Apr
03
My garage is a liminal space.
Marriage — somewhere between Mars and Marrakesh. Photos by Wikimedia Commons.
In an old World Book Encyclopedia that was copyrighted the year Chris was born, I found — sandwiched between Marrakesh and Mars — a 1960’s definition of marriage.Read More
Jan
29
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me,
there lay an invincible summer.”― Albert Camus
My favorite photos from 2021
My baby kisses her baby. This is my favorite snap of the year.
Dec
28
Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence star in Don’t Look Up.
Look Up. That’s the message of Don’t Look Up.
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Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez star in Only Murders In The Building.
During these fraught times we’re currently enduring, sometimes you just need a little pure escapism. One of my favorite ways to switch off the world is to switch on my streaming services and hide away in a fictional construct of other people’s imagination, dining on pizza, pretzels, pistachios and avoiding politics.
I’ve found a ton of great programming over the pandemic and this fall, there are a couple shows that really stand out, one for how good it is and the other, well …
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.
Jul
18
The marquee is blank now at The Main Art Theatre.
It was their popcorn, it still haunts my dreams.
Yet another victim of progress and pandemic, The Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan has closed for good … or bad.
Jun
13
Above left: The Gimbal UAP was part of a whole fleet that flew against the wind, stopped in mid-air, then rotated. Filmed by Navy pilots in 2015, it was released by To The Stars Academy. Click here for the video.
Above right: A triangle or pyramid-shaped object, one of several — as well as some brightly lit spheres — hovered around Navy ships in 2019, some of which then slowly descended into the ocean without a trace found by submarines or sonar. It was filmed by the Navy and released by Jeremy Corbell.
Click here for the triangle video. Click here for the sphere video.
