Game Faces

The NCAA tournament may be just starting but our high school season just ended with Beaverton losing in the state quarterfinal last night.  Here are two portraits from a Meridian game a few weeks ago.

Police and fire

Michigan roads

This is a stretch of land just off M-46.  I grew up just a few miles down the road from here.  I love mountains but I love the Michigan flat lands too.

House Fire

It seems like every other week one of us on staff races off to a house fire.  I didn't really realize how common these are until I started listening to the scanner.

Right to work

On Tuesday Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state in the nation.  The Republican controlled House and Senate pushed it through in just five days surprising union leaders and state Democrats.  While the bills steam rolled through the House and Senate chambers thousands of protesters descended on Lansing.

Above are the pages which Nick King, Sean Proctor and I worked on together.  Despite the tempers flaring both inside and outside the best part about shooting it was covering it with Sean and many friends from other publications around Michigan.  Sean and I tagged teamed it and I stayed indoors in the morning while he covered the protest as it heated up outside.  Later on we both shot photos as the protest moved from the Capital building to the Romney building next door.  It was an interesting change to the usually sleepy town of Midland.

"Blue Death"

The Chemics had a good run this year ending their season at 11-1.  Here are some of my favorite images from covering them this fall.

From back when the grass was green

[Northeast Middle School football team]

Found feature

Inferno

Sean got the call about a structure fire last weekend so we grabbed our cameras and headed out.  Between us, we had one 70-200, but most of the time I used my 35mm staying close enough to feel the heat and to frame the firefighters against the burning auto business.

Explosions from inside kept everyone alert as the fire methodically worked its way through the building.  In a year and half working here, this is the largest blaze I've seen.

Election 2012

Yesterday the MDN photo staff took it to the countryside and we hopscotched around to the numerous township halls in Midland County.  I shot in Edenville and Mills township.  It was great to meet the kind people out there, and see the election process away from all the glitz and glamour of the political world.