Or it might be the salvation of creative photography.
A perfectly exposed photo that is razor sharp in focus delivers exactly what is presented without interpretation.
A properly flawed image delivers emotion.
Many people can hardly contain their excitement when they begin discussing the Minnesota State Fair.
For some people it is the food. For others, they enjoy the rides. While others see it as the last opportunity for a summer holiday.
I take the position that I take when I visit Las Vegas. I have hardly arrived and I find myself mentally counting backwards for when I can leave.
it isn't that I don't enjoy the fair, but more a matter of not enjoying the full frontal assault on all of my the senses, simultaneously.
But if you can filter this sensory overload, you will discover all kinds of terrific photography opportunities.
"No Coors, No Bud. Get Over It."
This was the sign over the bar and summed up perfectly the beautiful contrarian style of The Casino Bar in Downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Don Padesky was the owner and ran his business on pure instincts, right or wrong.
Usually wrong.
On a bright and sunny day last March, the cameras and sound equipment moved inside for the second day of shooting the independent movie "Hole in the Wall".
The crew was tight, the schedule was tight and the set was tight. When you shoot indoors with film (real film), everybody needs to bring their 'A' game. A single car backfire two blocks away can ruin an entire scene.
You take care of the things you have control over and pray to your god of choice that the things outside of your control cooperate.
My niece is a film maker and she offered me a terrific opportunity; document and provide still set photography of the production activity of her independent film "Hole in the Wall".
Filming happened over a two day period in Minneapolis in March 2011. The crew size was about 35 individuals and all of the equipment was professional grade. The first day of filming was exterior sidewalk shots and covered 3 scenes in the movie, the final two scenes and the third scene.
This was both fun and challenging for a number of reasons...
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