More Dream Cruisin'

Friday and Saturday - the Woodward Dream Cruise hits it's peak! 12 Mile in Berkley - the Classic Car Parade.


A Chevy parade makes the loop in Pontiac.



Betty Boop makes the scene at the Car Show at the Phoenix Center.


One of the oldest and still rolling!

Cruise-mas Eve

The Woodward Dream Cruise officially happened Saturday August 20, but car geeks were up and down Woodward and environs cruising and showing off their vehicles for at least a week prior.

Friday's Berkley Classic Car Parade helps kick off the Dream Cruise. An hour long rolling exhibit of American sheet metal.

Then back to Woodward -


More cruising photos to come!

Pre-Dream Cruise Cruisin'

The former one day event known as the Woodward Dream Cruise now lasts a week or more as evidenced by the hundreds of classic cars parking and driving up and down Woodward on Tuesday night.

Urban Still Lifes

Mention the words "still life" and I immediately think of painting classes I have taken where the instructor set up bowls of fruit or vases of flowers on a table with a drapery background. But it doesn't always have to be that way. I decided to pursue a series of urban still lifes - a bit grittier than the typical bowl of fruit.

McCartney Photo Op

Reading all the articles about Paul McCartney's recent visit to Detroit evoked memories of the 2005 McCartney concert I attended at the Palace of Auburn Hills. I may be biased, having been a Beatles fan since age 12, but for my money it was the finest concert experience I have ever had.

One photographer had the opportunity to go one step beyond - not just attending the McCartney concert at Yankee Stadium but being able to take photos. One big drawback - the photographers were brought in to shoot the first three songs, and only the first three. The third song of the set had hardly begun and the photographers were already being escorted out the door.

Check out the full article and a few of the night's images here - McCartney in NY

A Little Winter To Cool Things Down

With our recent run of days with temps topping 90 degrees and a heat index over 100, I thought it appropriate to offer a few images to help cool you out. Understandably, we all like to complain when the weather is too hot or too cold. Fortunately here in Michigan we receive a pretty even dose of both and more than a few days somewhere in between that we can truly enjoy.

Do You See a Pattern Here?

Here is a link to a gallery of 7 images taken from patterns in nature. Patterns are everywhere, it is simply a matter of focusing your attention on the world around you in order to pick them out. Once you have trained your eye, you will see patterns everywhere.

Patterns gallery

I particularly like the second image of a pond in Acadia National Park, that on first view has a truly bizarre appearance, like hieroglyphics scratched out by aliens on a shimmering surface not of this earth.