BobMichaels @ the Daily Photo

Quanteaka & Scarface

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:18:44 MST

We seem to be having a lot of pet photos lately, so here part of my "people of South Apopka" series.

wall sculpture, window & shadow

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:06:58 MST

I spent the day shooting with a Holga and a Speed Graphic as I was craving for simplicity after shooting digital the previous day. The Holga is about as simple as you get with no shutter speed or aperture adjustments and only crude zone focus. But it's a lot of camera for US$16.95

Stranger who just appeared

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:31:35 MST

This was from an architectural photography class at an historic building. Not really my thing but I was doing it. Then this young lady showed up early for a wedding being held there so I asked if I could photograph her. After about ten minutes she got comfortable and just took over just giving me...

no more trains tonight

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:50:53 MST

Late at night at the Winter Park FL Amtrak station after everyone else had gone home.

Zellwood FL used equipment auction

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:37:43 MST

Used equipment auctions have become very popular in Zellwood as more and more farms are closed to make way for new houses. Part of my series documenting the changing way of life in North Orange County FL where I live.

Gay Pride Parade ii Orlando 2005

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:02:37 MST

Since I usually try to get prints to those people who are in my "select" photos, I guess I should take copies to the locally famous gay nightspot that sponsored this group.

my wife and the love of her life

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:17:39 MST

My wife, Sue, is a equestrian trainer and comptetitive rider. When her father gracefully passed away in a nursing home while we were visiting, she said she just wanted to get on her show horse and ride around the practice ring by herself. So we went to the farm and I just let her be in her comfort...

solitary little girl and crowd

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:25:35 MST

Not much I can add to this that the image doesn't convey. This is one photo that a JPG doesn't do justice like print does. This entire six month series was shot on 6x7 Fuji Astia (iso 100 chrome) so the large prints I made are very detailed.

rainy day at Daytona Beach Boardwalk

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:50:12 MST

While attempting to capture everyone and everything that went on at the Boardwalk for six months, I felt I had to work on the bad weather days as well as the good weather days.

special needs couple

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:58:50 MST

A very gracious couple who were happy to be photographed while watching a parade. This was from several years ago. Knowing what I know today, I should have tracked them down and given them a print.

Bike Week at Dusk, Daytona Beach

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:59:02 MST

Another of my early Daytona Beach photos

Richard Neil Nixon, "manager" of Ron's tube rentals

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:58:46 MST

He was named after his uncle, then Governor of CA, later President. Now he's a well known fixture on the road to one of the most popular springs in central FL. Except very few know his famous lineage. Every time I stop and see him, he asks for more copies of this photo. I am always happy to oblige...

May I photograph the tattoo on your breast?

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:30:46 MST

and she said "sure" and pulled down her top. Graciously, she covered the nipple with her thumb and forefinger.

Dwight, low budget winter resident of Daytona Beach

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:56:14 MST

Dwight rattles off a verbal autobiography that would make a Nobel Prize winner feel inadequate. I did notice he was very experienced at rolling his own cigarettes. There is something unique about meeting, getting to know and photographing people like this. You make the most of everything as...

Easter Sunday 2005 ii, South Apopka FL

Sat, 04 Feb 2006 07:06:25 MST

part of my North Orange County (FL) series.

Daytona Beach, hand colored b&w IR

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:08:46 MST

Based on a 6x7 b&w infrared neg. It looked like it needed something so I added a bit of color.

outside looking in

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:06:08 MST

I have always liked this image of these two girls who remained separate on the steps while so much was happening down on the beach. I wonder why and still wish I would have found the answer . Another early Daytona Beach Boardwalk photo that generated the idea for the more recent "Six...

Chopper show during Bike Week Daytona Beach

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:30:42 MST

One of the daily chopper shows held on the Boardwalk. The Hell Angels and Outlaws are essentially gone and replaced by high spending yuppies and professionals. They ship their bikes down, fly in, and dress up. They think nothing of spending $30,000-$50,000 for a custom made chopper. At...

Apopka Furniture, local "buy here - pay here" on payday

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:06:10 MST

part of my North Orange County series about people in my local community and how they are impacted by demographic change

Veterans Day Parade

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:34:37 MST

I found this man about a half hour before the parade started. He kept striding down the parade route with me beside him asking for a photo. We walked for several blocks when we came to this flag painted on the wall and I asked him to pose. He allowed me time for one shot and left.

Black College Reunion, Daytona Beach Boardwalk 2004

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:46:05 MST

There is Spring Break at Daytona, then there is "Black College Reunion" a few weeks later. BCR is all about dressing up and strutting your stuff. These two were actually some of the more sedate participants.

Chief Eagle, temporary resident of High Springs FL

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:55:16 MST

I found Chief Eagle living in this broken down motel, his stay paid for by the local police who found him in a park. He swears he is full blooded Apache and a National Guard vet. His mother died giving birth to him and he was abandoned by his step family over an incident with a black prostitute....

1973 - Boot Hill Saloon, Bike Week, Daytona Beach

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:18:36 MST

I got frustrated with my photography in the late 70's and sold my cameras, lenses, darkroom equipment and threw away all my negatives and prints. It was a good time to move on. I found my sister had this print and scanned it. It's about the only remaining evidence of my earlier photographs. Decades

Lester, truckdriver at Zellwood Truck Stop

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:22:52 MST

Lester approached me asking if I would make a photo of him and his truck while I was at the decaying Zellwood Truck Stop working on my North Orange County series. He offered to pay and said he'd pick them up at the truckstop diner the next time he was through. I told him that I was more than happy...

one man barbershop, South Apopka FL

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:01:14 MST

Marcus has owned this little barbershop in South Apopka for ten years. Actually it has two chairs but one is set up for him to sit and play video games when things are slow. He has a small but steady clientele. I live in Apopka. This is "South Apopka" which is not part of the city and has

Robert Campbell, Zellwood FL

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:00:27 MST

Robert says he has worked in the fields for either "Mister Scott" or "Mister Long" for his whole life . He now has status being a tractor driver rather than one who just works with his hands. Plus he is a legal resident African American whereas most of his co-workers are...

"home of the month" winner

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:28:35 MST

I spotted Jeanenne, a retiree to FL from SC, working in her garden while driving through a retirement mobile home community. She was hesitant to pose since she was so sweaty and covered with dirt . But she was so proud of having been selected "home of the month" that she just...

family of summer tourists at the Boardwalk

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:13:18 MST

more from my "Six Months on the Daytona Beach Boardwalk" series. Just a family or group I came across during the summer. I just positioned them out of the harsh mid day sun, shot two frames, said thanks. .

Freight Train Frank

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:51:30 MST

Frank is a rather infamous local character who lived in a 1955 Greyhound bus until a few months ago. I know him fairly well and photographed him many times as a part of the series I'm doing on the local community. But Frank always told everyone that the photo series was just about him. He's...

Easter Sunday 2005, South Apopka FL

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 04:37:21 MST

Part of a long term series I am doing about my local community and social change. This is South Apopka which is the old African-American section where dressing up in new clothes and strong church attendance is the norm.

Spring Break

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:10:01 MST

Part of the series I shot at the Daytona Beach Boardwalk from Feb. to July '05. The majority of those I photographed were ones I engaged in conversation while learning something about them. These four never acknowledged my presence so I shot a few frames and walked away knowing nothing about...

Cleric at Gay Pride Parade - Orlando

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:29:59 MST

I previously mentioned the great photo ops at Gay Pride parades and everyone being cooperative subjects. Another example.

Gay Pride Parade Orlando 2005

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:12:35 MST

While I love all parades, the local gay pride parade is my favorite for all the great photo ops. Almost everyone senses what makes a good photo and is willing to react when you raise the camera.

The last Cropduster

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:08:59 MST

My area of central Florida (USA) was once a thriving agriculture producer but farms are being closed by government regulation and population growth. Jim Conratty was the last of many cropdusters who sprayed the fields but sold his plane and retired to N GA just six weeks after I made this photo. He

Big Glenn's BBQ

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 08:26:43 MST

Glenn used to work in a citrus processing plant but now sells BBQ on weekends. This is part of a multi year series I am doing about the people in North Orange County Fl and how they are impacted by the transition from an agricultural economy to a residential economy. This...

couple huddled against wind on a cold winter day at Daytona Beach

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:37:34 MST

I shot my six month series of the people who came to the boardwalk on Daytona Beach on bad weather days as well as those perfect "beach weather" days. I found as many photo ops, even with fewer people on the bad weather days, as when the hordes arrived on the days with weather the Chamber

Tessie Britt, William Britt, Mike Burnett

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:57:56 MST

Part of a series I've been working on for several years about changes in my local community and the local people. I was lost on a little dirt road that ended at these folks house. Finding myself in their front yard and them sitting on the porch, I had to stop. We got into conversation and I asked...

Street person feeding seagulls at Daytona Beach

Sat, 03 Dec 2005 14:41:32 MST

Shot on a windy cool February day as a part of my series of the people who come to the Boardwalk. I chose this image for my holiday card this year, the first color one I've ever done. This is a compromise between my somewhat harder edged photojournalistic style and a desire to send people the...

Jeff, a street person, on the Daytona Beach Boardwalk

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 04:33:09 MST

Daytona has a lot of street people that hang out on the boardwalk in the slow season. This duo was being supported by the man in the background who had a short term job screwing the tops of bottles of locally made suntan lotion. He said he learned factory work while making license plates for...

After losing business in eminent domain hearing, Steve poses with photo made 48 years ago when he opened.

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:15:30 MST

Four days after his pizza restaurant was taken by eminent domain for urban renewal, Steve poses at his walk up window with a photo made 48 years ago when he opened the restaurant. This is an epilogue photo made a month after the project ended. But I knew many local businessmen had lost a court...

Spring Breakers

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 03:37:49 MST

I spotted these three walking down the boardwalk and had them pose up against the railing.