>It’s like f/8 and being there…
>But it’s 400mm and in your face.
Nathan Morgan assigned me a portrait of the 100th Eagle Scout from a troop in Midland. Originally he planned on a more documentary approach to the assignment, but the kid wasn’t going to be around, so portrait it was. He told me to go ahead and have some fun with it, so I busted out the $8+ grand lens…The 400mm f/2.8. Minimum focus distance. Wicked! Totally want to do a portrait series using that thing.
>Portraits of Poverty: Joe Janetski
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Joe Janetski, a mechanic at D J’s Automotive Center at 713 S. Mission Road, was born in Midland and has lived in Rosebush for the last 19 years. Since the economic recession, Janetski said that business has slowed down. “People don’t have money to fix cars, and there are more unsaved cars on the side of the road than I’ve ever seen. More cars are coming in with parts falling off. No one’s doing preventative maintenance.” Just as people don’t have extra money for car parts, Janetski doesn’t have extra money to spend on what he calls toys. “Get your priorities straight,” Janetski said about how to keep up cars on a limited budget. “Don’t put garbage [in your car.] People are putting $1000 sound systems and than a ball joint falls out. No one cares about tinted windows if the wipers don’t work. You’re not only endangering yourself, but others. Honest to God, steering and stopping are the most important. It doesn’t matter how well it runs when you fly through the Mission/Pickard stop light.”
>JRN 420 Studio Portrait Test
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Camera: Nikon D300s
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO: 200
Aperture: 16
Shutter: 1/250
Only had a minute to shoot, really…Class was ending. Just had some fun, that’s all. Not really my style, I prefer higher contrast lighting, darker backgrounds…
>Graphic Portraits
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Top caption:
Larry Bauder, an investigator for the Tri-City Ghost Hunters Society, sits in front of the projector screen Wednesday afternoon while audio evidence is played back for a sold out audience to hear during the Ghost Hunters presentation at the Alice & Jack Wirt Library in Bay City. Besides playing back recorded audio evidence, the group explained their goals and how their equipment works. Started in 2009 by Nicole Beauchamp and Mandy Moore, the group does research on haunted locations and investigations for anyone in need.
Bottom caption: Adam Federspiel, 22, of Midland, a senior at Central Michigan University, stands while waiting for the 12-mile Ride of Silence to begin Wednesday evening. The ride memorializes cyclists who have been injured or killed on public roadways, and promotes motorist awareness of cyclists. “My cousin was riding his bike in Redford when someone took a left, didn’t see him, and he was struck and killed. I do it memory of him,” Federspiel said.
sean proctor | photojournalist 