I helped my mom's good friend out with her daughters wedding. We took a couple of updated photos of the happy couple for a surprise board for the wedding. It was a great sunny afternoon, especially after days and days of clouds and rain.

Driving home from running errands, I took a stroll past the channel and saw this scene. I ran home, grabbed my camera, some long glass and went back hoping for more sailboats coming in from the fog. Lucky me, one last one.

Well. This has been a long time post I've been writing in my head for quite sometime. Graduation had come and gone and now I've found myself in my childhood home, surrounded by cardboard boxes of books, clothing and trinkets of my university days - trying to squeeze myself and my life for the past five years into a place I don't quite remember. It's a strange thing coming back, coming back to a town and a house that doesn't feel like home anymore. To place where you have no plans, no future or no prospects. Its a scary and uncomfortable adventure. It's weird being this age, in this time in my life. I still feel so young, so native, however with the pressures of advancing to a more adult and mature way of life. I guess I'm here to declare the transition my life has taken. I don't know where I'm going but I know where I've come from. I've spent five years practicing a craft I know in my heart I adore, the question remains, where it will take me. However, as seen above, I have an amazing family that I will always continue to document.

Stay tuned.

Recently I was granted the opportunity to do some freelance work for two high school graduations. It was really nice to get out and make some fun, creative, news pictures. I kept repeating, 'find the light, find the light' over and over again in my head. I hope these echo that sediment.

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.