Tom Olmscheid
Tom Olmscheid is a photojournalist in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
He was chief photographer for the Minnesota House of Representatives for over 35 years documenting many of the events at the State Capitol during that time.
Tom has also been a stringer for 33 years with a major wire service covering professional and college sports as well as political events in the Twin Cities. His images have appeared in USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and many other major cities periodicals. His image of May Town Hall on election day 2001 was included in Time Magazines first ever Best Pictures of the Year 2002.
Toms photographs have been exhibited at the Minnesota IFP Gallery, Minnesota Center for Photography, the Minneapolis Photo Center, the Duluth Institute of Arts, Gallery 96, LERAC Gallery, and in the Fine Arts Center at the Minnesota State Fair.
Nikon Really Goes Mirrorless
The Best of Olympic Photos so Far
Photo of a Single Atom wins
Sony A7R III Review
The Underwater Photography of the Year
121 CLICKS
First Photo of US Presidential Inauguration - guess what year?
John Morris on Capa's D - Day Photo
Story behind the "Tank Man" Photo
Tyler Hicks Interview
Voideo: A Report of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism
Photoshop 1.0.7– Watch and Learn
The Hasselblad from the Moon Sold for $910,000
$1.2 Million Awarded to Photographer
AP Severs Ties with Pulitzer-Winning Photographer for Ethics Breach
Worlds Most Famous Photoshop Fakes
If Your a Fan of Bill Cunningham, Have a Look At These Photos
Amazing Photos from Science Labs
On Ice: 100-year-old negatives discovered in Antarctic
World's Biggest Camera Tripod Christmas Tree – with holiday music!
Watch how America is getting frozen from space in this time-lapse
Family Finds Missing Son In a USA Today Cold Weather Photo Spread
Photojournilism as Compared to othere Jobs – It's not Good
You can own Alfred Eisenstaedt's Camera
Photos from Spaaaace! – How Astronaut Chris Hadfield does it
2012 Pulitzer Prizes
Timing is Everything – awsome photos
The First Seven Things We Learned From Photographs
How A Nikon Lens is Made, The Movie
Chocolate Cannon – I'm waiting for the Nikon version
Awsome Lightning Photo!
Photographer Explains Himself Regarding Subway Death Photo
Astronaut Talks About Being a Photographer in Space
How a Great Shot From the Olympics was Got
A Doc on How to Make Night Time Photos – with an Accent
Holiday Gift for Every Photographer
What Happens When a Tiger Takes Your Camera
A Movie about Developer Trays – It's really not about the trays
The State of Photojournalism – A Short Doc
AP starts New Photo Agency
Backpack Studio Light, hey, I could make this
Blow Job – A Photo Project that's not what You Think
A Short Interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist Horst Faas
Legendary Vietnam combat photographer Horst Fass Dies at 79
The Worlds Most Expensive Camera
...and Why Leica's are so expensive
Leica did it, All Black & White Camera
See what a 6mm Lens Looks Like
Phashion for Photographers
Pulitzer for Feature Photography
Pulitzer for Breaking News Photography
Yes, Cannon's new camera is $15,000 – buy two!
Don't send a Portfolio – Send This!
Point of View video as you take stills
LED Lighting, a Book to Help
Help TrekPak with Kickstarter– a system to pack your gear, BRILLIANT!
Astrophotography from Greece
$32,000 for a Leica – Sure, Why Not
New in Favorite Links – Check out Pixiq
Will Leica make a Black and White only Camera???
How We should all Work – With a TriPad and coffee
Local Photo Becomes PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY! – OK brief history
Elliot Erwitt secrets Revealed – The Art of Photographic Sequencing
An Undiscoverd Photographer, Vivian Maier, Discovered
DakotaLapse – Time lapse from the North
Cannon 5D Mark III
Local Photographer, Jonathan Chapman, puts out a Newspaper
It's not the Crime , it's the Cover-up
Cardboard Ringflash Kit – $30 and Effective
Baby Levitation – SEE THE PHOTOS
Wacky gadgets from Vegas
World Press Photo Winners – what we should see in our newspapers
My favorite from the World Press
Big Camera – really!
Car Pooling in Mexico
Home movies – Things you hear from behind the camera
Documentary on Kodachrome-the nostalgia continues
Sing along with Benjamin Franklin about your rights to take photographs
Very cool bug photos
Build a sound blimp – I did!
Hi-Res shot of earth
$50 Follow Fucus – for the video in you
Too many photo books, but this one looks cool
AP Opens North Korea Bureau
Cue Paul Simon
Is that a burrito in your pocket or are you a happy photographer?
Eve Arnold lived long and prospered
Show up at a party with this
Photoshopped or not? A Tool to Tell
Camera Candy
All Focus camera
F-STOP Watch
The Nikon D4-one number higher and $1000 more...
Camera Pillows, we all want one