Aim And Shoot

After an absence of far too long, I return!

More photos of my boy, studio style!
Fourty-one added to the facebook album here.

Happy shooting, y'all.

~JD

NEW THINGS.

I am now located in Delaware! In the beautiful coast town of Rehoboth Beach with my best friend.
Life is about to be interesting!!

We made it by the last light of day!

~JD

Coffee and babies?

~JD

Better late than never.

Some from this summer on Lake Michigan off the Cut River Bridge.

~JD

Lost Love Shall Return?

So, I spent the better part of my summer working at a scout camp. The rest of it I spent sitting in nostalgia of it. I absolutely fell in love with this place; it became a new home, the people a new family. Unfortunately, it will not be opening again next summer, so we are working hard to get the name out there for hundreds of future kids to learn about life and have the experiences that every kid should. Anyway, this post is full of pics. This is a summary of my summer, the summer I fell in love with Lost Lake Scout Reservation and re-found my love of scouting, children and the wilderness.
Enjoy.

In which I was almost speared by the American flag.

We folded and organized at least one hundred platform tents.

This was the view from the stage, where I got to work every day.

Hamburgers!

Essentially LLSR.

No truer words were ever scrawled.

Mackinac day-off trip.

Veteran appreciation flag ceremony.

Assistant Program Director and Commissioner.

Camp stars are the best stars.

Picture 50 people like this and you have the camp staff.

I found this little guy.

AND I BELIEVE THAT MY HEART WILL GO ONNNNNNN!

Lost Lake Love.

If you guys want to help out at all, please watch and share the new youtube channel dedicated to informing people about the awesome that is LLSR. We need scouts and scouts need camp!

With love and memories,
~JD

A weekend at home.

Bb's: Officially the coolest way to ash a cigarette.

My other half, doing what he does.

My sibling. Experimenting with longer exposures.

Shiawassee County Fair.

The door handle in my daddy's caddy made a pretty design in the sun.

~JD

More Michigan!

Vacation times with friends! :) On Pretty Lake, at BF's family's cabin.
All moved now. Got another job for the fall. Woo. Now I can pay my rent. :P

Puppy: Eddie. He was kind of a focus of our vacation, the cutie pie...

Stephany and Nate (left in water) also tried to teach him to swim.

Check it out, the vegetarian cooked chicken. Looks pretty good, if I do say so myself.

Stupid boat puzzle that took days to complete. :P For smart kids, I think we struggled a lot.

~JD

Some awesome sunsets happening around here.

Sunset on 07/12/11 in Grand Ledge.

Same one.

Wedding of my fraternity brother, Cassie to her husband, Caleb.

Sunset on their wedding day, 07/16/11.

Baby Oliver and Mama, hanging out while Daddy and Uncle Luke fix the car.

~JD

What? I have a life? AND a manual lens?

Day camp, My brother's birthday, Practicing with my 55 lens and..... BRAND NEW STUFF. :D
I got new camera toys...

But first:

Campers cooking over a camp stove instead of a fire because of rain.

Michigan weather for you, pouring rain and blue sky.

June 22, my brother's birthday. And the most epic cake of all time. Three layers of brownie, two of chocolate ice cream and cream cheese frosting.

Manual 55 practice...

HI SIBLING.

Rachel at her bridal shower.

Bailey.

Wedding games.

MY NEW TOYS! :D 35mm Nikon film camera, 2 50mm Nikon lenses, a Vivitar flash, leather lens case and a camera bag.
All for $40 on craigslist. I am in love. <3

~JD

Love is in the air...

My first go at night photography with a manual lens on a digital camera... Not the greatest, but a learning experience none-the-less!

My best friend (right) and his lover.

We went out again the next evening. Much better shots. These are my favorites. :)

<3

~JD

A few.

This week. Mostly a lot of shots for my art project, two of which are below (The hands ones).

Baby. Soon enough 16 years will go by.

Interpret.

~JD