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I have been trying to make an image of the ice formations for a while. I have never been happy with the outcome. Tonight, I worked this scene and finally was rewarded!

Muddy snow-filled puddles can be a photographer's dream. I took this photo after work today in the middle of Stearns Park. F2.8 at 1/100, ISO 100, 18-50 mm lens at 26 mm

For more than a quarter century, I have watched a once impressive farm north of Custer fading away. The painstakingly trimmed house where a proud family once lived was among the first buildings ravaged by the elements, vandals, and scavengers. The house has collapsed since I recorded this scene. Despite the decay of the old farm, I still find it sadly beautiful and continue to watch and record its slow death.

Perhaps erected in a vain attempt to keep sand from blowing toward a nearby summer cottage, fencing looked more like a snow sculpture on a January morning at Epworth Heights resort.

Dick and Kathy Bourgault left us so many beautiful pieces of art in the house when we bought it from them. This window art is one of them.

One of my favorite solar lights looks like a disco ball. With my camera on my tripod, I gently spun my light creating movement in my piece.

Todd Reed 7-29-2018

A tree along the nature trail at West Shore Community College stood out from the others because of the artful pattern of fungus on it.

Since I was a young boy, I have loved going to Ludington Oriole basketball games in Hawley Gym with my dad. I have fond memories of him standing on the ends of the court with his camera covering the games for the Ludington Daily News. He helped me edit my photos down and he picked this one as my best moment.

Tonight we played indoor laser tag at AJ's Family Fun Center in Ludington during Business After Hours. I quickly realized that my photo of the day for the 365 Project was going to be made during one of the laser tag games. When I clicked the shutter, my flash went off and then I zoomed my lens in and out for 10 seconds. F2.8 at 10.0, ISO 100, 18-50 mm lens at 18 mm

Local Shoreline

The late Morgan Cartier was a huge fan of the Ludington State Park. His ancestors were lumber barons in the area and they were instrumental in helping make the Ludington area what it is today. Morgan was also fascinated with landscape and nature photography. After his death, Morgan's wife Georgette generously gave most of his camera gear to my dad and me. I took this photo with a lens and tripod that belonged to Morgan. We will forever be grateful for Georgette for her valuable gift.

A section of the starboard side of the carferry Spartan forms the backdrop for wind-blown dune grass and snow. I was looking for detail shots on a Sunday afternoon drive when this one leaped out at me. F3.5 at 1/500, ISO 100, 80-200 mm lens at 200 mm

Do you see Bullwinkle? Or do you see a carferry propeller. From the truck, before I got out to shoot, I saw a propeller. When I got up close with a wide-angle lens, I saw Bullwinkle.

My daughter Julia and I went for a Sunday drive in my truck looking for photographs today. She is getting good at pointing out things that catch her eye. She asked me to drive closer to the Spartan so she could get a better look at the carferry. Little did Julia and I know that my dad, her "Poppy," was photographing near the Spartan 30 minutes earlier. F9.0 at 1/125, ISO 100, 18-50 mm lens at 23 mm

Our fox red lab, Rosco, has been part of our family for almost seven years. I was working on my computer tonight, and all he wanted to do was put his head on my lap. It seemed obvious to capture this special moment.

The ice has melted today on the Lake Michigan shoreline at Glen Haven. I hike back and forth along the rocky shore in search of the most colorful interesting rock I can find. This one is it; now for just the right moment with a wave washing over and swirling around it.

Before my grandma, Dorothy Reed, passed away, she paid for and dedicated this sculpture down at Stearns Park in the Veteran’s Mall in honor of my grandpa, Milan “Bud” Reed and all veterans and other patriotic Americans. I had been waiting for the right light to hit it with the right clouds behind it to make an image for this 366 Project. Today everything was perfect.

We love including diagonal lines and shapes in our photographs. Angles were everywhere as the ice was breaking up on a sunny March afternoon on Betsie Bay in Frankfort, Michigan.