Day 360/365

     Today was a big mix of different assignments. It started out with taking a picture of a pit bull mix that reportedly bit a 2-year-old girl. The dog's currently being held at the local pound, and there's a big debate storming about what should be done. The dog was supposedly left by a former roommate of the girl's family, and had bitten the girl before. The family supposedly couldn't get animal control to take the dog without paying $130, which they couldn't afford. The whole situation is just unfortunate from all points of view, to put it mildly. 

   After the dog photos a reporter and I worked on a project we've been building up, centered around the abundance of closed schools in Saginaw. I won't be putting any of those photos up yet since I haven't published them on MLive, but these are a few candids from some of the exploring we embarked on today. Some Simon and Garfunkel-inspired graffiti and some bullet holes.

     To finish off the day, I shot a pretty serious car accident where all three people involved, (both drivers and one passenger), had to be rushed to the hospital. A bit of variety throughout the whole day, no?

Day 255/365

     Today was filled with a few unplanned assignments, but the most memorable one was definitely a car veering off of a road and into a house in Bay City. It's looking like the driver had a seizure of some kind, and luckily no one was home in the house when the car crashed. If you're interested in seeing the MLive article or more photos from the scene, you can find them here.

Day 151/365

     Today was an initiation of sorts in my burgeoning photojournalism career; I saw my first dead body while on the job. I covered a car accident in a small rural town outside of Bay City where the truck pictured in today's post ran a stop sign, colliding with a Ford Escape before going airborne and rolling over into someone's front yard. The only people involved were the two drivers, and both of them were killed in the crash. Just as the reporter covering the accident and I got out there, they were using the jaws of life to take the deceased male driver out of the truck while paramedics took the deceased female driver out of the Escape. There's only a few photos up on MLive here so far; the authorities haven't been able to get ahold of the deceased woman's next of kin yet, so I can't post the photos of her car until her husband's been notified. This afternoon's turned into a depressingly surreal waiting game. 

Day 143/365

     Today was a bit surreal. And not fun. And incredibly disconcerting. Long story short, I got into a car accident this morning on my way to an assignment for work. I'm fine, my car however, not so much. My windshield is pretty much caving in, (hence the photo), both air bags were blown out, and the front end of my car looked like it had gone a round or two with a harvesting combine. I'm hoping for the best from the body shop I took it to, but haven't heard anything yet. Until then I was able to get a rental, so I'll at least be able to keep working while I wait to hear the fate of my poor car. Oh, after I got my rental car, I managed to at least shoot one assignment, (as opposed to the three I was scheduled to shoot today), which was at a lingerie store nearby my apartment, (MLive photos here). How was your day?

**UPDATE: My car, my poor poor car, is officially totaled. Alas, thus begins the dreaded search for a replacement...