Eric Seals

Ok, I’ll play this trend…“To all professionals in journalism, film, TV, theatre; Post a pic of yourself on the job. Just a pic, no description. Goal is to flood BlueSky w/our profession. Copy the text & tweet a pic on your page.”
📸 by my fixer w/ @HyoungChang of Denver Post.

A nice @freep.com front page weather feature in today’s Detroit Free Press by apprentice Ari Saperstein
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

#photojournalism #journalism #newspapers

“What Up Doe!”
Chaz Lanier, a guard who the @detroitpistons.bsky.social selected in 2nd round of ‘25 NBA draft from Tennesee shoots a video for Pistons socials & ended his video saying “What Up Doe” with a smile.
📸 by @ericseals.bsky.social of @freep.com
#chazlanier #detroitpistons

Love the way the JJ the bat dog picture story turned out in print in the Sunday @freep.com
📸’s by @ericseals.bsky.social

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#uspbl #jjthebatdog #photojournalism #newspapers #journalism

One of the many protesters that came to the Indivisible We The People Dissent rally and protest at Hart Plaza In Detroit on Saturday, July 5, 2025.

📸 by @ericseals.bsky.social of @freep.com

#handmaidstale #protest

Joey and I hope you all have a “Happy Stuff Your Mouth with Hot Dogs Day.”

I had a ton of fun w/ JJ the Field General at USPBL for @freep.com story I shot & wrote.
Also enjoyed working w/Anntaninna Biondo, one of our pic editors on the color page. I love moving the good puzzle pieces around on a page to see what fits best for the layout 👍🏽😀

#photojournalism #newspapers

Metro Detroit bat dog JJ draws as many cheers as a home run JJ the Field General, a bat dog at Jimmy John's field, is a community staple.

Metro Detroit bat dog JJ draws as many cheers as a home run

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Baseball players hear the roars during a home run or a play at the plate but at USPBL roars get louder when JJ makes his appearance.
“Honestly, it’s awesome to hear the crowd roar like that,” said Samuel Buduris, a center fielder.
📸’s by @ericseals.bsky.social of @freep.com

Had fun on this 📸 story
tinyurl.com/JJthebatdog
He’s been the USPBL bat dog since ‘18. With a handler, JJ does everything from taking out the 1st pitch to grabbing bats & delivering flowers to a sweetheart of the game.
📸’s by @ericseals.bsky.social of @freep.com
#jjthebatdog

Just saw F1 the movie in IMAX.
Fantastic 👍🏽👍🏽
Worth seeing especially in IMAX if you like an underdog storyline, good sounds, acting & intense racing. The cameras put you in 🏁🏎️💨 like was done for Top Gun: Maverick, same director.
I see why it’s made over $160 million over the weekend.

A beautiful rainbow after a bad rainstorm at Jimmy John’s Field in Utica before the Utica Unicorns played the Westside Woolley Mammoths on Friday evening.
📸 by @ericseals of @freep.com

That weird feeling you get deep in your soul when you’re on an elevator with some kind of Pokémon and a Koala Bear at a minor league baseball game.

📸 by @ericseals.bsky.social of @freep.com

Oh how I miss Brazil from Rio to San Paulo! A nice 5 weeks there. Need to return for a proper vacation.

Ok cool. I’m so glad that you loved my trip down memory lane.

…and I drive a 2017 car that in one way or another pollutes the environment. So I guess back in 2015, I traded one polluter for another? 🤷🏾‍♂️🤔
Your reply doesn’t take away the fact that being on it was still an amazing story to tell and be a part of for 7 days.

YouTube video by Eric Seals Paul R Tregurta

of Lake Huron to Lake Superior, from Port Huron to Detroit, Duluth & back. This video was fun to shoot & edit as well.

In 30 yrs as a photojournalist w/ many amazing assignments around the 🌎 it ranks up there in my top 5 most fulfilling ones.

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Wild that it’s been 10 yrs since Jim Schaefer & I did a trip & adventure of a lifetime for 7 days.
We were on the Paul R. Tregurtha, a 1,013 footer, the longest freighter on the Great Lakes for a series of stories as we traveled from one end 🧵

Bryan Dulsky, owner of Detroit Steeplejack, works at painting the spire at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Plymouth on June 12, 2025.
📸’s by @ericseals.bsky.social of @freep.com #steeplejack

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Happy National Take Your Dog to Work Day.
🐶
Wish I could take Baxter or our other dog Bella on assignments with me, people would enjoy either of them.

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Ok Facebook, weird but funny at the same time 😆
Opened the app on my iPhone & see this ad for Meta AI w/ a pic of me by Dan Powers when covering track & field at the ‘16 Olympics in Rio.
I can’t tell if that’s from a Renaissance festival or I’m a matador ready to fight a bull.

A great way to start #FathersDay
My kids did a nice breakfast in bed, nice cards, a new book on F1 great @lewishamiltonbr.bsky.social
🏁🏎️ & a new pair of AirPods.
Going bowling later then playing board games, watching Canadian Grand Prix, a Lewis win please?🙏🏾, then dinner & a movie 😀

Over 3,000 people came to Clark Park in #Detroit to rally & then marched down Michigan Ave towards the Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building where ICE is located during the national No Kings protest on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
📸’s by @ericseals.bsky.social of @freep.com
#NoKingsProtest

Fun day working w/ our Freep 📸 intern Finn Gomez at the No Kings protest in Detroit today.
Made sure this was his for good experience & I mainly flew my drone, did a little shooting. Loved his hustle, enthusiasm & energy! 👍🏽😀
📸’s by @ericseals.bsky.social of @freep.com
#photojournalism

I'm obsessed w/ Nikon F3HP since I saw 1 last week. Made me want to buy 1 on eBay.
Found old pic of ‘89 me at @themaneater.bsky.social (Mizzou student newspaper) w/ my F3 & 85/1.4 lens.
Still the most tack sharp lens I've ever owned. #nikon #nikonf3 #nikonf3hp #journalism #mizzou

A fun time at Michigan State covering ‘25 MHSAA Division 1 Boys Golf Finals at Forest Akers in East Lansing on Saturday, June 7, 2025.
Ian Masih from Okemos won the individual championship w/ Detroit CC winning the team championship.
📸 by @ericseals.bsky.social of @freep.com

Dogs have it easy.
Bella & Baxter’s nap time.
I looked it up & read dogs sleep 12 to 14 hours a day.
What a life they lead 🐶

📸 by Rhonda Seals
(yep, it’s that easy to do a photo credit on social media…if you know you know 😂)
#dogs #doglife #naptime

For a split second while scrolling on Twitter, I saw this tweet & did a double take. Seeing @canonusa.bsky.social name & w/ them having all black cameras & lenses aside from the 70-200 & the way the woman is looking as if she’s shooting, I wondered what new camera they came out with 😂

I totally love the car culture assignments that we as photojournalists at the Detroit Free Press get to cover.
📸’s by @ericseals of @freepress.bsky.social

Had a ton of fun on #BelleIsle & at the Detroit Yacht Club 📸’ing many classic @Chrysler cars during their historical vehicle ride & drive event for the media on 6/4/25
📸’s by @ericseals.bsky.social of @freep.com
#cars #automoblies #chrysler