What is life without a purpose, what is purpose without love? I’m a photojournalist in the grand state of MI, (read all about my adventures here). I do loud music, meaningful art, and crazy adventure websiteTumblr (3.0; @kkls)http://kkls.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m40wcfO9mu1ql63a6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span">Detroit Lion tight end Tony Scheffler throws a ceremonial first pitch at the Western Michigan University baseball game against Northern Illinois on Friday, May 11. Scheffler was a former WMU baseball player.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2012/05/photo_gallery_detroit_lion_ton.html">Check out my story, too.</a></p> <p>Kalamazoo Gazette photo</p>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/23044999715http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/23044999715Mon, 14 May 2012 13:24:15 -0400Tony SchefflerDetriot LionsWestern Michigan Universitybaseballphotojournalism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m214d461hw1ql63a6o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m214d461hw1ql63a6o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>“</span>The last time I saw him, he was standing on my porch with his skateboard, asking for my son,<span>”</span> said Lisa Young, a volunteer for the exhibit Eyes Wide Open.<span>  </span>Her son<span>’</span>s friend, Jordan Good, is one of 216 men and women from Michigan who have been killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars since 2001.<span>  </span><span>“</span>His wife is a widow; his daughter an orphan.<span>”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/04/eyes_wide_open_display_of_comb.html#incart_river_default">story</a> | <a href="http://photos.mlive.com/kalamazoogazette/2012/04/k0405newsbiz_12.html">gallery</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Kalamazoo Gazette</p> </div>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/20552662702http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/20552662702Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:10:16 -0400photographyphotojournalismeyes wide openiraqafghanistanwar<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0uDDEEHDf1Y?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is the best thing I’ve seen all week.</p>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/19007241146http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/19007241146Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:25:43 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzv97ldiTA1ql63a6o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzv97ldiTA1ql63a6o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzv97ldiTA1ql63a6o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This week, I feel like I can finally see that I’m improving.  Every once and a while I don’t feel like my photos look like a student shot them, which is encouraging. <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/02/paw_paw_teens_to_get_service_d.html">I wrote my first story</a> and I realized that I do like writing.  </p> <p>This internship has stretched me in a lot of ways as a journalist and my only fear at this point is that I stop growing.  </p> <p>This weekend, other than a basketball assignment, I’ll be going to the Michigan Press Photographer’s Association.  It’s the first contest I’ve entered my work into and I’m a little nervous to be critiqued by someone I don’t know personally, but I’m sure it will be an awesome learning experience (and it wouldn’t be so bad if I placed, either).</p>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/18148501782http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/18148501782Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:02:09 -0500photojournalismphotography<a href="http://blog.aarp.org/2012/02/13/a-bride-at-100-video/">Married at 100</a>: <p>Love this video.</p>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/18009495073http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/18009495073Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:24:36 -0500cutest story ever<a href="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/assignment-chicago/2010/05/7-key-traits-of-winning-photojournalists.html">10 Key Traits of Winning Photojournalists</a>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/17951396713http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/17951396713Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:44:55 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzk5boBe1Y1ql63a6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/17784522024http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/17784522024Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:04:36 -0500rosesflowervintage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzjulc27Xy1ql63a6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wrestling, valentines, and horses, oh my.</p> <p>Want to see more photos, <a href="http://diaryofaphotojournalist.tumblr.com/">check out my blog</a> about my internship at the Kalamazoo Gazette.</p>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/17773604007http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/17773604007Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:12:00 -0500photojournalismphotographyjournalism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxr8o6ABMx1ql63a6o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxr8o6ABMx1ql63a6o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I met Keegan today, a 17-year-old who is going a day without shoes with the goal of sending 365 shoes to kids in Swaziland so that they can go to school.</p> <p>For more info, check out his <a href="http://www.ayearwithoutshoes.org/" target="_self">blog</a> (and the story in Sunday’s paper!)</p> <p>Kalamazoo Gazette photos</p>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/15788249556http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/15788249556Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:52:53 -0500photojournalisma day without shoes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmuq4dlauK1ql63a6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/6566142689http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/6566142689Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:53:02 -0400photographyjournalismpphotojournalismbatbaseballsoftball<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmfjajhw0v1ql63a6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Amy Gasaway puts protest signs in the back of her truck before the meeting at Holland Charter Township Offices on Thursday, May 19.</p>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/6294279850http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/6294279850Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:34:00 -0400medical marijuanaphotojournalismprotestjournalismphotographydocumentary<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmeid2GU1y1ql63a6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Abigail listens to her sister Emily’s heartbeat in the ambulance at the Coast Guard open house on Saturday, June 4.</p>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/6282524173http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/6282524173Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:10:00 -0400ambulanceheart beatphotojournalismpretendjournalismphotographydocumentary<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmehts7Cmo1ql63a6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chief Mark Rose watches the helicopter rescue demonstration over Lake Macatawa at the Coast Guard open house on Saturday, June 4.</p>http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/6273724660http://kkls.tumblr.com/post/6273724660Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:32:00 -0400beachcoast guardhelicopterphotojournalismjournalismphotographydodocumentary