The Lost Whale

This is something that makes me laugh every time I pass it. It's a condominium but it's called Lost Whale Condos. Hilarious. Someone even took the time to carve a 'lost whale' out of wood to put above the name.

I Want Stanley

This was at a local bar during the Detroit Red Wings game five Stanley Cup final game. I spotted this gentleman at the bar with his hat saying "I Want Stanley" on a pin. We want it indeed sir. As I am posting this, I'm not sure what the outcome of the game will be. I had to come back to the office because of our deadline but hopefully our wishes will be granted.

Organic

It was frustrating today because my paper wants us to do multimedia projects so badly, and today I drove 45 minutes to a farm that would've been a perfect subject, with decent light outside, and I was only able to stay for 20 minutes due to other work stuff. It's not the first time and I'm sure it won't be the last, it's just so frustrating.

Palm trees & crossing the road

The palm trees are from my Vegas trip and the couple were just crossing the road the other day and I had my film camera with me so I took their photo.

Vegas

Here are some more photos from Vegas. It was 100 degrees a couple of the days we were there and it was like walking through a furnace, especially coming from Michigan. I spent a couple days just wandering around taking photos which was fun but after a while I'd find myself quite a distance from the hotel. Then there wasn't a bench to sit on or anything. The only seat that could be found was inside a casino in front of a slot machine. That's Vegas for you.
The suitcase is something I found for free at a garage sale and took as my only luggage (carry-on) for the trip. The security lady at the airport thought it was pretty cool. Apparently it was so cool she handed it off to another security agent to look through it. The old casino sign was just something I saw while walking and it reminded me a lot of the town. Everything has to be the newest and the best and if it's not then it's not good enough. The escalator shot is a shot I took while riding up as they were coming down.

Jackpot

This was from my Las Vegas trip last weekend. Casinos for me are fun for about 5 seconds until the sounds and lights become a sensory overload. Of course losing my money doesn't help either. It's an absolutely amazing place though and I'd recommend everyone see it at least once in their lifetime.

Trophies

I've been in Las Vegas since last Thursday and just returned at 6:00 a.m. this morning so the photo posting has been lacking because of that. I'm going to take my 'Vegas' roll of film to Wal-Mart tomorrow so hopefully I'll get to put some on here soon. This photo is from the basement of Monica's grandfather. He loves bowling and, judging by the trophy shelf, is not to bad at it either.

hockey fan

This was at a hockey game I covered last night in Indiana. Our local team is playing for a championship and the opponent is in Fort Wayne, Indiana which has been taking most of my time the last few days. This photo was after the Fort Wayne team scored a goal. The Fort Wayne fans are super serious about their hockey team.

Sunday fire

This is a brushfire from Sunday. It was exciting to shoot some flames for a change. Obviously the most important thing is that everyone was ok. This fella showed up, helped carry the fire hose out into this field, then left.

Safe?

The call was "safe" but the photo makes one wonder if he really was.

Blog dog

I was photographing a baseball game and this German Shepherd had some attitude and by that I mean it growled at me enough for me to stand a little farther down the fence. I don't know why animals like this are brought into the public because the owner thought it was the sweetest dog and that by growling it was saying it "Didn't want to play with me". Thanks lady.

Hero

Well it's been a tad busy lately because one photographer is on vacation and another is away on another obligation so our four-person staff has been down to two. Anywho, enough excuses, this is from yesterday. It's a fella that received a standing ovation for running to the aid of a local police chief after he'd been shot.

DNR

A reporter and I went to a DNR office the other day and no one was there. But being the snoop I had to stare in the window. Not that it would ever get printed in a newspaper but there was just something about this office. It's got all the makings of a classic Michigan DNR office. It has the Detroit Tiger player photos and a stuffed owl on the wall. I couldn't fit it in the frame but the chair at the bottom had duct tape on the arms.

Suckerfest

This was from an event today called the Adair Suckerfest. It's a tiny town but they're serious about their suckers. Anyway, this is just a photo from that town.

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