On Wednesday, my teacher gave the class our next assignment. We have to do night photos. These are longer exposure shots where cars on the road end up looking just as streaks of light. Well I decided to go up to the corner of Ten Mile and Van Dyke to get some shots of the intersection. The gas station on the south west corner is empty and dark. I set up my camera, which needed to be on a tripod (Thanks again Cris) and set up for my first shot. I took the first shot… the shutter needed to stay open for 30 seconds (which seems really long when you are standing in the dark and cold on a street corner feeling out of place and trying to blend into the shadows). I then took three more and then moved the camera to get a slightly different angle. It was then, as I started to take my next picture, that I hear another car pull into the gas station. I looked behind me and saw a Center Line police cruiser pulling up. There were two officers in the cruiser and they seemed to be right about my age. The officer driving rolled down his window and asked me what I was doing. I told him that I was just getting some night photos. He was on his cell phone (as a side note, has anyone else noticed how often cops seem to be on cell phones lately?) and quickly finished his call. His partner (the better looking of the two) just kind of was sitting there looking around. The first officer then asked me a few questions about what I was doing and if I wanted to make money with photography or if it was just a hobby. I answered all of his questions and he seemed satisfied with my answers and wished me good luck. Then he rolled up the window and stared to pull away. The officers stopped short of pulling out of the lot and kind of just waited there for a few seconds. I think that was because two guys were on bikes waiting at the corner and they wanted to make sure they didn’t do anything to me. I took just a few more photos and headed home. The really funny thing about this is that when I was leaving the house mom and I were joking about me getting thrown in jail for taking these pictures. My boss at work and I were also joking around about that happening. I would still like to get a few more shots but I don’t know where to go (maybe somewhere where I won’t be so noticeable and get another visit from the police). After I have had a chance to edit/enhance the photos at school I will add one to my photo page.