Contemporary Photography

Contemporary Photography A full-time, photographic studio with 48 years of experience in high school senior and family portra

From a recent light painting project. My Central Wisconsin friends may recognize this location.
10/31/2024

From a recent light painting project. My Central Wisconsin friends may recognize this location.

Driving to an early morning job I pulled off the highway because the light here was just too good.
10/15/2024

Driving to an early morning job I pulled off the highway because the light here was just too good.

It's not every day you see your artwork in the grocery store. On a beer can. And you get six copies for only $9.99 and t...
10/03/2024

It's not every day you see your artwork in the grocery store. On a beer can. And you get six copies for only $9.99 and that includes the beer!

If you live in Wisconsin, it would be worth the trip to Oshkosh to the Payne Art Museum, which is featuring a display of...
09/30/2024

If you live in Wisconsin, it would be worth the trip to Oshkosh to the Payne Art Museum, which is featuring a display of the biggest insect photos you will ever see.

The artist combines my favorite photographing techniques to make these images; macro, light painting and panoramic stitching.

The results are nothing less than spectacular. Even though the pictures are over 8 ft. high, you can actually see dust particles on the subjects. The detail is incredible, and the colors amazed me.

The exhibit tuns through October 13.

Another in a series of cityscapes from 392 ft. above my driveway. Tonight's sky was very pretty.
09/23/2024

Another in a series of cityscapes from 392 ft. above my driveway. Tonight's sky was very pretty.

Fungi of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It's been fairly dry there, so we had to go deep into the forest to find these. Som...
09/22/2024

Fungi of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It's been fairly dry there, so we had to go deep into the forest to find these. Some were lit by the sun, others with an iPhone flashlight—you use whatever light is available.

I've just returned from spending four days exploring the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula with some friends. W...
09/19/2024

I've just returned from spending four days exploring the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula with some friends. With a hint of fall on the trees but temps in the low 80s and no bugs, we had perfect weather for hiking and discovering 15 or 20 of the area's spectacular waterfalls.

This wasn't a photo trip but I did bring a camera and a drone to record some of the more beautiful areas. I found out that many of the picturesque spots were really only photographable from one spot, as are many of our nation's landmarks (the iconic views of Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Canyon come to mind).

All National Parks and many State Parks (including Wisconsin) prohibit flying a drone in them, but Michigan does not. So it was fun to photograph a number of places that pretty much have one good vantage point, but from a completely different view with a camera that can fly to points that we can't.

The first photograph of the Lake of the Clouds was made from the escarpment located near the parking lot for easy viewing access. It's a beautiful view, but everybody has seen and photographed it from this angle. The second photograph was made with a drone flying about 375 ft. above the escarpment from a viewpoint farther east of the lake, looking back towards to escarpment (the rock formations you see at the far left—if you look closely you can see us waving). This is actually a panoramic made from six separate images, so I'm pretty sure no one has ever seen the lake like this.

The third photograph is Potato Falls, locate south of Hurley, WI. It is located in a County Park, where it is legal to fly a drone. This photo was made from the viewing platform at the end of a 330-step stairway descent from the parking lot (yes, my knees are feeling it a bit today). It's a nice view, but the last picture made with the drone shows the falls from a higher angle only accessible by our feathered friends.

I taught my first class at the Texas School of Professional Photography in 1998. In the intervening years I've taught tw...
09/11/2024

I taught my first class at the Texas School of Professional Photography in 1998. In the intervening years I've taught twelve more classes there, ranging from marketing to business to portraiture to portrait lighting and, for the past seven years, Light Painting.

It will be great to be a part of the 50th anniversary edition of TSPP next April.

(Awesome headshot portrait by Tony Corbell.)

Som recent sports team posters, The SPASH Volleyball and the SPASH and UWSP Soccer teams are all ready for winning seaso...
08/30/2024

Som recent sports team posters, The SPASH Volleyball and the SPASH and UWSP Soccer teams are all ready for winning seasons!

Our industry lost a great one today.Kay Eskridge was always smiling and had a heart of gold. Her students loved her and ...
08/30/2024

Our industry lost a great one today.

Kay Eskridge was always smiling and had a heart of gold. Her students loved her and learned lots from her. And when it was time for her seven minute portrait as part of the series I did of all the instructors at Texas School a few years ago, she was more than game.

See you on the other side, Kay.

OK, this was crazy. We were in Bancroft for my light painting workshop project, and when the subjects were placed, the b...
08/23/2024

OK, this was crazy. We were in Bancroft for my light painting workshop project, and when the subjects were placed, the blood moon appeared at the horizon, ready for its closeup.

I'm not a fan of all the fake moon photos I see everywhere on Facebook (even on professional photographers sites), but I'm not averse to including it when it simply shows up.

Thanks to Jerry King and his cousin Chris Panko for hauling Chris' bike to the site, and for Sheriff Mike Lukas and his wife Nicki for being such good sports in helping to tell this story.

We returned to the famous Larry's Garage to photograph this gorgeous 1959 Lincoln at my light painting workshop this wee...
08/23/2024

We returned to the famous Larry's Garage to photograph this gorgeous 1959 Lincoln at my light painting workshop this week. Thanks to Larry and Joe for allowing us the use of the space, thanks to Bill Rogers for bringing his car, and thanks to my compadres Marcy Dugan and Robin Swanson for their learning, sharing and assisting at the workshop.

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1416 Clark Street
Stevens Point, WI
54481

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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https://johnhartmanlightpainting.com/, https://johnhartmanseniors.com/, https://jhartmanphot

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