Thank you (to BLUE “Reflections” columnist Jerry Dennis) for capturing the simple, yet profound spirit behind why we choose to live in this area as close to the water as we can get (“My Bay Life,” SUMMER Issue 2013, about the friendships and good fortune fringing Grand Traverse Bay). It is a rare day when my 91-year-old father, Warren Wills, doesn’t count his blessings when looking out over the bay saying, “I wonder what the poor people are doing today?
— Kathleen Wills, Traverse City
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Grand Rapids-based Michael Buck — an avid golfer, camper and kayaker — extends his seasoned photographic skills into myriad categories, from commercial, architectural and corporate work to weddings, portraits, events and editorial features, mbuckstudio.com.
Since vacationing along Lake Michigan as a child, Grand Rapids photographer Steven Huyser-Honig has been captivated: Beaches and dunes, lighthouses and breakwaters, farms and forests all inspire his creative exploration. “The Michigan You Love,” his first book of photos and essays, is available in bookstores and online stevenhuyserhonig.com.
Leveraging graphic design and web master services with digital photo talents, Rockford-based Stacy Niedzwiecki’s fine art nature photography has earned numerous awards. Her work has been published in multiple media and is showcased in her first book, “Healing Images — A Selection from the Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion” stacyn.com.
Named 2010’s Mark Twain Travel Writer by the Midwest Travel Writers Association, full-time travel journalist Kim Schneider often ventures from her Leelanau home for stories in state and out. This fall, she teaches those aspiring to her trade on location at the Grand Hotel and in New Orleans trytravelwriting.com.
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