I'm a Photo & Video journalist at the Detroit Free Press.
Enjoy seeing and watching creative ideas, pictures and video on the web for inspiration, knowledge and humor.
For me video storytelling at a newspaper is fun, creative and challenging. With great visuals, audio, story structure and the edit, video can be such a powerful way to tell stories!!
A 6-year-old football player waits for the whistle to run in the 40-yard dash during the Reggie McKenzie All Pro Football Clinic in Highland Park. McKenzie who played at Michigan & in the NFL in the 70’s & 80’s has been hosting the camp for the past 40 years. (at Reggie McKenzie Field, Highland Park)
A football coach helps a player learn the 3 point stance during the Reggie McKenzie All Pro Football Clinic in Highland Park. McKenzie who played at Michigan & in the NFL in the 70’s & 80’s has been hosting the camp for the past 40 years. (at Reggie McKenzie Field, Highland Park)
Aerial view as we fly around shooting stills & video a 1/2 mile up over the latest site where Jimmy Hoffa could be buried in Oakland Township outside of Detroit. (at Somewhere over Jimmy Hoffa)
The worried look on my face is because I’m a half mile up in a helicopter, the Helo door off & only a lap belt secured with black gaffers is keeping me in as we hover over the site of the latest location of Jimmy Hoffa. I’m shooting stills & video as investigators use a backhoe to dig the latest location where Hoffa could be. I’m also trying to figure out just who at work I pissed off to be sent up in a Helo barely strapped in?? LOL!! Kidding of course…had fun up in the air shooting & glad I got the chance to do it :-) (at Hanging out over Jimmy Hoffa!)
I’ve been doing video storytelling for 4 years & I now realize I’ve been using the wrong video camera! HDSLR’S have nothing on these amazing cameras!! 🎥😃 (at Up a Tree)
I just love this picture of a wedding party running from AT-AT’s. It totally beats the picture from a few weeks ago of another wedding party running from a T-Rex. Of course it goes without saying adding anything Star Wars related (or Empire Strikes Back in this case) to a picture instantly makes it awesome!! I saw this picture & the story behind it on petapixel.com (at The Wedding from Hell)
Anna giving me advice on how to walk 🐱Polly 🐱 the cat. I got a great/unusual gift for Fathers Day, a cat leash & harness. It’s always been a dream of mine to take Polly out for a walk. Rhonda & the kids have been secretly taking her out & training her for this day. Was awesome to take her out this morning!! (at The Seals Crib)
What an awesome way to start Fathers Day! Breakfast in bed made with love from my kids Ayrton, Anna & my wife Rhonda (shooting with her iPhone.) All you other fathers out there know how lucky we are on this day & every day :-) (at Fathers Day at the Seals!!)
Emmy sitting in blue light backstage at the Michigan Emmy Awards tonight! So cool that the Detroit Free Press rocked it with Emmy wins tonight! I won two for Marcus Buggs & PBB. Brian Kaufman won one for Ficano Campaign. We’re so grateful to have editors who give us the time to tell good video storytelling, the resources to do it & the reporters that we work with on these pieces! :-) (at MotorCity Casino Hotel)
Fun in the photo booth at the 35th annual Michigan Emmy Awards in Detroit. (at MotorCity Casino Hotel)
Nothing says summer in Detroit like good old BBQ for sale at various self serve car washes around the city. This guy had rib tips, chicken & red hots for sale. He said that business has been good so far this month. (at Detroit)
This is what happens when a Justin Bieber fan meet up catches fire with #superman #manofsteel in the vicinity. (at Anywhere, USA)
Detroit Emergency Financial Manager Kevyn Orr talks about the proposal he’s come up with to satisfy the debt the city of Detroit has with it’s creditors. Read about it in the Detroit Free Press. (at Detroit Free Press)