In August 2025, Jen and I headed up North one last time with Elon and Niko (8 and 3 at the time of this writing), planning on visiting some lighthouses, the Cheeseburger Festival in Caseville, MI, and doing lots of swimming at the beach and hotel. Radisson Hotel Southfield–Detroit – Apartments, Hotels, and Resorts. This
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Continuing my previous post where I ended at the top of the Willis Tower in Visiting the City of Chicago, this entry focuses on each of these locations. It had been over two decades since I visited the Museum and about six years for the Shedd Aquarium. Being back in these locations, especially Griffin MSI,
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Over the weekend in late June, I visited the city of Chicago, Illinois, with my family over two days. This post contains day 1. We booked a hotel near Millennium Park for one night only, so make the most of it we walked around the city for the better part of the day walking (and
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Located one mile west of Woodward Avenue, University District is named for University of Detroit Mercy being in close proximity to the south. Photographed on a hot sunny day with overhead lighting, these upscale houses didn’t appeal much in terms of mood. So experimental editing in came to save the day…
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This post highlights the best images I took at the the Toledo Zoo, featuring fish, sharks, turtles, birds, and more!
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I can’t believe I’m just now hearing about this place now, but touring the five-floors of this estimated 1 million book warehouse with Jen and both our kids was not exactly the best of ideas. Still, I managed to capture several interesting shots and have titled this post (the first time) because I know I’ll be
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On the last day of my spring break last week, my family and I visited the city of Detroit. We stopped at the Belle Isle Aquarium first, and although I didn’t take any photos to show, the small historical building was jam-packed. Not only did we pick the same day as a school field trip
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I joined up with another @SatPhotoWalkDetroit (Instagram) event, who planned to meet outside of Sheila’s Bakery this time. I joined late after the group made their way up Springwell St. 15 blocks away to where the railroad tracks crossed over. The day started gloomy, but the sun was able to come out mid-afternoon. While making
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 Scrolling on Instagram for the first time in months, I saw a post for an upcoming Detroit Photo Walk taking place the same Saturday I was scheduled to be in the area. Not only was this the first walk I’d been to this year, but it was the first day of 2025 I didn’t
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This post covers part 2. If you haven’t already, check out part 1 of my recent trip to Florida where I took a lot of new images of alligators, crocodiles, and the local wildlife. After photographing Universal Volcano Bay while heading out to a restaurant, we called it a night and made our way to
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