Category Archives: Family

Barn, Union, Michigan

On the road north from Union, Michigan’s one stoplight is this barn.  Until a few years ago, I think there was a farmhouse next to it.  A couple of weeks ago, my daughter Demarée and I took a “photo expedition” to the site and looked around.  The barn seems to be used to some degree, but the floors seemed a little too risky for us to actually walk on.

Some of the pictures in the gallery here have been manipulated using an HDR plug-in that helps approximate a number of photo-chemistry effects that can otherwise only be done in a darkroom.

 

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Duffy Dufour (video)

YouTube Preview Image YouTube Preview Image I “interviewed” my dad, Dr. A.C. Dufour today at his lake cottage.  The session is in two parts above.  I am hoping we can do some more later. Dad was a veterinarian for 60 years.  It was a profession he loved.   When I was growing up, I always enjoyed the fact that my dad was my friends’ dog doctor. I’ve been wanting to get him to talk on tape or on video about some of his growing up years, some of which, to say the least, were kind of unusual.  His parents were kind of free spirits in many ways, but they were devoted to him.  He’s always cared deeply about the importance family, and keeping the family together.
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In the Pie Tent: Variation 4

Demarée at Pie Tent at Elkhart County Fair Variation 4

A variation on the “straight” photo.  Done with Photoshop layer mask. Click for a larger view.
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