On a cool, breezy, fall Ann Arbor night, The Irwin Building at 315 North Main Street emits a moody Halloween blue color.  Two glowing rose-colored lamps stand tall at the entrance, where a sign reads "Wolverine Technical Staffing, Inc."   An inflatable witch sits on the roof and a scary…

Halloween in Ann Arbor is pretty cool along Main street.  This is a starter blog post for a shoot I'm doing this weekend.  The goal is to show the unique character of downtown Ann Arbor at night as businesses get into the halloween spirit.  I'll be photographing it in my…

Fall Michigan beer can be found at Merchant's Fine Wine in Dearborn.  They have a great selection, and also a Certified Cicerone named Annette May on staff to assist customers with their beer selection.  This photo and others I took are in the current Fall 2013 issue of MICHIGAN BLUE…

Transformers 4 is nearing the end of filming in downtown Detroit.  Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci and others in the cast looked tired after filming a chinatown action scene Thursday evening.  

Last summer I shot this pic of a lady named Stacey, sitting on a dock watching a rainbow on Whitmore Lake.  Every time I see a rainbow I try to photograph it.  For all those colors to form in a perfect curve like that, at just the right moment, to…

I did a 45-minute walk through Bandemer park in A2 and shot closeups.  Bandemer is a beautiful park.  I've spent many years canoe training there for the AuSable Marathon.  But I recently walked through the park with a macro (today they call it a micro) lens, and a goal to…

The University of Michigan's West Hall is surrounded by clouds illuminated by the Supermoon on June 23 in Ann Arbor.  The historic building was designed by Albert Kahn and completed in 1904.

The Super moon over the Martha Cook building illuminates the clouds on the University of Michigan campus recently.  Not much that's super about the moon except that it's the brightest one of 2013.  The historic Martha Cook building was built in 1915.  The photo is a 10 second exposure.  No HDR.…

Violin Monster plays for a Jack Russell Terrier at the corner of Main & Liberty in Ann Arbor.  The terrier was actually a little curious and shy - he only looks like he's growling.  Maybe he was just trying to show that he's got fangs too.  Downtown Ann Arbor is…