Quiet fall evenings are a chance to get outside, get some fresh air, and end the day on a high note. Shot on Canon M6 and EF-M 32mm f/1.4. | Continue reading
For our anniversary, I reserved a Salsa Night out for my wife and me last weekend. Since we didn’t know how to salsa dance, I tried to reserve pre-show lessons for us. However, the lessons were all sold out. That meant we were going into an unfamiliar dance night as total rookies … | Continue reading
Parma, Michigan is a little burg on the west end of Jackson County – quiet and empty the day I was there. Shot on the original Canon M with the EF-M 22mm f/2. | Continue reading
More 50mm shots from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this time near the art museum (made famous in Rocky). The hike from downtown to the museum district is a pleasant one, lined with sycamore trees and art installations along the way. At the start, you have the Barnes Foundation, and … | Continue reading
Quick work trip last week to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. My coworkers and I had a chance to visit downtown Philly briefly. With only my work camera – a Canon R with the RF 50mm f/1.8 lens – I snagged a few pictures around the historic district and the art museum stairs ( … | Continue reading
That’s my daughter, Madelyn, in the middle far-right, looking damp and pensive. Yesterday, she earned Flickr’s Explore honors Earning a “Congrats on Explore!” is a fun surprise. It often means a photo is appreciated or receives a lot of likes and comments. Browsing through the Ex … | Continue reading
Capturing small towns around mid-Michigan is an ongoing project. A few weeks back, I grabbed a sunny morning in early September and went to Grass Lake, Michigan, a little village on the East end of Jackson County. A powerhouse in local football, and an old railroad stop along the … | Continue reading
“I could take the limitations of the camera and use [shadows] to create something even more interesting.” Sean Tucker I feel like that’s a perfect distillation of my style: never be afraid of the shadows. | Continue reading
Small town Friday night? That means football this time of year. With Aiden in marching band, that means we head to Jackson High for a beautiful September evening and watch our hometown Vikings win against Tecumseh. Shot on the Canon 5D and EF 50mm f/1.4. | Continue reading
It’s a false summer night – part of a week full of those final warm days before autumn sets in. Autumn means marching band season, so Aiden and I headed to Jackson High’s football field for his first practice session. It gave me a chance to catch some of the light and colors arou … | Continue reading
A note about waiting for good light. The above is the same house taken at the same time of year, within a day or two of each other, just at different times during the morning. I drive by this little house a few times a week. For months, I’ve thought to myself: “That would make [… … | Continue reading
“Rebelling against the standard” – that’s all the excuse I need. Martin Castein makes a good case for using older gear, but one point he missed: Save money. Instead of $1,000-4,000 for a new camera, how about using a five- to 10-year-old camera for $500 or less? There are so many … | Continue reading
Year after year, Flickr keeps trucking along. It’s still my favorite photography social/sharing platform. I’ve “met” so many great photographers on the site. One of my go-to favorites is Zach Huggins out of Texas. Where are you, and what do you do? I live in Oak Cliff, a small ne … | Continue reading
Meckley’s Flavor Fruit Farm is a local institution. Think apple-cide-and-donuts orchard in the fall, and Meckley’s is the place to be. But instead of trying to beat the gigantic crowd that gathers here in late September through October, we visited the farm in August to see the ne … | Continue reading
Labor Day weekend. South Haven, Michigan. Climbing the dunes along Lake Michigan. So long, summertime. Shot with Canon EOS M and 22mm f/2. | Continue reading
I moved around a lot as a kid, but I call Brooklyn, Michigan, my hometown. It’s the place I lived the longest, went to school the longest, and really grew up. Brooklyn is a small village in southern Jackson County – the home of Michigan International Speedway, the Irish Hills, an … | Continue reading
Fujifilm X cameras are known for their film simulations. Fuji owns and creates several film stocks, so it only makes sense that they build those film emulations into their family of cameras. As a Kodak film user, however, there’s nothing like Fuji’s film emulations for other came … | Continue reading
Many thanks to the editors at Flickr for selecting one of my Hot Air Jubilee photos for their selection of “Flickr Through the Years – Flickr Staff Favorites” blog post. Jackson’s local Hot Air Jubilee is one of my favorite annual events to photograph, and it’s easy to understand … | Continue reading
It’s our first year with a garden at the new house, and now tomatoes, peppers, and even strawberries are ripe and ready to pick. This gave me a chance to try out my new Canon EF-M 28mm f/3.5 macro – part of my summer project to round out my Canon M system. This lens also […] | Continue reading
Hiking in northern Michigan with a Canon 5D and EF 40mm f/2.8. | Continue reading
Even though I feel like it’s the same-ol’, same-ol’ each year, our local county fair never disappoints. Shot on a mixture of EF-M 22mm and 32mm, with the Canon M200. | Continue reading
More from Burlington, Ontario – this time, turning my back to Lake Ontario and grabbing the cityscape. Burlington is a nice town. You could tell from the cars and the restaurants, plus all the new high-rises sprouting up, that this city had money. And architecture to spare. | Continue reading
Travel for work is the best, especially when you get to explore a new place. In this case, I traveled to Burlington, Ontario, for a sales meeting and stayed on the Lake Ontario shore, just south of Toronto. It gave me a good excuse to test my new-ish Canon M200 and 15-45mm kit le … | Continue reading
Welcome back, Jackson County Fair. | Continue reading
Every two years. From 2018 to now, we head up to Door County, Wisconsin, for our annual family summer vacation. With no better idea this year, we made our way back in July. Some familiar sites, some brand new. Just in time for cherry season. And beautiful weather along Lake Michi … | Continue reading