Occasionally, I’ll post interesting information about a particular photo I captured.  This image is of the Shoreview Towers in Minnesota, with a full moon.

Do you believe in the Law of Attraction? I certainly do and the following story is a true account of that law coming alive in my art.

I captured this amazing image back in 2022, and here’s the true story behind it.  In fact, there’s a story within this story as well.

As a photographic artist I know the importance of planning, patience and perseverance, and sometimes a bit of luck or in my case an “ask”.  I had done my planning, waited for the perfect conditions and timing to produce for me one of my most meaningful, personally satisfying images I’ve captured to date.

I was on the east side of Lake Vadnais looking to the west toward the Shoreview Towers.  The full moon was making its way to the west horizon and I knew it would travel between the two towers.  This photo was about one year in the making.

During my setup, I positioned myself perfectly so that the moon would trek between the towers.  As I waited for the moon to make its way toward the towers, I thought to myself how appropriate it would be to have an airplane in the scene.  You see, my very first solo cross-country flight as a student pilot back in 1997 would take me over and between those two towers as I flew north to St. Cloud.

It was a particularly fond memory for me because after I had contacted the Anoka Airport for clearance my son, Adam (my flight instructor), announced “Great job dad!” as I flew over the two towers. (He was flying behind me and I didn’t know it.)

Well, back to the photo session…

As I looked at the scene I made a comment, out loud, that it would be “so awesome if there was an airplane in the scene (because of my history of flying over those towers).

No sooner than having made that statement a commercial aircraft appeared in the scene and flew perfectly above the towers, like I had done back in 1997.  I was so thrilled with the results I lost focus and didn’t get the moon between the towers.

I believe that planning, patience and perseverance are necessary elements in creating beautiful art, but when more is needed… well, all I can tell you is that I just “asked” and it happened just as I have said, and I believe it was truly the Law of Attraction, the Law of Faith at work.

Plan well… be patient… persevere… ask and receive!

You can find this image and many others in my online gallery:

Full Moon and Shoreview Towers Photograph by Mark Triplett – Pixels