Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: portraits

Crossing Lake Michigan on SS Badger from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to Ludington, Michigan. Michigan's shoreline (Ludington State Park, I expect) in the background.

Perhaps the best photo I've ever taken of Joan.

Kinsman Independent at Sault Ste. Marie, June of 1992. First time we visited the Soo, my sister developed a crush on one of the crewmen on a passing ship. It was from Athens (Greece!), not Cleveland, though. And he was prettier than these guys, and stripped to the waist. Come to think of it, I've probably got a picture, stashed somewhere. Haven't found it yet, though. Give me time.... Camera: Chinon Genesis III

One of the best things about watching lakers at Sault Ste. Marie is that you are this close to the crew. I've got several pictures of this gent, who walked the length of the boat while she was approaching the lock, checking over the side to see the ship's condition and that things were going well. Kinsman Independent at Sault Ste. Marie, MacArthur Lock, June, 1992. Camera: Chinon Genesis III

"S" as in Steinbrenner. You may know that the Steinbrenner clan made its fortune in ship building and shipping; Kinsman was their fleet, and this was one of their ships. "Kinsman," by the way, precisely because this was a family enterprise, and independent of the big ore companies who own or control much of Great Lakes shipping. A fundamentally scruffy, and definitely Yankee, enterprise; very different from New York's baseball team. Kinsman Independent at Sault Ste. Marie in June of 1992.

Coaching for the Rockford Cubbies in 1998; CO Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan. Camera: Nikon N90s