"This is the first time I've been out this year. Hopefully the bullhead will be moving around the canal, but I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't get anything today," says Cadillac resident and avid fisherman Vince Vollmer. His suspicions were confirmed when he left later that night without so much as a nibble to his credit. "Some days are better than others."

Mack Coach and brother Justin watch as friend Remi Fulco skates the half-pipe at the Artesia Youth Park in Houghton Lake Michigan. "We're here all the time. It's a lot of fun and we have been getting pretty good", claimed Mack. The Artesia Youth Park is a non-profit complex offering free entertainment for children in the Houghton Lake area.

Central Michigan University Junior Joe Hertler plays a game on his ipod while waiting to perform a Haiti benefit relief concert at Woldt hall. "I don't really get nervous before shows anymore because I've played in front of people hundreds of times and am pretty used to it." Finding creative ways to pass the time before playing a set has become one of Joe's specialties.

A mile behind his house in Cadillac, Michigan, Craig Lamphere constructed this hunting shack overlooking a swampy paradise hosting a variety of Michigan wildlife from deer, bear, and coyote, to squirrel, porcupine, and skunk. He prefers to hunt alone, because he feels more in touch with nature when he isn't surrounded by the modern inconveniences of everyday life and social custom. The solitude of the shack allows him to tap into the primordial relationship between man and nature.