Oh Boy! Obama!

Before you look at the photos of Tuesday I have to thank ...

1. Micheal Mitchell of N.Y.C. who, when we were caught in a really awful human gridlock simply smiled at me sweetly and nodded as I grabbed the back of his coat and informed him I wasn't letting go of him until we broke free. Thank you again Micheal....
2. Reverend Jessie Jackson. I know it is an awful photo.....but it was a bit surreal. Reverend Jackson was trapped along with us yesterday morning by the Capitol, and we were able to move forward (about 5 feet) in his wake as the crowd parted for a moment for him and his entourage.

How we were trapped on the same street is beyond me. I clearly asked the well meaning but totally ill-informed volunteer for directions "to the part of the Mall where Non-Ticket holders could stand".
He was probably asking for "the most excellent V.I.P. entrance". Go figure.

p.s if you would rather, there is a video at the bottom of the page...sorry it's so small...it's my first video upload.

Inauguration Trip: Weather Permitting

So I am heading to D.C. on Tuesday for the "Inauguration Celebration" as long as it is not wet. I just want to photograph the crowd and take part in a moment in history. Don't get too excited, my tickets are just for the train into D.C. I will be milling around outside in the weather with 4 million others at the mall, trying not to drink anything, in case I can't find a port-a-potty. Check back on the site, to see if I made it, and check out some photographs.

Painting with Light

Can you believe it! I have been photographing without a tripod until recently. Actually I bought a B-E-A-UTIFUL carbon fiber tripod while in NYC. I have finally starting playing with it, and used it to grab this unsuspecting napper over the holidays. I shot a one long exposure, with just a photoshop color change, from the green LED light I keep in my camera bag, to blue. Turns out if you squeeze this mini LED light three times in a row, it will blink. DUH! That's how I got the little star trail. And there I was in the dark, shooting over and over trying to turn it on and off rapidly to get the same effect.....(dumma as**)!

Photographer Mash!

Lora of LoraJPhotography.com is a blast! She is one of the photographers I second shot weddings for this summer. So when she suggested photographing each other's families for Christmas, I loved the idea.....the down side was the weather. My family's shoot day was so yucky we could not go out on location, and Lora's was the day before Christmas and simply freezing!!!!!! Her husband spent most of his time warming up their youngest at the Sideshow gift shop over at the Visionary Arts Museum. You can see photos she took of their family a week later on the beach, on her blog....they look so much warmer!

I had a great time shooting anyway...but I am not sure her kids would agree.






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