Rainy Day Photos

The trees here in Michigan are starting to turn their beautiful autumn colors. I try to head up north for a weekend every fall to shoot the changing leaves but every year it seems to rain that weekend. It does not mean that you can’t create some great photos. If the sky is a dull gray then don’t include it in your photo. You need to just be open minded and let nature guide you. Photograph in a forest that covers the sky. Find a stream that you can do some long exposures since it is darker on a cloudy day. If it is raining get some photos of drips on a leaf. If you go on a trip with preconceived photos in mind and it does not work out you will go home disappointed, but if you are open minded and shoot what nature gives you then you will go home with some great photos and joy in your heart.

Seven Bridges Recreation Area north of Kalkaska Michigan
Northern Michigan gallery

Classic Style

One of my models brought with her some vintage hats. We did some portraits in a classic black and white style. Photos that go back to that time of black and white movies and the stars of the 30’s and 40’s seem to never go out of style. There is a certain timeless nature to them. That’s why we continue to convert digital photos to black and white. There are things that just stand the test of time, like the new Camaro that looks like an old Camaro. We need to look at our past success for inspiration and apply what worked then with modern technology to make it a current success. Now if only GM would build a new Nomad instead of pushing these so called cross-overs.

Hold My Drink and Watch This

Well, here it is my first blog post. I have been thinking of doing a blog for a while now but I figured no one would read it. Al at Saginaw Sports said he would link to my blog if I do one. Who knows maybe I will get a movie deal out of it like “Julie and Julia” maybe mine will be Mike and Mike. Michael Jordan played basketball and when I was a kid we used to stand at the end of the driveway chucking basketballs at the backboard bolted on the roof above the garage. Didn’t make to many baskets and managed to blow out all the windows in the garage door in the process. Anyways hope to start posting pics of what I have been shooting and other thoughts.