St. Joseph, Michigan lighthouse photographed during a fierce wind storm.

A peaceful winter sunset in Frankfort, Michigan. Volkswagen used this image in a nationwide USA advertisement.

This beautiful lighthouse is located in picturesque South Haven, Michigan. I captured this image on a sunny but very windy day. A great sky and all natural color make this photograph really pop.

Bitter cold. The Michigan City, Indiana lighthouse photographed before dawn during the Polar Vortex. The temperature was well below zero not counting the famous wind chill factor which may have dropped the temp to a record or near record low. Lake Michigan frozen to the horizon and beyond. Two shades of blue in this photograph. The sky and the snow and ice covering the frozen lake which at this time of day records as more blue than white. Thank you, Mother Nature.

Michigan City, Indiana lighthouse photographed during gale force winds. Has a painterly look and good all around energy.

October, 2010 in Frankfort, Michigan. As this date confirms, this photographer has been capturing images of Great Lakes lighthouses during wind storms for quite some time. The storm depicted here was by a wide margin the strongest of all. So powerful and so long lasting was this storm the National Weather Service called it The Great Lakes Cyclone. Displayed here is late afternoon. My best images were captured the following morning when the storm had become even more powerful. I will add images from that dramatic morning in the near future. During the drive home I counted my blessings for both me and my equipment escaping unscathed.

St. Joseph, Michigan outer lighthouse photographed during a violent winter wind storm. Photography during conditions this severe is a physical as well as technical challenge.

St. Joseph, Michigan lighthouse photographed before dawn with both beacons burning brightly under a setting full moon. The full effect of the moonlight can be seen towards the horizon where all of Lake Michigan is lit.

There are bad days and then there are very bad days. Shown here is the St. Joseph, Michigan outer lighthouse enduring a very bad day. The destructive force of this storm has left the cables along the catwalk in shambles. Storms over decades and decades have done their best to destroy this lighthouse but this guiding light remains undefeated.

The Michigan City, Indiana lighthouse photographed at dawn.

South Haven, Michigan lighthouse on the Great Lakes photographed during gale force winds.

A very clean, very simple photograph that happens to be one of my favorites. The South Haven, Michigan lighthouse standing guard over a frozen Lake Michigan.