David Chase, Photographer from Milford

Photographer David Chase's pieces are magnificent, using layered HDR timed exposures which pulls out some incredible colors in his pastoral scenes in and around Michigan. This artist from Milford says, "Lighting is everything" so he will rise early and scout out just the right spot for his pictures.

Legends of Time Milford in Rochester

There is a Native American art gallery in both Rochester and Milford. We were lucky enough to run into Eagle Flying High a.k.a. Dan DeClark, in his Legends of Time store in Rochester last weekend, as he was crafting his own unique dream catchers. Haunting strains of flutes follow you throughout store that is filled with beautiful pottery, jewelry, notecards, pipes, apparel, books and a huge amount of hand crafted objets d'art.

The DIA's Inside/Out

Curiouser and curiouser we become when the art in our museum suddenly appears in our communities. We found this reproduction of François Millet's Reading the Story of Oenome on a shed at Eastern Market. This year the DTE Energy Foundation has helped fund the Inside/Outside project put on by the DIA. There are 80 pieces of art in Detroit and surrounding communities like Holly, Milford, Macomb, Warren, Franklin, Birmingham, Armada, Lake Orion, Oxford and Belleville. The DIA encourages viewers to post photos of the reproductions on their Flickr group and to geocache with the art. Each community that participates gets a free day at the museum. How many have you seen? You have until the end of November enjoy the current crop, but new ones will be installed in April.

Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick

Michigan is so blessed to have this very special Milford couple reside and work in our state: Carl R Sams II and Jean Stoick. They have taken wildlife photography to its highest levels. For more than 30 years, they have snapped countless pictures of white-tailed deer, loons and other critters. They have published many books including the NY Times #1 best-seller pictured here: Stranger in the Woods. The movie made from it has won numerous awards. Surely you have seen their art out and about like in the Madison Heights Nature Center on 13 Mile west of Dequindre.