Apparently Iron Man is a Michigan football fan. I spotted the maize-n-blue super hero at the Air Force game last Saturday.

Golden light fills the sky behind spectators in the top row of bleachers at Hollway Field in Ann Arbor, where they watched Warren De La Salle defeat Ann Arbor Pioneer 35-7 Friday night. The first weekend of high school football is a sure indicator that the sun is setting on a long, hot summer.

These two photos show the hood and trunk of a Dodge Charger Super Bee, just one of the thousands of hot rods and classic rides on display during the Woodward Dream Cruise.

A mischievous  Mud Day smile plays on the mud-caked face of four-year-old Lisiah Hesley of Detroit, who was clearly enjoying Wayne County’s 25th AnnualMud Day celebration in Westland on Tuesday, July 10, 2012.

As the Metro Detroit heat wave continues…Meagan Howley, 14, and her brother Mitchell Howley, 12, get soaked as they float beneath a spray of water while drifting along on the River Ride at Red Oaks Waterpark in Madison Heights Friday.

I’ve photographed some unusual things in my 20-year career as a photo journalist, but a monkey riding a dog…not until Saturday at the Stars and Stripes Festival in Mount Clemens.  Here, a 28-year-old black-capped capuchin monkey named Burt rides a dog named Scooby Blue during the Banana Derby races, a very popular event with the … Continue Reading →

Kitsch meets Catholicism in one of the gaudy dining rooms a Bucca di Beppo restaurant in Livonia.  I was there recently for a family party and just thought the bust of Pope Benedict XVI under a glass cube on the lazy susan turntable was a little over the top…so I did what I always do, … Continue Reading →

Colby, a hairless Peruvian Inca Orchid breed, sits in a plush chair in the great room of  Joseph Maniaci’s home in Troy, recently featured in The Detroit News’ Home Style section.

Zachary Abdellaoui (top), 12, of Harper Woods and Wyatt Kirchner, 11, of Grosse Pointe Woods (bottom) appear to fall from the sky as they flip off the high and low dive into the pool at Grosse Pointe Woods’ Lake Front Park, as Metro Detroiters tried to beat the 90-degree heat on Tuesday, June 19, 2012.

 LMFAO fans (left to right) Breanna Stitchick, of Roseville, Ashlee Gazley of Roseville, Nicole Grabowski of Macomb Township (center), Carissa Brown of Grand Rapids and Chelsey Larsen of Grand Rapids dance to the music of LMFAO during their electro pop concert at  The Palace of Auburn Hills.  Techno music fans from around the world will … Continue Reading →