Jingles and Chandler

Chandler Denton, 12 of Clare, takes a break Friday at the Clare County Fair after walking his quarter horse Jingles who was dehydrated. "She doesn't like the water here," Denton said. Denton, a member of the Giddy Up 4-H Club, had to walk Jingles to keep her from eating dirt and laying down to prevent colic. "There's nothing I'd rather be doing than riding," he said.

Isabella County Fair

We did a feature on rides at the fair. I knew immediately I wanted to do some long exposure(something I've never seen in our paper). I arrive just before dusk and as I set up, the lights go out and the rides suddenly stop. An hour and a half later and a fixed generator I made this.

Sometimes all you can do is wait.

Light Stalker

Spent the afternoon with a young female racer at the Mount Pleasant Speedway. It's a story I think needs further exploring. We'll see what happens I guess.

Volunteer Kid

Steven Stokes, 12, of Mt. Pleasant helps unload potatoes from a pallet Saturday morning during the Community Compassion Network at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 320 S. Bradley St. Stokes said he has been volunteering with organization, that provides food to those in need, for three or four years. Stokes said it's important to help because, "God wants us to help people and God is really what it's about."

I really haven't updated because I haven't been in love with anything I've shot lately besides sports. I met Steven last Saturday and I spent more time than I was supposed to with him. I'm not really happy with this frame, but to be honest the kid totally touched me. He really loves helping others and not for the selfish reasons a lot of young volunteers to do it for. His parents grounded him once and his punishment was he couldn't volunteer for the week. I'm not making that up either.

Running them down

Alma anchor Lupe Garza attempts to catch Ovid-Elsie's runner in the 3200 meter relay Wednesday afternoon at Alma College. Alma finished second in the relay.

Not the greatest of sports moments, but I love this light.

Roller Derby

Andrea "Getcha Pawz Off" Mata, 38 of Mt. Pleasant, gets up after being knocked down during roller derby practice with the Mountain Town Mayhem Thursday night at Spinning Wheels on North Mission Road south of Rosebush.

I feel like this was the millionth time I've shot this assignment and I finally walked away with something worth keeping.

Home plate

CMU's Amanda Patrick jumps on Brittini Merchant in excitement as she crosses home plate tying the game Sunday against Ball State. CMU won 9-5.