Fortegra.

I need to drive more. Spend more time exploring back roads and finding interesting scenes.

More time out in the county, not in the coffee shop or the city.

Monoisopropanolamine.

Hundreds of people showed up to light and release Chinese lanterns into the sky in honor of Jayden Lamb's ninth birthday. Jayden recently passed away after a two year battle with cancer. Since his passing, a movement "Pay it Forward, Jayden Style" has gained momentum, inspiring kind acts in the community and nationwide.

Impaxx.

Yesterday, protestors filled Michigan's capital over the right-to-work bill that was expected to be passed (and it was.) Protestor chanted slogans, held up signs, marched and did all that protesting kind of stuff.

The Michigan State Police were everywhere, standing their ground as protestors shouted at them, some calling them traitors to the cause. Protestors tore down a tent belonging to Americans for Prosperity, who support right-to-work, with people still inside. It was a pretty fun (and long) day. Check out Neil's blog for some more pictures. Below is the page that published. Thanks to Nick for pushing for it. Gotta love tag teaming an event. It frees both photographers up to just have fun and make better pictures. And it's just fun.

Aerify.

I love winter.

Eriden.

Colors and windows. Reflections and light. Christmas season.

Fortefiber.

Old houses and vintage clothes make for great scenes, even if all it is is a play rehearsal.

Dithane.

Winter sports are starting up. The 2-10 shift insures at least three games a week. It's fun, but sometimes it gets old. But the locker room breaks up the monotony. And shooting hockey is just fun. And then sometimes something else breaks up the monotony...Like a guy proposing to his girlfriend.

Tordon 22K.

I seem to find superheros a lot around here in Midland. Never expected to find Mermaid Man though.
And since I'm on the topic of vertical diptychs... Reactions in blue.

D.E.H.

Reds and blues. Recent fire and 80 year old murder scene.

Walocel XM.

With Central Middle School closing at the end of the year I decided to do a project on it, doing essays and various aspects of the school. The first one I did on the football team and their last game. Up until then, they hadn't won a game in two seasons and so with their final game a "Monday Night Football" style game against their cross-town rival, Jefferson Middle School, they set to work. I followed them through their last week of practice all the way until they turned in their equipment. Here are some photos and the page design as well. Props to Nick and Neil for helping me out and exploding the edit when it needed to be exploded.

 

OUDRATough.

Voting is weird. People are weird about it. They don't want to talk about it. But they get upset over it. Well, until next election...