July 28, 2010
Last month I got a chance to head down to Atlanta and see good friends and meet their ten month old baby boy, Marshall. Corey, a college friend and practical neighbor from NJ, married the wonderful southern belle, Kortny, and after spending some years in NYC, they’ve retreated down to the slower-paced Georgia. They live in a great old building with one of my favorite porches ever! Southern architecture with large columns, exposed brick, hardwood floors, and large white covered porches with ceiling fans and plenty of plant-life. The 95 degree June days couldn’t have been a bother sitting out on such a porch on a relaxing Sunday afternoon with book in hand. I need a porch, stat.
But anyway! Onto the people and pictures . . . On Sunday we took an hour in the late afternoon and braved the outdoors for some family portraits on this first Father’s Day for Corey. Then headed inside and shot a few more in Marshall’s room. The family was great, Marshall was a ham (some personality he’s got!), and with very limited gear (one camera, one fixed lens, and one meager pop-up flash), I think we got some nice shots!
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And with all the ‘serious’ photos down, I can’t help but post this one. I call it “When the Braves Beat the Mets”. (If you’re not much of a baseball follower, the NY Mets and Atlanta Braves are long-time rivals. Corey’s a Mets fan, transplanted to Atlanta, where Kortny’s a Braves girl.)
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Corey, Kortny, and Marshall, so nice seeing y’all and thank you for a great visit!!
July 6, 2010
Happy July 4th y’all! Hope you all had a nice weekend!
I myself spent a few hours Saturday and Sunday on the National Mall here in DC. For those not familiar with DC, the “Mall” is an outdoor lawn area between the Capitol Building, Washington Monument, WWII Memorial (my favorite!), Reflecting Pool, and Lincoln Memorial. During the summer, the Mall’s home to many city-sponsored festivals and big screen movies as well as people sightseeing, playing, or simply relaxing. I really do enjoy it. This weekend, it was home to the Folk Life Festival, big-band pop music, and closing out the 4th, DC’s famous firework display. Here are just a few of my favorite images… hope you enjoy!
Visitors and tourists congregate outside the White House gates
Celebration for the promotion of a Marine lieutenant at the World War II Memorial
Man visits the Washington Monument as the very last of the day's light shines so softly
Hoses are unleashed on the Mall to help keep the children cool and entertained on this hot July afternoon
(PS. The girl here in the yellow was great (I have several more of her)! A bit of a hose hog (with others lined up behind her for their never approaching turn), she was fortunately kind to me as she kept turning in my direction, only a foot away, and giving me a look such as “you know you’re asking for it, right?!” . . . but would then turn back around and shoot another unsuspecting person simply walking by, ha!)
Other children enjoyed climbing the trees, taking in a better view of the thousands that occupied the lawn
And the wonderful firework display to close out the independence day celebration!
And for a web gallery of these images and more, check THIS out!
(Best viewed full screen – icon to the bottom right of the gallery)
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Tags: DC, independence, July 4th, memorial, monument, National Mall, People, photojournalism, Washington, WWII
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