Hogwarts after dark :)

The Law Quad on UofM Campus......or Hogwart's :)

Tonight's photo is of the very Hogwartesque Law Quad on the UofM Campus.  The funny story behind this shot, is that although beautiful, the very intricate brickwork was incredibly slippery after the rain had stopped, and had a few minutes to ice over!  Just as I set up my tripod, and was preparing to click the shutter, I lost balance and fell hard, straight to the ground!

Can you imagine.....a slip and fall in the Law Quad??  Where's a lawyer when you need one?

-MT

An Old Gothic Library

University of Michigan Law Library

Blogging is a lot of fun, but sometimes it is a huge challenge going out and getting worthy content to present to your readers/viewers.  Last night was no exception....as I pulled in to the parking structure in Downtown Ann Arbor, I knew the weather would be cold and windy.  A thick fog covered the area, rendering some of the buildings I had photographed just a few weeks earlier with complete clarity, unrecognizable through the thick haze.

From the sky, a thin cool mist was falling, which would soon turn into a light rain, before the air turned even colder, freezing the mist to the ground as thin, invisible sheets of ice. 

The Famous Ypsilanti Water Tower

Ypsilanti Water Tower

Ypsilanti Michigan, just a few minutes East of Ann Arbor, is home to Eastern Michigan University, is the birthplace of Dominoe's Pizza, and a giant Water Tower shaped like a.....

Ypsilanti is home to a number of local landmarks, but by far, the most well known is the old Water Tower that sits across from EMU's Campus.  Finished in 1890, the tower was the only water tower in the Ypsilanti area, and was designated as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the State of Michigan in 1974.  The tower has many local nicknames....most with varying degrees of derogatory connotation due to it's most decidedly phallic shape.  Local legend has it that if a virgin were ever to graduate from EMU.....the tower would crumble to the ground!

Today's photo was a challenge.....the rest of the story after the jump.........

Eastern Michigan University Fashion Show 2010

Last fall, I had the opportunity to photograph for EMU's Fashion Show, which ended their Fashion Week 2010.  Here are the photographs I took of the many fashions on display that night!