We are home from a great trip to New York City and also visiting family in the Poconos.  For traveling with young children NYC was an EXCELLENT CHANDLER ADVENTURE!

Couple quick recent favorites.  ENJOY!

My Sister-in-law, Brother-in-law, and nephew.

Good ole’ Ellery.  Lots of expressions these days!

I have officially launched a new addition to David Chandler Photography.  It is called Blog Grand Rapids – www.bloggrandrapids.com.  Blog Grand Rapids will be showcasing the photography of David Chandler Photography all the while highlighting great local businesses.  Businesses with high quality products and services and a true professional standard in their industry.  Did I mention cool imagery!  Check it-out and let me know what you think.  

now that's a real kiss

YOWZA

A couple of my all time wedding faves.   One thing that I remember about these weddings is times when each couple would seemingly disappear together.  Weddings are amazing but I think it’s oh so important to enjoy the day and make it your own.

If you like them too I’d love to hear some comments below.  Cheers!

What a game we had in Michigan to close-out the high school regular season.  Two undefeated teams played what has come to be an annual grudge match.  Good game and now the real season starts for both teams.

What got me thinking was the image above.  When does a bad picture become a good picture.  Sometimes even a terrible picture can become a amazing picture.  Well, when?  The image above to me is what I consider to be a bad picture.  BUT, if it REALLY was then of course I wouldn’t post it let alone write about it.  As the daylight hours shorten in the fall it’s pretty tough to get images of the same quality that you could get early in the season.  You need light to get crisp frozen action shots.  The shot above wasn’t very sharp, kinda grainy, but it captures the action and tells the story.  If the image can tell the story to the viewer then that’s when it becomes a good picture.  If it tells an amazing story then it can still be a great picture.  WoW, what a tangent!  I’m thankful most of my images can tell a story and be high quality too!

STORY:  The image above was a 66 yard touchdown catch during one of the biggest high school games IN THE COUNTRY.

What will you find when you travel to White Cloud, Michigan then drive out to an even smaller area know as Jugville? A cool place called The Shack. There is nothing “shacklike” about this place and it is very quite and beautiful with an enormous grounds. It also had everything that Chris and Lisa were looking for on their wedding day. Of course I enjoyed the laid back nature which gave me plenty of time to capture them enjoying each other in all of these cool spots.

Check-out a few of my storytelling favorites by CLICKING HERE or the image above.

There has been a lot of talk lately about a lousy economy and a falling housing market but I’m pleased to say that we sold our home and purchased a new one without much trouble at all!  We bought a home in East Grand Rapids and I am very excited to be walking distance to great schools and not to mention Reeds Lake and Gaslight Village.  I’ll be looking forward to spending time with many of my client in the new house complete with a formal living room and office space for me!  The last time we lived in the city it was in Cleveland and I was working for the Cleveland Indians; oh how the times have changed and all for the BETTER!

Quick plug for our amazing realtor Craig Kishman at www.craigkishman.com.  To say that I recommend him is a huge understatement.  I almost wish we were selling again so we could hire him again; ALMOST!

We had another spectacular CHANDLER ADVENTURE and I am proud to say that I completed the 4+ mile swim across the Straits of Mackinac.  All together there were 50 people swimming and in my group there were eight.  After having 50 mph winds at the bridge the night before the wind calmed and so did the waves for our swim.  After a warm send-off by Gov. Granholm we were on our way in the water in the comfortable 60′s.  We had a great group and we kept the pace comfortable the entire way.  I will tell you that you will never look at the Mackinac Bridge the same way after seeing it from water level.  Toward the middle of the swim the water temp dipped down into the upper 50′s and I was extremely happy that I was swimming in my new Aquaman full length wet suit.  The 2 hour 55 minute swim seemed to go by very quickly but the shore seemed to be just out of reach for just about the entire time.  The swim finish was great and my family was there to meet me too.

This was a great experience and one thing that I will never forget is all of those that helped support me with this swim.  This was a fund raising  effort for Mentor Michigan but to me it felt like an effort to support me and to be on my team.  It’s not possible to say enough about how great it was.