Area 53 - Photo 53 - Queen Elizabeth Christmas

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Area 53 - Photo 52 - Winter Solstice

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Area 53 - Photo 51 - The Ouellette Winter Blues

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Area 53 - Photo 50 - The Fox 'what an amazing' Theatre

This past week I had the privledge of taking a few photos in the main lobby of the Fox Theatre in Detroit. I wasn't able to take any pictures inside the theatre itself like I hoped, but I hope to get the chance to do so in the new year. Special thanks to Kevin Lao for both opportunities. My pic of the week is the nutcracker on the Loge Level where the Christmas tree also is displayed for the holidays. I think it has a very festive kind of candy cane feel to it. The rest are a collection of other displays and fixed features in the lobby, including the wreath on the main pipes, the staircase monsters, angels, the Fox usher, and a few panaramics from a few different angles. There's even a shot of the old train station in Detroit that I took on my way to the Ambassador Bridge. I love how the sky is two different colours of blue. Totally bizarre. I hope you like them, and I hope to bring you a part two of the historic Fox Theatre in 2011, since Cale and I have decided to continue our blog throughout a second year. Whoohoo! Cu next Monday. t

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Area 53 - Photo 49 - Goderich Baseball Water Tower

So I took lots of photos for my blog, however, they were all taken out of town in Goderich on the day I need to post so I'm late (as you already know) because I needed time to edit a bit.
I debated about choosing a different pic because this one still needs some correction.
I'll repost the final photo when i'm finished working on it.
It's simply on old baseball field located Hwy 21 near Goderich right on the lake (Huron).
I'm a sucker for that kind of baseball nostalgia so I pulled over, I love the water tower in left-centerfield.
The rest are a smattering of the road trip, including panaramics facing both directions of the Maitland River taken from the walking bridge above, a flock of gulls in Bayfield, the lighthouse in Grand Bend at sunset, a dead end sign (to warn you in case you don't see the lake over the cliff directly ahead), and a funky wall of trees tucked behind a fence of steel.
I hope these photos make up for my tardiness.
See you next Monday.
t

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Area 53 - Photo 48 - A Smile and a Yawn

Excessively busy with work and extra cirricular activites led me to forget numerous times to post this photo of the week.
Originally it was supposed to be something completely different, however, my opportunity was postponed for a couple weeks, and I hope to be able to do it soon.
I did take some Christmas family photos for my buddy and this was one of my favs, I just think it's hilarious. It pretty much speaks for itself.
My apologies for the delay, now I've got to post my photos for this current week.
See you next Monday...on time I hope.
t


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Area 53 - Photo 47 - Arachnophovember

I know I did a photo of a spider already this year, however, that was just a random pic I took after I bought my macro lens. This little, strike that, this big spider was found on the swing set of my buddy's kid. It was huge. At least as far as spiders we see around here goes.
I tried my best to get a good shot of him, he was a very patient model...lol.
My pic of the week is underbelly of our friend actually hanging from a chair.
I love all the colour in this photo. I've posted two others of the little guy so you can see what he looks like. Also, the other photo is of the University and Ouellette intersection on a dead Monday night in downtown Windsor, but it still turned out pretty cool for very little effort.
Enjoy!
See you next week.
t

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Area 53 - Photo 46 - Beauty Above Us

I've been out of town for a conference hoping to take some cool photos of something but time contraints have allowed no time for creativity.

However, the chandelier in the hotel ballroom kept grabbing my attention so on the last day of the conference I found a couple minutes to get in there between sessions to snap a couple pics.

I added a little red to the natural colour of the ceiling which is actually tan.

I can't explain how big this chandelier is exactly, but if I had to guess, it's roughly a few feet in diametre.

Hopefully you don't find this photo of the week to boring.

See you next week.

t

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Area 53 - Photo 45 - Blast From The Past

This week I visited what turned out to be a really unique auto antique shop out in Lasalle at the corner of Matchette and Laurier. I actually went and knocked on the door to ask permission to take some photos of the cars in their side lot, the woman told me they don't allow photos inside, but that I was more than welcome to take pictures from outside the fence.

So that I did, after a nice conversation with Diane, who even told me some of the best times of day to take some shots, the best being during sunrise.

She was the woman I met when I was leaving thinking the shop was closed. I told her what it was all about and gave her the address to this blog, I hope she stops by.

I'm sure her name was Diane, but I got wrapped up in trying to get a few shots through the tight fencing filled with ivy and weeds, to the point I'm questioning myself if that was for sure her name. If you're reading this, please correct me.
I hope you like the pics if you see them.
Todd

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Area 53 - Photo 44 - I'm a Pepper

My apologies for being a couple days behind this week.
Unfortunately, I didn't find the time last week to take one single photograph other than the one above that I took with my iphone.
Cale has done several self portraits during the course of our project so I figured it was time I did one of myself. It's not the most conventional of self portraits, actually, it's a photo of my reflection in a glass of Dr. Pepper. Dare to be different right?
Anyway, I hope to get out and do something a little more creative before next monday, but believe it or not, I actually like this pic.
Enjoy the rest of your week.
t


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Area 53 - Photo 43 - Raise Your Hands If You're Sure

Last night I went to visit my friends in Finger Eleven and see their show at Headliners in Toledo, I also got to shoot the show.
The lighting in that place couldn't be any worse so I did my best only to get a few decent photos.
Of the bunch, these three all featured the guys with their hands in the air, it made me think of those old Sure deodorant commercials.
Well, I thought it was funny anyway.
I hope you dig 'em.
See you next week.
t

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Area 53 - Photo 42 - Neverending Race

Happy Turkey Day!
It's been a few weeks since I've actually been able to go out and take any photos, but amidst playing baseball and hitting the spits game, I visited the old Windsor Dragway for Thanksgiving.
It's time for me to hit the sack so I'll make this short.
I took a ton of pics, but there are way too many to post on my blog, so here this is what I got.
My pic of the week is an old concession building at the dragway, this time in panaramic, not to mention a new paint job.
The wall showing the 2010 year on it was a new look, freshly covered in grafitti, compared to the second photo, which I took about a year ago when Cale and I went to the same place.
(notice the 2008 I cut and pasted in from an additional photo)
The last photo I just knew I liked right when I looked at it on my camera screen.
It's simply the busted handle lock on the freezer shown the other photos.
Eventually I'll post some of the others pics I got from today.
Peace out.
t

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Area 53 - Photo 41 - Captain Ellis

Like Cale, I wasn't able to take very many photos this past week, and I was pretty sick to boot.
I was however, able to snap a decent shot of the Windsor Spitfires newly named captain, Ryan Ellis. It's unfortunate he had to return to Windsor from the Nashville Predator tryouts, but I guess it's our gain. Congrats to Ryan, and good luck leading our team, hopefully to another championship. Fingers crossed!
I promise next week I'll stray from the Spits and make it a little more difficult on myself to obtain my weekly photo.
t


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Area 53 - Photo 40 - Above The Banners

Another Windsor Spitfires season begins, another championship raising takes place.
I managed to get out of bed despite being sick as a dog to collect my credentials and photograph the ceremony. I only stuck around for a period and managed not to vomit onto the ice below in time to snap a few pics. Plus, I still have no real idea how to work my new camera and all it's funky settings, Sunday was definitely not the day to try and learn.
Anyway, my photo of the week is the four banners taken from in the rafters with new Spitfire Jack Campbell (10th pick overall in the 2010 draft) in the crease below.
The others include a closer pick of Campbell, a cool pic of Di Salvo on the other end of the rink facing his own net, and an overhead of a fight being wrangled up by the refs.
I hope you enjoy the few I got, and I hope to enjoy the long season ahead trying to utilize my new equipment to capture some great hockey moments.
Til next week,
t

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Area 53 - Photo 39 - Girlicious Embraces UWindsor

I had Girlicious perform at the University of Windsor Pub this past Thursday night and took the first real challenging photos I had taken in weeks.
It was the first time I used my new Canon 50D and I was having a hell of a time figuring it out on the fly without ever checking out all the features I had no idea how to use, but eventually was able to find the right settings to get at least a couple alright photos of the show.
The new renamed Thirsty Scholar wasn't as full as it could've been that night, but the crowd loved Girlicious, and Girlicious loved them back.
This is my favourite of the bunch, Natalie reaching out and embracing her Windsor fans.
Now that the my few weeks of chaos at work has passed, I'm hoping to get out there and really take advantage of the new camera.
Ciao for now.
t


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Area 53 - Photo 38 - Arrival

Since I'm catching up on the last two weeks at one time, here's blog two in the last few minutes.
During my week of madness my friends welcomed their daughter into the world.
Of the few times I've managed to stop in for visit since she's been born these are the best I've managed to get of her with her eyes open, which was about 30 seconds combined.
What a sweetheart!
The second is a random macro shot I took during one of my visits of an ant on a beach towel.
The ant is cool, but I really think I'm more fanscinated with the fabric of the towel.
Enjoy.
t

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Area 53 - Photo 37 - Detroit Vu

So i'm the latest I've been in regards to mine and Cale's weekly photo blog.

My only defense it that it's the busiest time of the year for me work-wise and I've just been too consumed to keep up, nor did I actually have time to take any photographs, most specifically I really wanted to get some shots of Alexisonfire and all the other bands I had perform at the E3 Music Festival (I'm pissed I was too busy to partake in any photopraphy action but what can I do). On the bright side, Cale Best and Ashlyne O'Neil got the job done in capturing E3 on camera.

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My only shot is a panaramic of the Detroit skyline I did one night during University of Windsor Welcome Week when I got a break to attend a concert at Caesar's Windsor's. I took it with my iphone from their upper level restaurant called Vu.

It's slacking I know, but it's something, I hope you like it.

t

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Area 53 - Photo 36 - High Rollin'

My pic of the week is aptly named, since this guy is high up on the Ambassador Bridge painting it with a roller. There's no way in hell I'd be doing that job, EVER!!!
This was just a random photo I took walking back from a work lunch outing, which was right by where I park my car. Good thing I had my camera in my truck at the time.
The second pic is also 'high rollin', only in the sense that I was on the suite level of the Fox Theatre in Detroit indulging in an amazing buffet before the Stone Temple Pilots concert.
I took this photo with my camera phone, but I still like it. At least more than the panaramics I took on the same night, they look cool, they just weren't as clear as I hoped they would be.
Maybe I'll get the chance to go in there one day and use my good camera instead of my iphone.
Fingers crossed!
I hope you dig the pics!
t


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