The Inauguration of Barack Obama
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A couple of weeks ago, I got a surprise call from Senator Webb’s office asking if I wished to attend Obama’s inauguration in Washington, DC. Are you kidding!? I’d barely hung up the phone before I was renting lenses and starting to plan the trip.
Within the next hour, luck struck twice [...]
Rally in the Valley – Obama in Roanoke, Va
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I had the opportunity to photograph Sen. Barack Obama’s rally in Roanoke, Va. It’s the first shoot I’ve done for the Democratic Party of Virginia since 2006. I did a great deal of political event photography for the DPVA in 2004, specifically the DNC in Boston and numerous other campaign [...]
The Wedding of Shawn & Matt
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This past weekend, Elisabeth, Anne Richards, John Jaffe and I attended the weekend-long wedding of our dear friends, Shawn Brenneman and Matt Labarge.
I’m pretty pissed off with use of the word “event” these days. We have weather events. Television events. All kinds of “world premiere events”. Crap. All of it.
This wedding, [...]
Lantern Bearing
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In the eleven years I’ve worked at SBC, I’ve never witnessed a Lantern Bearing but have always been fascinated with the concept. From a photography standpoint, I’ve always had a weakness for low-light shots involving flames or other interesting lighting (Williamsburg Blacksmith – Paris, France – Canal du Briare, France). Lantern [...]
Photo Slideshow: Inauguration of Gov. Tim Kaine
NOTE: This post is included for historical reasons. The galleries have been relocated to Zenfolio (and linked below)
I don’t usually mix the photos between halfpress and my other blog, Documenting Democracy, but I’ve been experimenting with a fantastic new flash-based slideshow tool and decided to use my most recent set of photos from DocDem for [...]
2005 Oak Ridge Steeplechase
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Last year I photographed the 2004 Oak Ridge Steeplechase for fun. A number of my photos got used in various places ranging from a Nelson County tourism magazine to serving as the model for a painting that was auctioned at this year’s steeplechase fundraising gala.
This year I was asked to be [...]
Archive: Steeplechase at Oak Ridge – October, 2004
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Another collection from last year that I wanted to get into the archives here on the blog:
These were shot with my last digital SLR (Canon 300D) on a slightly cold and misty day. I’m looking forward to shooting this again this coming fall. As much as a nice crisp and sunny [...]