Fritz Klug

Got to make your gopros ready to go, bro

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:32:03 -0400

Got to make your gopros ready to go, bro

“The pages are loading dance”

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:58:09 -0400

“The pages are loading dance”

This is what 10 years of smoking, then quitting and starting to...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:10:45 -0400

This is what 10 years of smoking, then quitting and starting to run looks like on an 81 degree day

My new garden is getting its first love from the sun

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:18:43 -0400

My new garden is getting its first love from the sun

My building is next to an abandoned building

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:10:51 -0400

My building is next to an abandoned building

Ain’t no party like a firmware upgrading party

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:47:51 -0400

Ain’t no party like a firmware upgrading party

Morning walk

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:16:31 -0400

Morning walk

Nothing but blue skies and open roads

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:35:09 -0400

Nothing but blue skies and open roads

"Fixing is a type of making and making is a type of thinking. For me that is the key."

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:02:28 -0400

“Fixing is a type of making and making is a type of thinking. For me that is the key.”

- Daniel Charny in the Financial Times

It was a whole new world at the Capitol today (sums up my move...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:55:16 -0400

It was a whole new world at the Capitol today (sums up my move to Lansing)

Just got my first print comic! We’ll see how it compares to the iPad.

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:53:37 -0400

Just got my first print comic! We’ll see how it compares to the iPad.

Always a pizza party at work

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:00:41 -0400

Always a pizza party at work

Rainy day and a broken bike

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:41:47 -0400

Rainy day and a broken bike

The race is starting to be run.

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:55:00 -0400

The race is starting to be run.:

KALAMAZOO, MI — This time, Congressman Fred Upton is taking Jack Hoogendyk more seriously.

It’s four months before the August Republican primary and Upton’s campaign has sent out at least three direct mailers attacking Hoogendyk.

“Fred is not letting too much water go under the bridge before taking on Jack’s record,” said Pete Wielhouwer, a Western Michigan University professor who studies elections.

OK I'm back

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:54:18 -0400

Let’s get this blog started. All things politics in Southwest Michigan.

Most times, press conferences are dull to shoot. Talking head,...

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:40:03 -0500

Most times, press conferences are dull to shoot. Talking head, no variation and little room to move if there are other photogs. As a reporter, they can be on either extremes: a) you know everything they are talking about already, because you are a good reporter, and you are there incase any new news breaks or b) you know nothing about whats going on and are taking frantic, stenographic notes. Today, the press conference was great as a photographer: variation in light, room to move and a compelling subject matter: a police officer grazed a bullet. And there is video.

(also, we heard this on the scanner — eerie to hear it again with the added visuals.)

Don't worry about the government...I will

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:03:09 -0500

I’ve started covering politics and government for the Kalamazoo Gazette. It’s a fun beat: always something new going, always complex. But beyond all the budgets and agendas and motions, it’s been hard for me to find the human story. I don’t know if it’s all about telling the human story — that is the the ultimate goal of a journalist — but to tell a story in a different way. Tell the story of the city in its inner workings, through programs and taxers, through the people who work for the city.

The additional challenges are:

a) making people care

b) make the information engaging

c) provide context.

Covering the City, State and Federal government now (it’s a temporary gig) how do each of these work together, how are they different.

Why should people care? What is the human story?

The adventure begins.

New Harvey’s on the Mall. Sports bar #kalamazoo (Taken...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:29:55 -0500

New Harvey’s on the Mall. Sports bar #kalamazoo (Taken with Instagram at Harvey’s On The Mall)

#christmas in #kalamazoo circa 1965. Kalamazoo Gazette file...

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:07:16 -0500

#christmas in #kalamazoo circa 1965. Kalamazoo Gazette file photo (Taken with instagram)

Howliday card of the #dogs I made for mom and dad. #christmas...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:45:49 -0500

Howliday card of the #dogs I made for mom and dad. #christmas #dog #bradybunch (Taken with instagram)