Any shoot that starts with procuring a 14 lb. wild salmon is clearly heading in the right direction. Dr. Hibbeln is a researcher at NIH, specifically focused on the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids which can be found in abundance in wild salmon. I started taking fish oil capsules each day with my wife when she was expecting and had a great conversation with Dr. Hibbeln about his research. There's evidence that daily consumption can reduce risks of everything from cardiovascular disease to cancer, and even contribute to better mental health.

Dr. Hibbeln was a great sport for the entire shoot, and I sent him home with the salmon for dinner.

Thanks to my friend Jay for setting up this time lapse for the shoot. As you can see, our initial setup with the salmon was just too low, so we propped the table (a bit precariously) on a garbage can to bring it up to waist level and help the shot come together a bit more. Many thanks to Mike Balzano at EatingWell for this assignment.

A few weeks ago, I spent the day in and around a small concrete building in Landover, Maryland where UPS drivers are trained in the requirements of the job and the smallest details of being a good driver. I learned the right way to hold a package, to exit a truck and even the timing of the double-honk they use to announce their arrival at a delivery site.

Many of the tests the trainees must take are sudden death, meaning if they don't pass, they're sent back to the hotel to pack their things and go home. This created some great drama and tension and fortunately all of the drivers I photographed passed and are on their way to full-time employment by UPS.

Here are a few more I liked from the day.

There was a time when I entered all of the photojournalism-based contests, diligently following the esoteric filenaming and captioning instructions and crossing my fingers as I hit upload. These days I'm only entering American Photography and Communication Arts, and was very happy to get an e-mail yesterday that one of my Detroit Schools images had been "Chosen" for the web site.

This was one of the first photos I shot while working on this project and I remember struggling to make sense of what I was seeing and feeling a little creeped out by the noises I kept hearing as I walked down the dark hallways.