Photography to Explore
Seize the Time to Create My Canon 1V has fresh batteries, my vehicle was running great and I'd just received a shipment of 35mm film (Kodak Portra, of course)...the day was mine. On top of that, the fall color is looking like someone increased the Photoshop saturation on the maple leaves and it's incredible. There…
Continue reading ➞ A Day of 35mm Film Color Photography in October
My camera bag is loaded with rolls of 35mm film and my lodging for LeDuc's Creekside Motel in Cheboygan, MI is booked; let's do some street photography. Mackinaw City was my focus on this photo excursion and weekend of village voyaging, but to maximize my exploration, I decided to kick my boots off about a…
Continue reading ➞ Voyaging: Quiet Street Photography in Small Towns (in this case Cheboygan, MI)
House photography can be extremely rewarding and fun. When I'm scrolling through the rabbit hole that is Instagram, I find myself stopping quite often at pictures that are the homes of others. Some are mid-century modern, others are of the extremely banal variety. Some have yards of trash and others are creepily neat. Over the…
In the springtime, I'd photographed subjects, places and people relating to the coronavirus. Those photos were self assigned, as I wanted to visually document what I could during that time. The benefits of self assigning myself that work was that I had the convenience of photographing in the town I live, there were no deadlines…
Continue reading ➞ On Assignment: Muskegon, Mich. for The Wall Street Journal
First of all, here's to everyone staying as sane and grounded as possible, despite the shakeup of our daily lives. My hope is that for each of you, this shakeup has been as minimal as possible. We're all doing our best and however you're adjusting and maintaining, way to go! Creating anything—really, whether it's a…
Continue reading ➞ Staying Creative While Social Distancing: COVID Walk #1
Outside my window, as I'm typing this, is the same towering oak tree and beneath it are the same constantly-stopping-and-going squirrels continuing their daily routine of finding acorns and burying them. The normalcy of life is visually evident and that makes everything going on in the world, regarding the coronavirus, a stark contrast to our…
Continue reading ➞ Making a Way to Create: Photography During Coronavirus
