Burnin' Down the House

Apparently it's become the policy of the Flint Fire Department to just let abandon houses burn. Oddly enough though they kept the abandoned homes on either side of the house from catching fire.

This was the first proper fire I've ever shot, and it was interesting, but Stewart was already there so none of it ran. Not that my stuff is really excellent anyway.

Mixed feelings

A teenage boy here in Flint was severely injured in a hit-and-run accident two weeks ago. They still haven't found the driver, but this is a candle light vigil held my a friend of the family for the boy. I had a hard time covering this for obvious reasons, but on the other hand I really feel that this could make a difference; several of these people told me they feel like nobody cares about them because they live in a less than affluent area and that they really appreciated the coverage because they wanted to bring attention to issues like this. I was hoping that maybe somebody would see this and phone in a tip that leads to the slime ball's arrest. Too bad it didn't run.

Work it out

This is just a feature on a gym in the Flint area. This guy was awesome.

Small Town Homecoming

This is a set of photos from my take of a local town's high school homecoming parade and football game. I like the frames individually, but together they all seem to have been shot the same way. I'm really trying to slow myself down and spend more time with my subject; I'm trying to go the fewer pictures route. I'm not sure if it's working.

Light

This is another feature hunt from Flint (city of.) I found these two women braiding their hair and really like the light. Not much of a moment, but I love these quiet settings. Sometimes it's nice to focus on people when they're least exciting, but most themselves.

Sliver Fox

This man was part of a band that performed at a local senior center. I hope that I'm as chill as this guy if and when I hit my golden years stride.

I love color

This is my first stab at an illustration at The Journal, and my first in at least a year. I'm not crazy about it, but I do like the color. The description of the story I was given to go off of was, "This is a story about frozen pizza." Ha.

Going Flat

The Applefest is my favorite festival of the year. When I was a kid it was one of the best weekends in the fall, a time when our drab little town was temporarily filled with excitement and pumped full of life. Today I shot it, which was a different experience. I've got plenty of other images, the flat ones were what I liked best. Here are two of my favorites. Cheers. . .