"Don't be in such a hurry." — Billie Holiday

 Some scenes, some folk. Pretty stuff from my last month in Michigan (and a trip to California.)

"Fifty-fifty." — Lou Gehrig

Been forcing myself to shoot some more portraits and details on daily assignments, and to get a little weirder overall. It's fun.

"For a film so boastful about preserving history, it seems all too content to commercialise its own story."

I meant to post this forever ago, but I kept putting it off (and off, and off...and off.) Back in September, Neil went to go shoot portraits at a local re-enactment event. He enlisted my help with the lighting set up, and so I could watch the gear as he hunted for people to photograph. Of course I didn't want to just sit around, so I took my instant camera and decided to shoot the same people on it, giving them one copy and taking one for myself. They all seemed to really appreciate getting something tangible immediately after the shoot, instead of waiting to see if they made the online gallery or not. It was awesome. I love hanging out at bigger assignments like this and coming away with something a little different. Having another shooter covering the bases is freeing and just lets me have fun. Here's some of the instant portraits.

 And below is the page design I laid out on deadline. That in and of itself was quite a fun challenge, and I'm pretty happy with the final product.

 

Here is a link to Neil's gallery from the day, and here is his edit for his EOY portfolio.

Leukotan.

Horses, portraits and iPhone photos. That was my fair experience.

Goat Hill

Didn't turn this in, but it kind of reminds me of the bat mobile.

The first non-Palin headline since May

Finally back in Mount Pleasant. Which is flat and boring, as usual. Here's some fun frames of cool people (and one of myself).

Some old, some random.

Some old and random frames.


Except this one, which was this week.


Summer. Coffee and cigarettes.


Christmas. Leah with her new headphones. Fall. Jake at Island Park.


Motor City Guitar is unorganized.


Christmas slippers.