Shooting landscapes photos @ Lake Superior Provincial Park and Wawa

I was up on the north shore of Lake Superior shooting photos this week at some of my favorite haunts. Lake Superior Provincial Park tops my list of the best landscape photography locations in Ontario, boasting wildly rugged shorelines and big topography. I love the place. 

My girlfriend and I camped out the first night in an amazing campsite on the water (where the first three photos below were taken). We had planned to spend several days camping there, but the mosquitoes were so bad that even the drone from outside the tent screen made it difficult to sleep. The sounds of buzzing mosquitoes is psychologically tormenting to me! So after one night, we wimped out.... packed up our camping gear and rented a cabin as a base to shoot around the area. [for the record, the mosquitoes aren't usually this bad, so don't let them stop you from visiting the park or camping.... go in late summer or fall].

Lake Superior Provincial Park, Canon 1D mk IV, Sigma 12-24mm lens,
Singh-Ray 2 stop hard ND grad. 

Lake Superior Provincial Park, Canon 5D mk II, Canon 24mm f/1.4 lens,
Singh-Ray 3 stop hard ND grad.

Lake Superior Provincial Park, Canon 5D mk II, Canon 24mm f/1.4 lens,
Singh-Ray 2 stop hard ND grad. 

For our last night, we stayed at Rock Island Lodge near the town of Wawa. To say this lodge is ideally situated for landscape photography is an understatement. I shot the next photo (below) just steps from our room at the lodge. I can't wait to stay there again soon and am contemplating hosting a workshop based out of the lodge next year! 

Rock Island Lodge, Lake Superior, Canon 5D mk II, Sigma 24-70/2.8 lens,
Singh-Ray LB warming polarizer and 2 stop hard ND grad. 

One morning while waiting for the light to improve, I re-enacted the famous scene from the Karate Kid to entertain my girlfriend. An outdoor photographer has to have a few tricks in the bag to keep things fun when you're standing around on the shore of Lake Superior!