Empty Canal plus more

Over the weekend the canals were drained. Some construction has been taking place as they sit dormant of water. I took a few minutes out of my Saturday schedule to explore the canal outside the studio. I found some interesting things, as seen below.

You never really see fish laying in the canal, but mussels and these little characters. I found a hermit crab, which I didnt know lived in the canals. It seems there is a thriving eco-system that lies underneath the flowing water.

X Marks the spot...

This little questionable creature has been dubbed, Roger the Canal Creature. It had pre-historic qualities about it and made for an interesting subject to photograph.

The two most common objects I see in the canals when they are drained are drivers licenses and shopping carts. However, in front of the playground there are a number of bikes. It begs to question, are the bikes evidence of theft? And, if so, is it related to kids stealing them to ride to the park? I have never seen so many bikes in one spot. And to put any stereotypical debate a side, there were no cars, no bodies, not bones, corpses, just rusted out bikes and shopping cars.

Building shots: Inside near our shooting space.

Installation by Dean Nimmer

From August till now our studio has been very busy. We have increased our work load by a substantial amount. We have been shooting senior portraits and have been enjoying it very much. This work load includes the Exhibitions at Open Square.

Tonight I did a set of portraits of a car and its owner.

The Wherehouse: Train Caboose

The photograph below is on my Facebook profile. It was seen by a few people who enjoy it. A friend of mine, a real train enthusiast, was able to recognize this particular Caboose. I was surprised to find out that he has information about it. Which is actually kind of an historical fact about this particular Caboose. I do not know the owner, yet. As it was also asked by another friend if they could show him this photograph. I would assume that the owner would also posses the knowledge I am about to share.

“The info on that caboose is that it is a Southern Railroad type N5H. When it belonged to the Southern it had road number 3170. They were purchased by Penn Central in 1971 for yard service and was used in that manner until retirement and its purchase by the Wherehouse. The Penn Central road number for the caboose was 18440.” Justin Moreau

COPY RIGHT Jeffrey Byrnes and Lenshare.com

I made this photograph back in September 09. I knew that some of the elements in this eclectic space was historical. When making the photographs though, I didnt stop to consider who might be able to shed some light on these interesting pieces of history. Now my image not only conveys a visual story, but there is an interesting fact about the life of the subject in which I photographed.

Thank you Justin.