City of Abandonment

I got some great news today!!  The 2nd episode of “Shutter Rush” was released on Amazon Prime.  You can search for it by name “Shutter Rush – City of Abandonment” or by my name (Brook Ward).  The second episode was recorded in mid-March, right before COVID-19 hit the United States and was recorded in Gary Indiana.  I was a day late arriving because of COVID work requirements.  The guys got a jump start waiting on me.  While exploring a ton of abandoned buildings we filmed our experience and took a bunch of photographs. 

Big thanks to my Shutter Rush partners Jason Pohuski (@jasonpohuski) and Jake Mysliwczyk (@jakemysliwczykphoto) for all their work on both films.  Jason has done the bulk of the editing, while also providing tons of energy, crazy video/photo ideas and continues to drive us on these projects.  Jake helps edit while bringing great ideas, creativity and amazing photos (and some piano skills…check that out in the film).  I’m the old guy of the group, who is just happy to tag along and I hope I add a little value. 

Regardless, I’m proud to be associated with these wonderful partners.  I also want to thank Blair Ward (@fordrsfan), Mike Criswell (@mcriswellphoto) and Bob Lussier (@lussierphoto) for joining us on the Gary Indiana trip.  Their friendship and contribution to the film is appreciated.

Please check it out on Amazon Prime and enjoy!!

Graffiti Alley Sparks

When we (Jason, Jake and I) filmed “Shutter Rush – Baltimore Edition” we captured some steel wool photos and video inside the famous Graffiti Alley.  This is an unedited cut of footage that didn’t make it into the film.  This is Jason spinning and I filmed this video.  By the way, big thanks to Nanuk Cases and Under Armour for sponsoring the film.  “Shutter Rush” is available on Amazon Prime.

Shutter Rush - Released

Back in early February, I mentioned an exciting project I was involved in with @jasonpohuski and @jakemysliwczykphoto.  We completed a road trip to Baltimore to capture photos around the city and of the Steelers vs Ravens football game.  We recorded the entire experience and Jason created this documentary, which was just released on Amazon Prime this week.  You can find it by searching for “Shutter Rush – Baltimore Edition”.

Please do me a favor, go out to Amazon and give it a 5 Star rating….even if you hate it…..but I think you’ll like it.  I’d really appreciate it.   

More on Shutter Rush...

I shared the news on our new project yesterday called “Shutter Rush – Baltimore Edition” (release date to be determined).  As part of yesterday’s post, I shared a thumbnail photo for the film.  Today, I’m sharing the second thumbnail. 

I’m looking forward to the film release to see what kind of reaction we get.  Until then, I’ll just have to wait. 

Shutter Rush

As some of you know, I covered the Steelers’ last game of the season in Baltimore (along with most of their home games).  I can’t believe I’ve been photographing the Steelers from the sidelines for 8 years now.

Anyway, I traveled with two other great sports photographers @jasonpohuski and @jakemysliwczykphoto.  We made a weekend out of it…traveled together, photographed many cool spots in the city and covered the game together.  As part of that adventure, we photographed of course, but we also captured much of it via video.  All that was put together by Jason into a feature film called “Shutter Rush – Baltimore Edition”.  Jason even got @underarmour to sponsor this project.  Big thanks to them for all their support and gear.  I don’t know when, but it sounds like this film will be released on Amazon Prime and other major streaming services in the near future.  Once that happens, I’ll give you an update.  In the meantime, we’re actively planning our next trip to have fun and capture photos and video for the next Shutter Rush edition…   More to come.