Midwest Photography Workshops

Midwest Photography Workshops Bryce Denison is a photography educator. He holds a B.F.A. in Photography from CCS and a M.A.

in Photography from WSU where he spend many years as an adjunct professor. He is the director of Midwest Photography Workshops www.midwest.photography

Photographing an athelete requires that same skills and timing as photographing a dancer. Please do not send me hate mai...
07/26/2026

Photographing an athelete requires that same skills and timing as photographing a dancer. Please do not send me hate mail that dancers are atheletes too. I know that. But the photographic technique is still the same. Too little light, the need for a high shutter speed and usually the need to raise the ISO to get an f/stop high enough for sufficient depth of field. Fortunately, in my studio, the lights are powerful enough that no comprimise is required. The hard part here was to time both dancers to leap in sync with each other. It won't happen on the first attempt! Just politely request please do it again, and again and again until you have an image that works.
Nikon D3 camera body, Nikon 50mm 1.4 /13, 1/125 sec. ISO 400 with studio strobes.
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Working for the Detroit Fire Department for 20 years, I had many occasions to photograph from one of the Police Helicopt...
07/25/2026

Working for the Detroit Fire Department for 20 years, I had many occasions to photograph from one of the Police Helicopters. This image was made in 1998 of Detroit's New Center area; particularly the Fisher Building and General Motors HQ looking west.
Nikon F-3 camera body, Nikon 28-105 mm lens , f/8, 1/125 sec. Kodak Vericolor color negative film ISO160,
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Linda and I cruised down the rivers of Europe with Viking a few years ago. We spent a night in Vienna. We were thrille...
07/24/2026

Linda and I cruised down the rivers of Europe with Viking a few years ago. We spent a night in Vienna. We were thrilled to watch and listen to a walz by Strauss. Der Fleidermous. (The Bat). It is wonderfull to use two of your senses sight and hearing for this performance.
Sony A1 camera body, Sony 24-70mm lens . f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO 800
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I am almost sold out for a two-hour workshop this Sunday July 26, 2026 at the Detroit Flyhouse (10 students max). We wi...
07/23/2026

I am almost sold out for a two-hour workshop this Sunday July 26, 2026 at the Detroit Flyhouse (10 students max). We will photograph several aerial performers up close and personal. Call Bryce Denison (313) 804-9266 for details.
Sony A1 camera body, Sony 24-70mm lens , f/5.0 1/100 sec. ISO 12800.
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This Sunday July 26 at 2-4:00pm, MPW students will have the opportunity to sign up for the first ever workshop at the De...
07/22/2026

This Sunday July 26 at 2-4:00pm, MPW students will have the opportunity to sign up for the first ever workshop at the Detroit Flyhouse to photograph the aerial performers on a lyra, vertical pole or the silks. Pictured here is Annie Rank on the silks in a graceful atheletic pose typical of what you will see on Sunday. Call Bryce at (313) 804-9266 or go to our web page at: www.midwest.photography to register. Bryce will be on hand to assist with shutter speed, lens choice, aperture, ISO and composition options.
Sony A1 camera body, Sony 24-70mm lens , f/2.8, 1/400 sec. ISO 320
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The stone spindles pictured here are from the Cambodian Bhudist Temple Ankor Wat. They help with the design of this pho...
07/21/2026

The stone spindles pictured here are from the Cambodian Bhudist Temple Ankor Wat. They help with the design of this photograph showing depth. The use of a wide angle lens portrayed the foreground larger than it really was and the background small enough to fit into the photo emphasizing three-dimentional depth.
Sony A7R3 camera body, Sony 24-70mm lens @ 28mm, 1/250 sec, f/18 ISO 640.
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Crickett is played on 8 Mile Rd in a park in Southfield. It is the northern most part of a golf course which is visible...
07/20/2026

Crickett is played on 8 Mile Rd in a park in Southfield. It is the northern most part of a golf course which is visible from the road. I stopped by with my camera and the atheletes there were very friendly and courteous. I love sports of all types; the competition; the thrill of victory and even the agony of defeat.
Sony A9 camera body, Sony 100-400 lens with a Sony 2X teleconverter = 636mm magnification. f/11, 1/400 sec, ISO 3200.
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Yesterday, I taught a workshop in Westland at the Barson's Greenhouse on Merriman Rd. They have converted one of their ...
07/19/2026

Yesterday, I taught a workshop in Westland at the Barson's Greenhouse on Merriman Rd. They have converted one of their greenhouses to a FREE! butterfly house. (They do have a donation box - $5.00 is a good idea). There, my students recieved instruction about how to use extension tubes, macro lenses, and flash to get strong photos without the use of a tripod. I have been teaching this workshop there for about 15 years and I have never seen so many butterflies and so many that were active as yesterday.
So with as many butterflies flying around, I have chosen a Hummingbird Clear Wing moth (Hemaris thysbe) to post. This moth is often mistaken for a Hummingbird or bumblebee because of its size and they way it hovers over a flower collecting nectar. As a caterpillar, it feeds on Honeysuckle, Dogbane and various fruit trees. The Hummingbird Clearwing is an excellent pollinator.
Sony A1 camera body, Sony 90mm macro lens, f/10, 1/100 sec. ISO 2500. Instagram page, .midwest.photography web page, .brycedenisonphoto.com personal web page, .com email.

This image is inspired from Greek Mythology. It represents Eucharistia; (The personified spirit of Thanksgiving; who is...
07/17/2026

This image is inspired from Greek Mythology. It represents Eucharistia; (The personified spirit of Thanksgiving; who is one of the three graces) The graces embody joy, good cheer and gratitude. The etymology root word is Eucharist which come from Eu (meaning good and charismatic which means grace). While there is no constellation honoring her; there should be; because she exemplifies gratitude of which there is precious little of here in our daily lives.
Sony A1 camera body, Sony 24-70 lens, f/8, 1/125 sec. ISO 200
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I am embarking upon a new fine art series leading towards a book or portfolio or gallery exhibition. I have always been...
07/17/2026

I am embarking upon a new fine art series leading towards a book or portfolio or gallery exhibition. I have always been intrigued by Greek Mythology and the constellations. But there are sooo many stories that need to be told. So many virtues that need to be shared. Pictured here is a model (Luke Dulac) shot in the studio as a silhouette. I have darkened the background to emulate the night sky and placed white dots as stars to illustrate what the drawing of the constalation's origin would be like.
There is no constellation named for Hephaestus (yes, an asteroid, but it is not the same as a constellation). Hephaestus was the son of Hera and Zeus; but he was born a cripple and his mother cast him down from Olympus as a result. He landed on the island of Lemnos where he learned his craft of metal smithing. He became so good at metal smithing, he ended up making all the best armor, swords, helmets, breastplates and even Zeus's thunderbolts. He was on the battlefield during the Gigantomachy and was so weary from battle, that Helios (the Sun God swooped down from his chariot to rescue him. The story of his rescue and gratitude touched me to create this image. For in return for his rescue, Hephaestus forged four ever-flowing fountains. Many other stories are attributed to Hephaestus, but this one deals with gratitude and where his place amoung the stars and my inturpretation of what his constelation should be.
Sony A1 camera body, Sony 24-70mm lens. f/8, ISO 200, 1/125 sec and highly manipulated in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
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