Day 214/365

     Yesterday/Friday/day 214 one of my assignments was to try and get a few portraits of some local Bay City area firefighters. There's a proposal currently being looked over for the area where the police and fire departments would be combined in an attempt to save money. Police officers would be trained to handle fires, but firefighters wouldn't be trained as officers, resulting in the fire department having to go through lay offs but not the police. Understandably so, this has morale at the fire departments at an all time low. Many of the firefighters we talked to have said that they've been losing employees each year due to cuts and feel like they're being mistreated. 

Day 166/365

     My apologies for how delayed my posts have been lately; it's been a crazy couple of weeks but my dedication to this project is definitely something I'm looking to improve.

     Saturday/Day 166's post is a portrait of a local store owner. The Bay City Times recently did an exposé on young Bay City entrepreneurs for Labor Day. This man owns Electric Kitsch, a quirky little vintage music and pop culture shop in downtown Bay City. It seemed really interesting from what I got to see of it, and I definitely hope to visit it on my own time soon.

Day 14/365

     For entry fourteen I got my mom and brother involved, much to their dismay. I wanted to do a triptych of our portraits in order to see what similarities there were in our facial features. This idea first came to mind when I went into work with my mother this past week and a coworker commented on how much she thought I looked like my mom. My brother and I have always gotten varied opinions when it comes to which of our parents we look like more, if at all. Everything from looking just like our dad or just like our mom, to looking like a complete blend between the two, or not looking like either of them; my brother and I have heard it all. Personally, I tend to think Ryan looks more like our mom, (same eyes, same mouth), and I look more like our dad. I've always thought that looking and comparing people who are related to each other and seeing the traits they share to be interesting.