In the Creative Spirit. A poetry prompt for January.
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While Mark A. Schaffer has used both film and digital photography techniques, he prefers the latter. For this photo, Schaffer was able to use his Nikon D90—an “old model by today’s standards,” he says—along with a 50 millimeter lens with exposure for highlights.
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Matt Cici, a former Maple Grove resident, made his screen acting debut earlier this year in a new film called The Center. You might remember Maple Grove Magazine’s coverage of Cici in 2011, when he was working on finding a distributor for his first film, Lambent Fuse.
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Stu Nankin wears many hats. Known as a music producer, arranger, electric bassist, mastering engineer and all around music wiz in the Twin Cities area, he is seemingly always busy with a new development.
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It wasn’t until college that Rex Isom Jr. realized he was born to be a performer. Once the Maple Grove resident made the discovery, he pushed his career forward to become a member of Stevie Ray’s Improv at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.
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Lisa Willey of Maple Grove got a little more than she bargained for when snapping some photos of her daughter playing in their backyard. She happened to capture some amphibious wildlife as well.
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Glass art, or glass blowing, is an art form that dates back centuries. Glass blowing uses quartz sand, which is heated to extremely high temperatures and transforms into hot, liquid glass. The molten glass can be molded and shaped into a wide variety of unique pieces.
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Come on down to Oak View Elementary School and get ready to swing your partner ‘round and ‘round.
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When Ed Luckow stepped out on a late summer afternoon to grab dinner at the Shoppes at Arbor Lakes, he didn’t expect to use his trusty Canon EOS 7D camera, but he was glad that his lifestyle as a retired photographer kept one waiting in the front seat of his car.
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Sometimes even Scott Miller has a hard time explaining what he does. Miller, a Maple Grove resident, is a musician and composer—but not in the classical sense. He’s classically trained in music, yes, but he combines that knowledge with modern technology to create electronic music.
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It was a passion for outdoor photography and a keen eye for detail that allowed Kim Seeger of the Boundary Creek neighborhood to capture this tiny tree frog, which blended perfectly with its surroundings one warm summer morning.
