Mar
30
Feb
01
The crowd was warm & wonderful at Saturday’s freezing ICE OUT rally in Troy, Michigan. In balmy 20 degree grayness, protestors honked and hiked, signaling their outrage at the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis. There were humorous signs, a lot of cathartic noise and a Michigan 11th District candidate who forgot gloves (but was gifted a pair by a polite passing-by-protestor-photographer).
The intersection of Big Beaver and Rochester Road was overflowing with protestors.
Just alongside Michigan’s historic Woodward Avenue, a bit north of Detroit, sits a great wedding venue, The Iroquois Club.
I have been fortunate, recently, to photograph some wonderful couples at The Iroquois Club. Here they are, in no particular order of wonderfulness.
Matt bends Hazel back for a dramatic kiss outside The Iroqouis Club during their wedding reception.
Oct
19
The weather was beautiful, the people even more so.
No Kings 2.0 in Troy, Michigan was yet another spectacular protest. Nationally too. More than 2,700 individual rallies sprouted up across the country and on foreign soil, including a single, solitary fellah in Tallinn — the capital of Estonia. About seven million people showed up for Saturday’s rallies – including more than 100,000 people in New York, according to CNN.
It was fantastic and EVERYONE happily, peacefully and very humorously protested.
This was my favorite picture from the day. And I had several of her to choose from!
Jul
10
There’s something happening here. And with apologies to Stephen Stills, what it is IS perfectly clear. People across the country are rising up in record numbers — protesting, packing meeting halls, contacting elected officials, donating billions…
Troy’s No Kings local rally in June was enormous. I think it was Troy’s BIGGEST turnout for anything ever!Read More
Jun
16
The No Kings rally in Troy, Michigan this past Saturday was the BIGGEST protest I’ve seen here yet!!!
Several handmaids told their tale.Read More
Apr
06
There was such a remarkable outpouring of resistors all across America for the Hands Off! Rallies. Millions showed up in big and small towns around the country to protest the president and Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of American rights and freedoms.
Jul
11
I use both my countertop compost container and a bigger bucket to feed my compost pile out back.
“There’s food back here!”
At first I didn’t understand what she meant, but then I let loose a laugh when I heard my granddaughter’s young friend yelling to her mother, shocked and intrigued by my compost pile out back.
If Hollywood location scouts were looking for a town from yesteryear that exuded pure Americana, all they’d need to do was take a quick trip to the middle of Troy, Michigan. If you were unconscious, then woke up in the middle of the Troy Historic Village, you’d swear you’d just time traveled a couple hundred years into the past.
I have been lucky enough to photograph several weddings at The Village. Here’s a smattering of my favorites.
“It’s like rai-ain, on your wedding day …” — Kelly and Colin tied the knot at The Troy Historic Village. The rain tried, but couldn’t dampen their obvious joy and love.
Physicians Hazel and Matt celebrated their fully-vaccinated wedding and invited me along to take pictures. I had a blast covering it and truly enjoyed spending time with their family and friends.
I also loved their wedding hashtag #mattgoeshazelnuts
The couple was game to pose for my fun portrait outside in the heat of the night as the Dream Cruise roared by.
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