Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Area 53 - Photo 22 - A.J.


This week I'll make it short and sweet.
I'm of course late again, but it was a holiday weekend, so give me a break.
My pic of the week was taken on Victoria Day at my friend Anthony's house.
This is his son A.J.
What a cutie patootie.
See you next week.
t

Monday, May 17, 2010

Area 53 - Photo 21 - Harwell Farewell


On Monday, May 10th, the Detroit Tigers paid tribute to the now late and great Ernie Harwell.
I didn't have my good camera that night, only my point and shoot Canon, but it takes pretty good pictures so I can't complain.
My pic of the week is a wanna wide angle of Mr. Harwell's name on the right-centerfield wall with his tribute being paid on the scoreboard in the background.
The flag donning the initials 'EH' was also raised in his honour for the remainder of the season.
Of course with a quick stop by the old Tiger Stadium grounds I snapped a couple quick photos, one of a rose an Ernie Harwell fan stuck in the fence, and the other, a banner on the corner of Michigan and Cochrane stating, 'Keep The Corner Alive'.
Enjoy!


Thursday, May 6, 2010

Area 53 - Photo 20 - We Are The Champions!!! Again.


I'm early!!!
And the Windsor Spitfires are once again the OHL Champions, winning the Robertson Cup for the second straight year.
The Spits beat the crap out of the Barrie Colts in the win column and in the boxing ring, sweeping the series in four games.
Code Red moves to Bradford, Manitoba for the Memorial Cup starting May 14.
Go Spits!!!
Todd


Area 53 - Photo 19 - Island Off The Highway


This post was supposed to be up on May 3.
I had to do a solo drive to Goderich to pick up my books on Friday and took my camera with every intention of at least stopping a few times to snap a couple quick pics along the way.
The day was long and hot and I bailed on numerous opportunities to pull over to keep up my pace and get home early enough to get other work done.
This is what I got.
Todd



Area 53 - Photo 18 - Henrique vs. Skinner


This post was supposed to go up on April 26.
Yes it's from another Spits game, what can I tell you, I take photos at Spits games, that's something I do. Anyway, simply put, it's Adam Henrique up against Jeff Skinner.
The two stars of the OHL Western Conference Finals between the Windsor Spitfires and the Kitchener Rangers.
The Windsor Spitfires gave up a three game head start to the Rangers going up 3-0 in the series. Windsor pulled off four straight wins to take the series and advance to the OHL Finals against the Barrie Colts.
Yes, I'll be posting pics from that series.
Todd

Area 53 - Photo 17 - King Kassian



This post was supposed to go up on April 19.

It's a simple shot, I was having issues with my F-stop while shooting a Windsor Spitfires playoff game against the Kitchener Rangers.

I just wanted to get a single good photo of Zack Kassian for his mother.

I got lucky with this one, all the others I took that night came out blurry.

Todd


Area 53 - Photo 16 - Corktown Sandlot


I've got to start by apologizing once again for being behind on my Area 53 weekly photo blog. It's been a rough and busy month dealing family issues and my book release, which kept me from maintaining this blog like I wanted to.
The photos were taken weekly as normal, however, I wasn't able to go through them and post them on time, and eventually not at all, until now.
So here they are in five separate posts. Including next Monday's a whole four days early.
This post should've been on April 12.
A day in Detroit with my camera in tow led to a few random pics at a few random locations.
My pic of the week is a panaramic I've entitled 'Corktown Sandlot'. It's actually Tiger Stadium, or what's left of it. A beautiful sandlot featuring the stadium's original playing field, with the flagpole still in centerfield, American flag blowing in the wind and all.
The others are a collection of shots from the Fisher Building, Detroit Public Library, and a condemned church and a burned out house in close proximity to Comerica Park and Ford Field.
Enjoy, from the D.
Todd