On Vacation

Laura and I are on vacation with her parents, brother and sister-in-law, Derek and Liz. The weather has been great, and the water is really nice. Here is one of the photos I've taken.



The sand on the beach is really fine, and I've decided I'm probably not going to take my camera down there any more. I have a bunch of photos I took the first day, so I'll be editing them over the next week. Check out the new set I've created on flickr to see what I've added over the next week or so.

Peterson Road Beach

beach south of empire - 2.jpg, originally uploaded by Spencer Koch.

While up in Leelanau County this weekend, Laura and I ran into a photographer named Terry Phipps. We talked about the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore for a while, and he suggested we check out Peterson Road Beach. It is a great looking beach. Unfortunately, it was about 70 degrees out, and the wind was blowing pretty hard, so it wasn't very warm on the beach. Some people were brave enough to get into the water, but all that Laura and I did was admire the landscape.

Recent Trip Up North

I recently went up into northwest Michigan (not the UP), in the region of Suttons Bay/Leland/Glen Arbor. We stayed with my uncle Karl. If you're up there you should definitely check out Brisling Pottery or the adjacent Sporck Tileart.

Here are a few photos i took.

This is Karl's Barn, shot in the morning light.



This is the beach in Empire, MI.



And me taking a picture of Laura taking a picture of the beach.

Congratulations to HFH Radiology Class of 2007

Last night was the class of 2007 Henry Ford Hospital Graduation dinner. I've posted two photos of the class on my flickr feed. One is in 4x6 crop, and the other (posted here) is just a free crop to fill in the photo with the graduates. Congratulations guys!

Back from Aruba

Laura and I are stuck in Philadelphia overnight so I thought I would upload a few of the photos I took in Aruba. More to come...

Sifting through old photos

I've been searching through some old photos and uploading them to flickr. This is from a hike that Laura and I took at a state park about 45 minutes northwest of Detroit.

Fountain Square Frozen Over

I was in downtown Cincinnati last night to see the Lion King (the show), and I noticed the fountain was flowing on the square. Since the wind was blowing, some interesting ice was forming on some of the statues. I took a few snapshots. I wish I had my tripod with me to take some cool long exposures, but this was as good as it got.



You can click on the photo to check it out in full detail.