Memorial Day weekend.


Ahh yes, its finally summer.

Oh the many faces of bath time.

ROTC
What an experience. I got to ride in a military helicopter, eat MRE's, and spend an entire day with the ROTC. Granted, it rained all day, leaving me with very wet socks, shoes and muddy jeans, all while improvising a make-shift raincoat for my camera gear out of an extra garbage bag I keep in my camera bag just for these instances. However, aside from the rain, cold and nearly losing my breakfast on the very bumpy ride to Big Rapids via helicopter, it was an amazing experience resulting in some amazing photographs. I'll be sure to post more.

Here's to those late nights, seemingly endless parties, hidden moments and people I'll never forget.

The protest heard'round campus.

Above is one the final shots I was able to make at the Jock Rock event at Central Michigan University before this happened:


I've always been teased for being a bit on the clumsy side and unfortunately this last minute, late night, deadline assignment after a already long day of shooting caused me, rushing back to the office, to drop my lens on floor. As you can see, cracking the casing and jamming the inside. It's been sent out for repairs and I'm crossing my fingers that its repairable and at a decent cost. Ah, the price of my major. Lessons learned.

***On a side note, hopefully I'll be updating more frequently. Its been a very long and stressful couple of weeks, I was away for Easter but should be getting back into the swing of things, wrapping up classes, work and making my way towards graduation.

Here's the story: Lifeline feature shot for a section all about wine. Racking my brain on how to do something "artsy" without being too artsy - this idea popped into my head. So to create my own inexpensive soft box, I simply stuck a white sheet in the ceiling tiles at work in front a window, and ta-da. Instant soft box. Just proving if you get a little creative, you can get exactly what you want - for free even.