tinkerbell's treehouse

A little girl wanted to be Tinkerbell with a fairy house, so her dad made her one. Coolest, ever?
Cuteness advisory in effect. Shot for the MDN.

all for one and one for all

bullock creek vs. freeland

Shooting sports with an early deadline is always interesting. But I love cranking the iPod and blocking out everything but the plays. As follows, a couple weeks' back frames for the Midland Daily News.

chippewa soccer, baby

A couple recent games. Soccer is my favorite sport to shoot, and these girls make for a great game.

a former terrorist? speaks in midland

strangely, this felt like one of the most political shoots I've done thus far.

st. louis volleyball

- from a Saturday morning for the Morning Sun.

tripping over kid feeches in midland

Went to get coffee between assignments. Found these little girls on the tridge and at Espresso Milano.

Rylin Palmer, 2, of Midland, takes a long sip of a smoothie while hanging out with family at Espresso Milano on Saturday afternoon.

Maggie Hodges, 3, of Midland, looks back at her grandmother, Sally Bukoski, while trying out her training wheels on the tridge on Saturday afternoon.

self defense!

look down

to have and to hold

A few weeks ago I was a second shooter for a wedding photographed by Thomas Simonetti. It was my first wedding shoot and the bride and groom were lovely.

labor day in farwell

...shot a Labor Day parade for the Morning Sun.


Isaiah Bacone, 4, right, and his half-brother, Dylan Morrish, 10, look out the window of Deb & Jesse's Down Home Diner to see the Labor Day parade in Farwell on Monday, September 5, 2011.


Flag Football cheerleaders, ages 5-7, wait to walk in the Labor Day parade in Farwell on Monday, September 5, 2011.


Jerry Mester, of Farwell, pantomimes playing a saxophone to Big Band tunes as part of a mock swing band riding in a 1967 Ford convertible during the Labor Day parade in Farwell on Monday, September 5, 2011.


Two-year-old husky Kiba gets a pat from Emily Valik, of Farwell, before attending the Labor Day parade in Farwell on Monday, September 5, 2011.

harvest fest, happy fall

Gorgeous afternoon to shoot the start of the auburn season in Midland for the Daily News.