Open Shoot

I had a great opportunity this weekend to take photos!  I went to the Brewer game last night, and I figured that would be the perfect chance to practice my action shots/pictures of people.  This entire shoot felt creepy, but how am I supposed to get good pictures of "the essence of the baseball fan" with them knowing about it??  So I just looked for people that were really into the game and wouldn't notice me taking shots.  I got some good ones!!

 

Shooting Exercise #10 - Loaded Landscapes

I was pretty perplexed with this week's shooting assignment, so I decided to do some research about Waukesha's history.  I stumbled upon a wonderful (in an awful way) murder that happened mere blocks away from our campus in 1917.  Dr. David Roberts (a successful veterinarian) had an affair with a school teacher named Grace Lusk.  Dr. Roberts' wife found out about the affair and went to talk with the teacher.  The two women got in a heated argument which ended up with Lusk shooting and killing Mrs. Roberts.  Another thing that I found interesting, was that once Lusk was found guilty of the murder, she seemed okay with it, walked over to the prosecutor, only to scream and grab him by the throat.  Who knew Waukesha had such scandalous history!!

Cutler Park - where Mrs. Roberts walked through on her way to 416 West Park Ave to meet her demise.

Also in Cutler Park.  There was no record of this murder anywhere around the neighborhood.

Unfortunately, all of the addresses in the article I read are no longer in existence.  This house is about where the murder had taken place on Park Ave.

A parking garage on Wisconsin Ave. where the Roberts' home was once located.

A former business that would have looked like Dr. Roberts' Veterinary practice on Grand Ave.

Shooting Exercise #9 - Performance

For this exercise, I had to put myself out there a bit.  I walked around downtown Waukesha, and I asked people if I could take pictures of their shoes.  Clearly a strange request, but I think it turned out well.  :)