June favorites

I spent just under a week and half at the Midland Daily News before leaving the paper and moving to Jasper, Indiana to work as a staff photographer at The Herald. My favorite photos from my last couple of assignments in Midland were of graduation and the state tournament softball games. Thanks for looking.

May favorites

National Day of Prayer, Memorial Day parades, high school track, new courthouse therapy dog and new police officers. May was busy. Thanks for looking.

April favorites

Spring sports started up and in April the Midland Daily News printed a portrait series myself, Erin and Nick worked on. There were also fun events to cover like the weight lifting day at Bullock Creek High School and Arbor Day at the elementary schools. Thanks for looking.

March favorites

I got to meet Rosa Miller a few days before she turned 100, followed a few local basketball teams on their way to the state tournament and saw some people enjoy the butterflies at Dow Gardens. Thanks for looking.

February favorites

In February the press at the Midland Daily News was shut down and printing operations moved to
Big Rapids. The annual Dow Tennis Classic brought professional athletes to the area and of course high school sports and Valentine's Day festivities. Thanks for looking.

January Favorites

The start of a new year didn't change much in terms of the types of assignments I shot for the paper. I still covered winter high school sports and the occasional weather features when we actually got snow.  I think it's the cyclically pattern of community newspaper work that can wear a photographer down. So I did try to switch up how I was shooting. I brought along the 400mm lens to shoot wrestling and basketball, sports which I normally reserve the 70-200 and 50 for. It was awkward and still is but I think it's helping and hopefully I'll get better at keeping my frames cleans and not awkward cropping body parts out. Thanks for looking.

December favorites

I'm slightly behind, but will be getting to may favorite pics for 2016 soonish. Here are my favorites from December. Shopping with heroes, basketball, holiday lights, following a Mexican immigrant working to apply to get citizenship and ringing in the new year. Thanks for looking