"If you learn to shoot with your heart, you'll move people's souls," a good friend once told Eric. He thinks about that statement frequently as he works as a photo and video journalist for the Detroit Free Press. A 1993 graduate of the University of Missouri, Eric worked for The State Newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina until 1999 when he joined the staff at the Detroit Free Press, the hometown paper he grew up reading and dreamed of working at. Eric has covered Presidential campaigns, intifadas in Israel/Palestine and spent 5 months covering the war in Iraq. He has also covered several Super Bowls, World Series and NBA Finals and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In 2008, in addition to doing stills, Eric started shooting video features and projects for the Free Press and the CBS-Detroit morning show. He's been recognized for his video story telling with a national Webby Award, Michigan Emmys as well as numerous state and national awards for his photojournalism. Eric enjoys teaching at workshops, loving to mentor and teach others who are interested in this great profession. Seals met his wife in the newsroom of the Maneater, the University of Missouri campus newspaper, they have two children, aged 11 and 6.