Category Archives: Photos

Book ’em, Danno

The water polo season ended a couple weeks ago, which means two things: first, I probably won’t have to deal with obstructive parents and photographers for a while (oh please, may it be so!), and second, the 2008 Chelsea water polo book is now available!

(For any water polo families reading this: I will have a copy at the banquet, so you will have a chance to look at it.)

Photo of the Variable Time Period, vol. 136

Newspaper shoot: The Great Chelsea Shopping Center Fire (5 May 2008).

Two weeks ago, I was sitting at home processing pictures when I heard sirens in Chelsea. Normally I don’t pay much attention to sirens in town, but this was different: there were more sirens than normal, and they just seemed to keep going. Eventually, when I remembered to turn on my cell phone, I found out what had happened: the Chelsea Shopping Center caught fire, and the fire was swift and dangerous enough to prompt several other area fire departments to respond. (Apparently it was a slow news day, too, because it also prompted the Detroit media to respond.) I wasn’t able to make it to the scene while the building was on fire, but I was able to get a few worthwhile shots of the damage.

The fire never broke through the roof, but smoke and water damaged seven businesses (one of which managed to reopen the next day!). The cause of the fire appears to have been an electrical malfunction.

Most importantly, nobody was injured.

Photo of the Variable Time Period, vol. 134

Newspaper shoot: City directory (9 April 2008)

The other day, Editor Terry asked me to get a few shots around town for this year’s city directory; one specific request he had was for a shot of the interior of the Common Grill, Chelsea’s fancy-pants restaurant. With its murals of local sights framed by the building’s original brick walls, it’s not difficult to come up with pleasant pictures of the Common Grill; the above was my favorite of the bunch.