Moving to China

I am moving to China to be a photo intern for the World of Chinese magazine in Beijing. It is a bilingual mag for expatriates living in China/Hong Kong and people just learning the language.

I will be shooting the stories, and editing photos from AP/Stock when I cannot. I may also do some travel writing. In short, I am pretty damn excited.


I don't know a soul in Beijing, but I will be living with fellow interns, (in this youth hostel) the entire time.

I will be back in four months. This blog will get a bit more wordy when I am leaving.

Here is the internet version of the magazine and here is an article about the mag. (note: when you click the second link, and message in Chinese ending in an exclamation point comes up. I have no clue what it says, I just click the box. Be warned.)

I Head a Church Bell, Softly Chime

These are my grandparents, Gordy and Carol Grindeland, in the spot where they had their first kiss sixty-three years ago. This spot, precisely, is the vestibule of my great-grandparent's house in Prospect Park, Minneapolis. They were thirteen.

For the last nine months, I have been living in Prospect Park. I feel a jolt of happiness every time I realize how I am connected I am to my grandparent's history. I voted for president in the elementary school where they met. I jog past the church where they got married.
I will be sad when I move away next month.

Together, my grandparents are inventors, authors, and travelers. When they were in their thirties, they retired for a year and took their three kids on a twelve month Odyssey around the lower forty-eight and Hawaii. I love their spirit of adventure.

They have been married for 57 years, as of May.

Note:
-You can see my great-grandparent's house in the Chomp website my sister and I made for G and G. (Its the one on Arthur Ave.)
-My grandpa wrote a book about their year's journey called A Camping Man's Dream.

Also, the photo frame came from Photoshop Hero. Thanks, Pshero!

Out to the Ball Game

I shot the High School state baseball tournament last month for the Winona Daily News.
Wabasha-Kellogg had a smashing success in their first two games, then lost the final.

Chelsea Lin Reller

I took the Senior Portraits of my friend, Chelsea Lin Reller. Our parents were high school friends, and our dads were college roommates. Aside from being a beautiful model, Chels is a talented actress. You can see her in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Children's Theater this summer.


Its nice to be able to photoshop these images. I took out a boat lift and a tree to simplify the background of the shot above. Chelsea's eye color, however, was not changed.

We took these images at my cabin in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. I didn't have all my strobe gear with me, so I improvesied with a big white towel . It worked like a charm.

Wedding Photojournalist

I have shot many things in my life, but until this month, never had I ever photographed a wedding. It was my cousin Matt's and his wife's, Chelle. It was a lot of fun to work with my family. (My parents are the fantastic pair in the bottom photograph, by the way.)

I gave Matt and Chelle all the pretty, non-captioned photographs.

For the next week or so,

you can see my full wedding take here: http://alihaupt.smugmug.com/

Thinder and Lughtning

A electrical storm rolled across the sky last night. I wish I would have had a fish eye with me, the whole sky was lighting up in flashes. This was shot with a 24mm. (at f/11 and 15 sec.)

Van Cleve stills

Here are some stills from Van Cleve Park in Minneapolis.