Creating a whiteout in Winnipeg

Posted: 5:06 PM CDT Friday, Apr. 6, 2018 Last Modified: 1:28 AM CDT Saturday, Apr. 7, 2018

So how exactly do you paint a town white?

Read this article for free:

or

Already have an account? Log in here »

To continue reading, please subscribe:

*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.

*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.

So how exactly do you paint a town white?

Read unlimited articles for free today:

or

Already have an account? Log in here »

Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 06/04/2018 (2717 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

So how exactly do you paint a town white?

For the Free Press looking for a front-page photo that captured what Winnipeg is feeling on the eve of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the answer starts with a bold idea and a projector big enough to beam a whiteout on the city’s skyline.

Free Press photojournalist Mikaela MacKenzie bundled up in the unseasonably cold weather Thursday while running the projector.

As Winnipeg Jets fans were streaming out into downtown streets after Thursday night’s win over the Calgary Flames, Free Press photo editor Mike Aporius and photojournalist Mikaela MacKenzie were setting up the shot around Portage and Main.

Armed with equipment from Evolution Audio Visual, they began projecting images of Jets fans celebrating from past playoff games onto iconic buildings that would serve as the canvas for our front page.

There was snow. There was wind. And it was colder than it should have been for early April.

But the payoff from those hours of work as Winnipeggers went to sleep dreaming of a Stanley Cup parade comes in the form of images never before produced in our city.