Area 53 - Photo 2 - Snowcovered Tracks

I hung with Cale last night and neither of us had really put any thought into what we were going to try and do for our pics of the week.
When I woke up this morning everything was covered in snow and we were still in the middle of a hardcore snowstorm.
What a beautiful way to start a Monday?
My first thought was to check out the old train sitting at the riverfront, so off I went.
I tried a few angles and eventually decided the full view was best.
I added some red to this photo to warm it up a bit, it kind of adds a bit of a sepia feel to it as well.
The snow was coming down pretty hard as you can see in the other pics, with that being said I liked the two photos and messed with them a bit in Photoshop to see what I could come up with. The other is an old train dock on the Detroit River, not too far from the train itself.
I'm curious to see what Cale came up with on this snowy as hell day.
Enjoy!
Todd

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Area 53 - Photo 8 - Bridge Over Troubled Waters

This afternoon I went down to the Detroit River near the Ambassador Bridge to try and a get a cool shot of the ice and snow that surrounds it's base, or whatever I could get lucky with.

Actually, I went down there twice. The first intentionally, the second by random turn of events.

The latter was due to a helicopter sighting while driving down Riverside Drive headed to a friend's house.

I took the opportunity to get a photo and pulled over in not one but two locations along the river.

It turns out the chopper was potentially searching for a body, but that could still be considered heresay at this point.

My photo of the week entitled, 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters', was made to feel almost prison-esque with the fence in the frame, so adding the helicopter in search of an unhappy ending was the perfect collaboration of the day.

The rest of the photos are all natural from today's visits to the river.

Enjoy, and be sure to check out Cale's photo, I'm anxious to see what he came up with myself.

Todd

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Area 53 - Photo 7 - Rivard & Haig After Dark

For the first time this year during our 'Area 53' project, Cale and I were able to take some photos together.

Mind you it was Sunday night and we were both exhaused by the time midnight rolled around, we took the lazy way out but still managed to get a pretty cool photo out of the deal while learning some new tricks on my camera as well as on Photoshop.

Long story short, we went out on the porch of my house attempting to work with extended open exposures and moving lights, etc.

Cale is getting to be quite a pro at this while this is my first real effort.

Basically what you see is three photographs taken from the exact same spot, then layered in such a way that all the brightest pixels come through in order to merge them all together effectively.

There are four sets of headlights in the photograph, and I've got to say the view from the front of my house has never looked so cool.

I hope you all like it as well.

My extras consist of a few pics I took today during the Multicultural Festival which I was running for work at the University of Windsor.

One is of the 'Walk The Nations' parade passing by Dillon Hall during the march around campus and the second is of one of our performers, I'm not sure if this is Martha or Maria, but they are twins who are both blind as well as phenominal violinists. Kudos to the both of them for doing what they do and inspiring everyone they meet, myself included.

Enjoy and don't forget to check out Cale's pic of the week, I'm excited to see it as well.

Todd

Piper's Parade

Inspirational Music

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Area 53 - Photo 6 - Class Act

I booked Canadian hip hop artist 'Classified' play at the University of Windsor pub this past weekend and of course took the opportunity to snap a few shots amidst my ridiculously busy day. It was a hyped up and insane crowd and Classified delivered a performance to match the intensity in the room. After the show Class told me if he had to describe the show in word it would be, 'ENERGY'. Well, he was definitely full of it, so it was a night for everyone in attendance to remember. Truly a 'Class Act'.


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Area 53 - Photo 5 - Cherry Wins!!!

Don Cherry's 'Top Prospect' team defeated Bobby Orr's squad 4-2 in a talent display which stretched over two days, January 19th and 20th at Windsor's WFCU Centre. The bonus is I had the rare pleasure of capturing the team's winning group portrait. What a cool thing. I'd like thank my good friend Rob Adams who has been covering the Spits and junior hockey with me for almost a year now. It's been so great following the team so closely like I did when I was younger. Check out our stories and photos on my website http://www.toddshearon.com/.

Windsor Spitfires' Taylor Hall assisted on the game's winning goal and was later named the game mvp. He's ranked to go number one in this year's NHL Draft, but only time will tell. As much as it hurts to say it, I just hope my Edmonton Oilers just play to draft Hall, I would be such an excited Oiler fan if I got to see Tayler Hall and Jordan Eberle of the Regina Pats play together in Edmonton next year...my fingers and toes and arms and legs are all crossed.

Below are a few extras I liked all from the same night.

Enjoy!

All Eyes On The Puck

Flying Fists


Grapes


Number One Prospect?

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Area 53 - Photo 4 - Ice Fountain

I know Cale is going to make fun of me because my photo of the week is now technically late. Reason being, I wasn't at work all day, and I didn't have an internet connection at all in order to post this photo on time...until now. It's about 3:45am and I haven't gone to bed yet so I'm saying this is still on time.

Anyway, I took this photo on Sunday night in an attempt to get a cool shot of the blue Christmas light along the riverfront with Detroit's RenCen building in the background. By the time I got to the river the fog was so thick you literally couldn't see Detroit at all.

Long story short, I ended up taking a few photos you'll see below of a random coast guard boat that was docked, before my buddy Johnny and I noticed a random fountain was blowing water out like it wasn't negative five degrees outside. What the hell is a fountain doing running in the middle of the winter? Sweet tax dollars at work!

This was the only night I took any photos all week, but I think I'm liking this pic more as time goes on.

Considering it's actually Tuesday, January 19 right now, I've got to take this chance to say 'Happy Birthday' to my brother Brigham. Enjoy your day!

Maple Anchor

Docked Out In Blue

Naval Dedication

Area 53 - Photo 3 - Dillon Snowfall

It's already week three of our 'Area 53' project and I found myself almost too busy to obtain any new photographs in order to get my post up on time. With the clock working against me today, and with a busy schedule to boot, I thought about my options and decided to take a walk in the snowstorm during my lunch to take a picture of Dillon Hall.

Dillon Hall is located at the centre of the University of Windsor's campus, where I work. Architected and built in 1928 around the original Assumption College Roman Catholic building, it has a very ghostly and unique design to it. I thought the snow would accentuate the photograph even more but it only proved to cause me problems as it did nothing more than melt all over my lens.

With that in mind, I decided to take a shot of the the sign and windows above the buildings main entrance, not the best photo in the world, but I like it. I'll have to try again when it's not blizzarding outside, maybe even in the fall when the building's ivy covered brick is glowing with autumn colour.