brett's wall

and next to this wall are plants. one of which brett gave to me tonight.

thanks brett. i'll nurse him/her to long stems and green and red leaves.

purty things

winter is not here.

yet.

dork with a camera

hey dork, move. we're drinking here. and lose the wide lens while you're at it.

good times

this is an old frame. from the second photo story i ever worked on. i've been thinking about that story a lot lately and went back through my take from it.

this frame has nothing to do with the story. but it's different. and i like it.

50th post, for yesterday

yours truly

disconnected...

still waiting for the right light. also my second hanger picture in the same amount of months.

i smell a photo project.

the wheels on the bus...

new roadies and nice light

my new road dogs.


pretty sweet light this afternoon.

habitat for humanity house

donut eating contest

exploding head...

dow versus midland. enough to make your head explode.

have you gotten your flu shot yet?

i feel pretty good about myself after sticking my camera in about 10 different kid's face as they started crying. i'll post more of this later after it's been published.

don't count your chickens...

an oldie but a goodie. old boy has 10,000 chickens. and he counts/checks each egg by hand.

volatile venison

long story short, the limo bus full of people i was covering saturday night hit a deer at about 80 mph. i watched little guy's "gut system," as someone called it, splatter microwave style on the bus windshield. fun times, i know.

we pulled this out of the front of the bus. got us a little four pointer.


the view from inside the bus. pleasant.


random doo-ma-hickey that fell off the bumper.


here is a lovely mixture of blood, guts and poo.

horse refuge

roots...

thinking of warmer weather...

this is from the summer in evansville. haven't shot anything yet today and last night was a football game, so i'm digging through some old stuff here.

also, i forgot to explain what cpoy is. cpoy stands for college photographer of the year. you can see what i'm talking about at www.cpoy.org. to see last year's winning pictures, click on winning images and enjoy.

my cpoy...

this is my first year in a long time not entering cpoy. i had my edit ready, everything toned and nearly ready to go. i just didn't do it this year. it wasn't a strong year. a consistent year. but not a great one.

this is one of the frames i would have sent if i submitted my stuff. it's from during the school year. cool composition. no heart.

gotta start working on that.

dear michigan...

dear michigan,

please keep your snow to yourself. you may not have heard, but october is too early for snow. it is fall. as in, falling leaves. not falling snow.

thanks.

a few that i miss...

coury tops the list. for some reason i keep leaving her behind. and for some reason she keeps understanding and letting me be with my little black box of a mistress. hmm.



my lil bro. his senior year of high school. now he's in iowa city. learning to write. go jim, go.




jenica and drew. jenica is in lima, ohio. building character.




hunter and drew. at st. petersburg. photos by jenica.

hunter is working in roanoke with the times, drew's in new jersey at msnbc. former roomies at the park street grotto.

always good for a laugh and some late night tom foolery.






there are many, many more that i don't have pictures of. like my parents. and all my friends in st. mary's. seems like my photography needs to take a more personal turn...

hay ride...

this day reminded me of home...so i stayed a little longer.

school board meeting...

michigan friends...

amy and kevin. at lou's.

for yesterday...

leaving saginaw valley state university.

tony...

tony only has a little bit of time left. here he is with his youngest grandchild.

nevin

my family and girlfriend were in for a week. priorities changed. now i'm back to daily updates.

nevin has cancer. he's back in the hospital for his third round of chemo. he'll be there for at least 24 days.