tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-322022612024-02-03T07:49:27.909-05:00General Stuff: Things I do Laurence L. Levin PhotographyWONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCES
Laurence L. Levin
www.LLLevin.comLLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.comBlogger331125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-83867272530185371952023-12-13T12:02:00.005-05:002023-12-13T12:31:03.849-05:00A Day in the Life of Hawaii (1982)<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rY5fL7qOGOI710Ljr-MhFS49LTtXjCM_hUMIBjsKrEHFGnqFde4PPlbAXUeDTlYQjG9yu2Q5jrV-ZW3uqBAcwdIyXqE0Z5Ih6MYMkbklwyPj25M0ZJIV4gFiHI0ZJvgJsgYWZC-urXKulae50eSvriZS6kA4oVfiTlzClzXtMvtxmk6xNFE_/s4800/IMG_9986a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4800" data-original-width="3322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rY5fL7qOGOI710Ljr-MhFS49LTtXjCM_hUMIBjsKrEHFGnqFde4PPlbAXUeDTlYQjG9yu2Q5jrV-ZW3uqBAcwdIyXqE0Z5Ih6MYMkbklwyPj25M0ZJIV4gFiHI0ZJvgJsgYWZC-urXKulae50eSvriZS6kA4oVfiTlzClzXtMvtxmk6xNFE_/w276-h400/IMG_9986a.jpg" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover of the 224 page coffee table book. Cover photo by Dan Dry, assigned my me.<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A project I worked on early in my career. Thanks to Rick Smolan for inviting me and helping to jumpstart my wonderful career. So many lessons learned from both Rick and David Elliott Cohen. Made great friends and three months living in Hawai’i and exploring Maui, Moloka’i and Oahu. Now you know why my love affair with Hawai’i</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">From </span><a data-attribute-index="0" data-entity-type="MINI_PROFILE" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAAB9uoBTTkipD4bqkHl_Z1zhbYI8o_-OMg" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); overflow-wrap: normal; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); word-break: normal;">Rick Smolan</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">:</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Forty years ago a strange thing happened on the world's news fronts. In London, Paris, New York, Tokyo, El Salvador, and Beirut, in the Amazon jungle, and on the Afghanistan border, fifty of the world's foremost Photojournalists, the world-weary khaki clad lensmen asnd lenswomen of the press, packed their cameras and canvas shoulder bags and boarded planes to the middle of the Pacific ocean to take on one of the most unusual and challenging assignments of the careers: to capture the entire state of Hawaii on film in the course of a single 24 hour period.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Photojournalist, Rick Smolan, editor, David Cohen, designer Leslie Smolan and project director Jennifer Erwitt gave the photographers unusual instruction: Don’t try to make the definitive statement about Hawaii. Don’t concentrate on the rich, the famous or the powerful. Avoid clichés. instead do the hardest thing of all: make extraordinary pictures of ordinary events.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The award winning one hour PBS TV special (below), directed by Sandy Smolan, captures how the A DAY IN THE LIFE OF HAWAII Team pulled off a project that publishing 35 publishers had turned down, insisting it would never work. Click on the link below to go on assignment with members of the most illustrious photography team ever assembled. </span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Go dancing in Waikiki with top German cameraman Gerd Ludwig. </span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Join a Hulu school in progress on the island of Molokai with US newspaper photographer of the year Dan Dry, </span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Climb 14,000 feet to the summit of Mauna Kea with Time Photographer Shelly Katz, </span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Come face-to-face with the Murray eel 60 feet below the surface of the Pacific with National Geographic David Doubilet, </span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Visit the Hawaiian Cowboys of the 224,000 acre Parker Ranch with Pulitzer Prize winner Eddie Adams, </span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Ride a perfect 10 foot wave on the Bonzai pipeline with Surfing Magazine's Aaron Chang. </span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The several hundred color and black-and-white pictures in A DAY IN THE LIFE OF HAWAII were chosen from almost 60,000 shot during a single day. None is 24 hours older or younger than any other and no picture was shot for any purpose other than to document the harmonies and paradoxes of life in Hawaii as it was lived on this one day. </span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But even 60,000 images, barely hint of the infinite moments that passed through the beaches and hills in homes and hearts of Hawaii on that day. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF HAWAII belongs to them -- to each smile, each silence, each crashing wave, saved only in memory.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><a data-attribute-index="2" href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=photography&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7140753194216734720" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtv0_t8y-vqmNVW0Sjc0CgHTmGdl6hsJtSyl8X4BPSqC_tByzojqSMdYTEq1dgsb8IQhTaq2DxIbejfjOGXhknV1_MTYjbadKMHC7uCqJXIFVmjjGrllIrsp_Wcug_v4cDwwlOHYnHX6xlZSEwJfJ5iFoEQGYySiW1SiC36bWxudHzWD1GbvXH/s2973/2023~07%20Jul%2021%20BBLC_1377a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2973" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtv0_t8y-vqmNVW0Sjc0CgHTmGdl6hsJtSyl8X4BPSqC_tByzojqSMdYTEq1dgsb8IQhTaq2DxIbejfjOGXhknV1_MTYjbadKMHC7uCqJXIFVmjjGrllIrsp_Wcug_v4cDwwlOHYnHX6xlZSEwJfJ5iFoEQGYySiW1SiC36bWxudHzWD1GbvXH/w400-h265/2023~07%20Jul%2021%20BBLC_1377a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-size: 12px;">Fran Sheinberg, Best Buddies Global Ambassador</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The accolades and the opportunities are piling up for Fran Sheinberg. At the Best Buddies Leadership Conference in July, she was honored as the Best Buddies Jobs Employee of the Year. Her work at the Promise Child Development Center in Texas was cited for her commitment, passion and work ethic that has made an indelible impression with her community.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdRFXDOcO0zU3pHRH_7feCE6pbHOnDJXnVbaSnrhE45gkcQbHN6m4c_VlGLEVxYuPC5x-D9VtmZvldLVz3yltrmJRTrbZovejt2b5uOFg0VjiTa-5Co9KZHyGj949rkndOyfy41ollri-8aRwt0YXBybORHzos9X1v5vvfNwl4Z0U6GfDz54c/s2970/2023~07%20Jul%2021%20BBLC_1316a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2970" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdRFXDOcO0zU3pHRH_7feCE6pbHOnDJXnVbaSnrhE45gkcQbHN6m4c_VlGLEVxYuPC5x-D9VtmZvldLVz3yltrmJRTrbZovejt2b5uOFg0VjiTa-5Co9KZHyGj949rkndOyfy41ollri-8aRwt0YXBybORHzos9X1v5vvfNwl4Z0U6GfDz54c/w400-h265/2023~07%20Jul%2021%20BBLC_1316a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On stage receiving her award with AWE Wrestler Paul Wight, and Best Buddies Founder Anthony k. Shriver<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 20px; text-align: start;">Fran is on the autism spectrum. She stated, when she was young, doctors and teachers told her parents, she was "different, slow and delayed." With little outside encouragement, Fran was determined to prove everyone wrong. Although, she had difficulty communicating with people, Fran found an outlet. She started to write and perform raps. With this new ability to express herself, she found a way to share her feelings and put a smile on people's faces. Her stage name is Flava Fran.</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuaH5qf3AtYE03LQTWL3aJlSquV5LNhYIIeeqN9mnGOAtvGCJQ4qazUiGVyeTw0oITJ3zJk-b6zOaqINAIS-WNRjnhEQzpXHuBvyNKoew6SoFyn1n_HO0t_inrf_Kztt-60XqjpVVXEpK2Erk61Tjnk2nsLjbe_Z6rQAVqnrruBUvcveQyomm_/s2973/2023~07%20Jul%2021%20BBLC_1358a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2973" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuaH5qf3AtYE03LQTWL3aJlSquV5LNhYIIeeqN9mnGOAtvGCJQ4qazUiGVyeTw0oITJ3zJk-b6zOaqINAIS-WNRjnhEQzpXHuBvyNKoew6SoFyn1n_HO0t_inrf_Kztt-60XqjpVVXEpK2Erk61Tjnk2nsLjbe_Z6rQAVqnrruBUvcveQyomm_/w400-h265/2023~07%20Jul%2021%20BBLC_1358a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Performing one of her Raps on stage at the Indiana University Auditorium.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEduReodzLXJyWliVypUnUlC5Fgmh5w8V1-xAnMfwN4POSXnN4PbDeuUy2DZN8FaWjh5Ml0J4M_XeW3TuSXiu2kMRKZ04T5XcShsvhDLDyXQIZs_n-6EuSjWSD5zAajXfoeiFvums0GPMNqbi6GAVSro18TEYRuAvdKrjSaOCWeapyGbpcBt5/s2288/2023~07%20Jul%2023%20BBLC_3110a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2288" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEduReodzLXJyWliVypUnUlC5Fgmh5w8V1-xAnMfwN4POSXnN4PbDeuUy2DZN8FaWjh5Ml0J4M_XeW3TuSXiu2kMRKZ04T5XcShsvhDLDyXQIZs_n-6EuSjWSD5zAajXfoeiFvums0GPMNqbi6GAVSro18TEYRuAvdKrjSaOCWeapyGbpcBt5/w400-h345/2023~07%20Jul%2023%20BBLC_3110a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">This October Jersey Mike's Sub Franchise System has joined Best Buddies to allow customer's to "round-up" their check to donate to Best Buddies. The Jersey Mike's TV commercial features Fran! Click on the link: </span><span style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><a href="https://youtu.be/A5m1snciVCw?si=8S4nOqcwXYeehPIS" target="_blank">Fran's Jersey Mike's Commercial</a></span></span><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJh9XgdLydxPNLuFnNJ9Tnt8-M_tIhZtpooU7gWM_XIfa5JiRYuwesRsnfEl5MsvndRtrO6JGqaL57hXAQfwY_Lr1jIAn4F138R3Bzgr3EcDkaLY8tKadbPEF_q6aYWPZVvJX7y1aBHACe60s3mzCTrKsN6ere941OkfIeeupAgfU0jlY7wWnl/s2970/2023~07%20Jul%2023%20BBLC_3056a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2970" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJh9XgdLydxPNLuFnNJ9Tnt8-M_tIhZtpooU7gWM_XIfa5JiRYuwesRsnfEl5MsvndRtrO6JGqaL57hXAQfwY_Lr1jIAn4F138R3Bzgr3EcDkaLY8tKadbPEF_q6aYWPZVvJX7y1aBHACe60s3mzCTrKsN6ere941OkfIeeupAgfU0jlY7wWnl/w400-h265/2023~07%20Jul%2023%20BBLC_3056a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Fran with Joey Shriver and Anthony Shriver</span><span class="white-space-pre" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre !important;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">As a photographer, I get to meet the most incredible and inspiring people. Nearly 30 years of documenting the activities and mission of one of the most magnificent organizations that makes a different in helping people achieve their full potential. Best Buddies please help them by volunteering and donating. </span><span style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><a href="http://www.BestBuddies.org">www.BestBuddies.org</a></span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Copyright 2023 <a href="mailto:larrylevin@verizon.net">Laurence L. 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Your photo is the impression you want people to have of you. We live in a visual society, so quality images are vital. Your portrait should exude confidence, approachability, and friendliness.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"> A 'good' photographer knows how to get that feeling out of you. Yet it is a two-way street, your photo session is a collaboration between you and the photographer. You need to feel relaxed during your session. Know your best side, how your smile looks, and your best pose. Let the photographer help you capture your authentic self. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">Finding that photographer is important. Just like choosing any professional, get personal referrals, view their portfolio, and talk to them. Do you like what you see in their work? When talking to them, do you get the confidence they will do a good job for you? What are their rates and your rights to the photos? Is it a good deal for you?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><b>The next question is how often should you update your LinkedIn photo and other social media portraits?</b> There are no set guidelines but a list of considerations you can follow when to decide to change your profile image: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">-A change in your life:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">Job promotion, job hunting, career change, newly married, birth of a baby</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">-A change in your appearance:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">Hair style, facial hair, new glasses, change in body (you been working out), weight loss or gain, or any cosmetic improvements. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">-Does your profile image still represent you? Or you think it just needs to be changed. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">You want a high-quality image that is technically correct; In focus, good exposure, well composed, that shows your best side. This photo might just be your only chance to make a good first impression. This is true for LinkedIn and your dating sites. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">A nice way to start the new year, post a new photo. Or at the start of each season, show a new look each spring, summer, fall and winter. You don’t want to be too obsessive, do what works for you. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><b>What about your business profile images, and your LinkedIn banner photo</b>?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Do you have new services or products to highlight?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Celebration of events, business events, or holidays?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Feature your company’s mission.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Promotion of a charity or cause your business supports.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Show you or your staff in action.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">The reason to add these photos is to show that a real human is behind your business. You are personal, caring, and trustworthy; A wonderful characteristic to attract and keep clients/customers. Additionally, these photos show that your business is improving, and growing, giving your customers the confidence in you.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">Quality & interesting photos engages your audience. The key for your photos, be appropriate to your intended market, be significant and pertinent. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;">Copyright 2023 </span><a href="mailto:larrylevin@verizon.net" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;">Laurence L. Levin</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr"><span style="color: #dca10d;">Peerspace</span></a></p><p> </p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0Washington, DC, USA38.9071923 -77.036870710.596958463821153 -112.1931207 67.217426136178844 -41.880620699999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-24375699322487681302023-08-19T14:45:00.001-04:002023-09-08T18:32:34.229-04:00Photographing Diplomats: The Potomac Exchange<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJmTmwxdcJWO4iVv9_p44RyVFRrjqVty4NGp7x1xLpqaABaTzOQHXEytNEqZq0L6zpBCJFokLH8KC9gIQKEzMifzDzc0u4rMg0E7UcfjmP9jjDZCXhyjwIEnrGrDjQME_brHyc7Z_kAn3MSYAiydviYN9QEPE2pqoE0FMQUN5tYKcltxD090H/s1980/2022~11%20Nov%2002%20PX_India_1029a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1980" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJmTmwxdcJWO4iVv9_p44RyVFRrjqVty4NGp7x1xLpqaABaTzOQHXEytNEqZq0L6zpBCJFokLH8KC9gIQKEzMifzDzc0u4rMg0E7UcfjmP9jjDZCXhyjwIEnrGrDjQME_brHyc7Z_kAn3MSYAiydviYN9QEPE2pqoE0FMQUN5tYKcltxD090H/s320/2022~11%20Nov%2002%20PX_India_1029a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu, India</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">The </span><a href="https://potomacexchange.org/" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--color-action); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); widows: 2;">Potomac Exchange</a><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> is a 50-year-old Washington, DC membership-based organization that brings business leaders and foreign ambassadors together. Its mission is to create a dialog of understanding, initiate business relationships, and network for an “off-the-record” luncheon. As the official photographer for The Potomac Exchange, my goal is to document interesting moments.</span></span><p></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiFuw6d5oS5-Fm65BTHo-wxM3uO1qJsVVQKDksCa547BSSPPMYfQ8eVsWYWLBE73qshW1K4VFpQhQ2R5ZQVUWzMpgb2dzuw87WIGxZqxK6Y6m_oJ90r5_4Ov39zT-jXemE92ePhNpaOLIdK6oYAMpKt2DAWKc0A5VWSVn8GJCRnT32LnPOQz0/s1980/2023~02%20Feb%2022%20PX_Denmark_0558a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1980" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiFuw6d5oS5-Fm65BTHo-wxM3uO1qJsVVQKDksCa547BSSPPMYfQ8eVsWYWLBE73qshW1K4VFpQhQ2R5ZQVUWzMpgb2dzuw87WIGxZqxK6Y6m_oJ90r5_4Ov39zT-jXemE92ePhNpaOLIdK6oYAMpKt2DAWKc0A5VWSVn8GJCRnT32LnPOQz0/s320/2023~02%20Feb%2022%20PX_Denmark_0558a.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.5px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Christina Markus Lassen is the Ambassador of Denmark luncheon at the Top of the Hay, Hay-Adams Hotel, Washington, DC</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">While photographing these luncheons, usually in a wonderful room with limited space, it is vital to understand several key elements: Be respectful of the decorum. It is a luncheon meeting, walk cautiously, give the servers the room they need to maneuver. Find angles that emphasize the speakers, avoiding distractions. Lighting is always an issue, bright sunlight coming through the window, or not enough light because the room is dimly lit, knowing how to make proper camera adjustments and doing good postproduction is required to give the client exceptional pictures. Have a smile on your face. Lastly, one of the first lessons learned from the great New York Times Photographer George Tames, as a DC photographer, what is heard in the room, stays in the room. Confidentiality is sacred. </span><p></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHS4WchHulbEMbuWIHwMvklDd_kQNbtiFu-o33be7AwKN6Iiz-krFLAyQfVF8I2_LGVl9emIrftjnQLYrgIKYS932hpQssP9r0SJ6wm_iuj5YzEoMglbdBXaTFcvklSYMfA4vWXYW7InaAyatRMzEkJJDecUU1IgSkfkHszbCCQyEoIqnj6M4Z/s2286/PX%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2286" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHS4WchHulbEMbuWIHwMvklDd_kQNbtiFu-o33be7AwKN6Iiz-krFLAyQfVF8I2_LGVl9emIrftjnQLYrgIKYS932hpQssP9r0SJ6wm_iuj5YzEoMglbdBXaTFcvklSYMfA4vWXYW7InaAyatRMzEkJJDecUU1IgSkfkHszbCCQyEoIqnj6M4Z/w400-h189/PX%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.5px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Ambassador Juan Gabriel Valdés of Chile. Ambassador Yerzhan Ashikbayev of Kazakhstan, Ambassador Francisco Duarte Lopes of Portugal<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Being a photographer is privilege. As a photographer, one is a witness to many interesting and significant events, and you get to share what you photograph with many people. The most important skill a photographer can bring to their clients is the expertise of making images that the story. </span></span><p></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Copyright 2023 <a href="mailto:larrylevin@verizon.net">Laurence L. 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No publishing or usage granted without permission.</p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/larrylevin/">@larrylevin</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">LinkedIN <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/larrylevin">Laurence L. 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</span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr"><span style="color: #dca10d;">Peerspace</span></a></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 25px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br /></span></span></p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0Washington, DC, USA38.9071923 -77.036870710.596958463821153 -112.1931207 67.217426136178844 -41.880620699999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-92209933023971284002023-07-24T18:11:00.002-04:002023-09-08T18:37:13.177-04:00Photographing Real Champions<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQczeEyI1L4dEBenLHbekYJjyd47Gu4WaaZih5nTkQ48O1ChNEtLpSFgXCjzQVARxOqzrbgTwi9DQjy4ZC5DJwDiBscR4JgHL9YCXLbt6GlaNNZM8Iu37ZC1-9MWA1o1D6jTy_AHgC06ZLERqauW1U7k9qXvBy1ziIKNQ1oCg_5gyt7W2ZjJ56/s2400/2023~07%20Jul%2020_24%20BBLC_5016a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQczeEyI1L4dEBenLHbekYJjyd47Gu4WaaZih5nTkQ48O1ChNEtLpSFgXCjzQVARxOqzrbgTwi9DQjy4ZC5DJwDiBscR4JgHL9YCXLbt6GlaNNZM8Iu37ZC1-9MWA1o1D6jTy_AHgC06ZLERqauW1U7k9qXvBy1ziIKNQ1oCg_5gyt7W2ZjJ56/s320/2023~07%20Jul%2020_24%20BBLC_5016a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-size: x-small;">Joshua Felder, Madison Tevlin, and James Day Keith.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">Bloomington, IN, July 22--This summer at the Best Buddies Leadership Conference was an opportunity to meet and photograph three of the stars from the hit movie, Champions. Joshua Felder, Madison Tevlin, and James Day Keith. They were part of the basketball team who played for their coach, played by Woody Harrelson. This feel-good movie was an instant hit. All the members of the basketball team had an IDD. That didn’t stop them from acting, hitting their lines, and showing their talents on the basketball court. </span></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaod8dB7_zvPMKlJk-9HGjLBGP_mYHmqUSFaCJ126egb4Z6TdzTB9ivaFP3nmO5_NQswm1g3WaF4lNGHVqImjomNsm1dWoxMilXGrHh22FqK3pM6m3A_rtgaeUA11Ej_9Z4UgCnuUmnYCUrBkYDLXgRB50wbKPJQw89Suy_jOpgwZHzqQWElL5/s2400/2023~07%20Jul%2022%20BBLC_2059-Enhanced-NRa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaod8dB7_zvPMKlJk-9HGjLBGP_mYHmqUSFaCJ126egb4Z6TdzTB9ivaFP3nmO5_NQswm1g3WaF4lNGHVqImjomNsm1dWoxMilXGrHh22FqK3pM6m3A_rtgaeUA11Ej_9Z4UgCnuUmnYCUrBkYDLXgRB50wbKPJQw89Suy_jOpgwZHzqQWElL5/w265-h400/2023~07%20Jul%2022%20BBLC_2059-Enhanced-NRa.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-size: x-small;">At the Best Buddies Leadership Conference, James Day Keith, Madison Tevlin and Joshua Felder, with Best Buddies Founder Anthony Shriver on the Assembly Hall Court, Home of the Indiana Hoosiers, Indiana University.</span><span class="white-space-pre" color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-size: 18px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre;">
</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">The fun part was working with Josh, Madison, and Jimmy at the conference. Each worked so well together and provided great laughs during all our photo sessions. Josh is a natural at everything he does and accomplishes. Madison has an infectious personality, always upbeat. Jimmy is an incredible athlete, with a quick wit who always kept me on my toes. I only see great things in all of their futures. </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0ccx581oh7DcLBZ5NkIkdCtTbA1XGogR_Tti82AOy06teT7JzKhTfx1CXn919vFQcg_0qqIsXrHkHZpFfEiLuhYRyByHGJ_fYuY6cBH_TwkFvAeAGZ6Pzw1lf9TwI8Ulst-LA8xLXl_1NxMY4WDS_WlV0jGaBOnrskFClqDHBJetxgNEPrrm/s576/2023~07%20Jul%2023%20BBLC_1407a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="576" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0ccx581oh7DcLBZ5NkIkdCtTbA1XGogR_Tti82AOy06teT7JzKhTfx1CXn919vFQcg_0qqIsXrHkHZpFfEiLuhYRyByHGJ_fYuY6cBH_TwkFvAeAGZ6Pzw1lf9TwI8Ulst-LA8xLXl_1NxMY4WDS_WlV0jGaBOnrskFClqDHBJetxgNEPrrm/w400-h265/2023~07%20Jul%2023%20BBLC_1407a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);">Joshua Felder, Madison Tevlin, and James Day Keith are Global Ambassadors for Best Buddies.</span><span class="white-space-pre" color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre;"> </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs428dpl4ZtPFdmUpjAvPzqwgnc1mNLiDCNqIOX2igBzNB9EIRxIuWhQ9ls2o-KKtKURLg22o3Sd8yz-Pq3iH8tTu6ZgkhPBclXNO8gXZvh-Tc1jI4_ArrsKPGr9XvNvVpQqpCtda9VK13hHjM8R2_K3tkP_vbdQVUreE7-mCOKDuMRFTBb7Xt/s3088/IMG_9002.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs428dpl4ZtPFdmUpjAvPzqwgnc1mNLiDCNqIOX2igBzNB9EIRxIuWhQ9ls2o-KKtKURLg22o3Sd8yz-Pq3iH8tTu6ZgkhPBclXNO8gXZvh-Tc1jI4_ArrsKPGr9XvNvVpQqpCtda9VK13hHjM8R2_K3tkP_vbdQVUreE7-mCOKDuMRFTBb7Xt/s320/IMG_9002.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);">Only if I could be as brilliant as my new friends.</span><span class="white-space-pre" color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); 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No publishing or usage granted without permission.</p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/larrylevin/">@larrylevin</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">LinkedIN <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/larrylevin">Laurence L. Levin </a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/larrylevindc">Larry Levin </a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr"><span style="color: #dca10d;">Peerspace</span></a></p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0Bloomington, IN, USA39.165325 -86.52638569999999210.855091163821157 -121.68263569999999 67.475558836178848 -51.370135699999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-42733269609812810302023-07-14T17:27:00.006-04:002023-09-01T17:45:55.463-04:00Practicing Photo Techniques: Exploring the Other Washington with a Camera<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHth7YX3sDSWhIipUgvDAiC0nM6h-CXgXaH-XBQ2YcL0WxWt4cAwhe8-X-Ix2WZ44POiEkPsOJYax1TPEDXhr9pYTxjAbiAPqth_C2piFAsED2ewSCoYzosIcg2dq7X2vFMrsfaUdSc2Xf7hnwMqLUjAiOxIeyCmebmzAO_RDjOfbxkzZoips/s1920/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0178a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHth7YX3sDSWhIipUgvDAiC0nM6h-CXgXaH-XBQ2YcL0WxWt4cAwhe8-X-Ix2WZ44POiEkPsOJYax1TPEDXhr9pYTxjAbiAPqth_C2piFAsED2ewSCoYzosIcg2dq7X2vFMrsfaUdSc2Xf7hnwMqLUjAiOxIeyCmebmzAO_RDjOfbxkzZoips/w400-h266/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0178a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-family: -apple-system-font; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bubbles on the Washington Coast, Seaside Beach, WA, enhanced with Lightroom. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-family: -apple-system-font; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All Photos (c)Laurence L. Levin</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font;">Washington State July 2023—Exploring the other Washington, experimenting with photography, and traveling with friends who know what to do in the great Northwest. Traveling provides new opportunities to witness, to document, to experience new things, and experiment and learn the features on a new camera.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrswX0u3n0KEUA_Wz-ZtowI1vCLEx3HDwjkMeFJ2oNjoHeg1izm7-Kn4GYNApKWYtVTltwy6uODjEIehLG58zfbtyp2M1axju06xW660zXqQUXYcDmWRClS51Gb92i8KdC-iNi3IRcA0_lXn0bGUBJXYXc6KvQnojBREeDW0Ez3CDxcmyvWeVA/s1920/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0019a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrswX0u3n0KEUA_Wz-ZtowI1vCLEx3HDwjkMeFJ2oNjoHeg1izm7-Kn4GYNApKWYtVTltwy6uODjEIehLG58zfbtyp2M1axju06xW660zXqQUXYcDmWRClS51Gb92i8KdC-iNi3IRcA0_lXn0bGUBJXYXc6KvQnojBREeDW0Ez3CDxcmyvWeVA/w400-h266/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0019a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-family: -apple-system-font; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Seattle Space Needle and the Sonic Bloom Sculptures. The five steel, glass, and solar powered sculptures are located in Seattle's Pacific Science Center.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font;">On this trip used the new Nikon Z8. Many great features, and buttons to learn to use. The basic tenants of photography remain the same, knowing composition, how to use the metering system for right exposure, and when to snap the shutter to capture moments. The camera technologies allow one to concentrate on these basics. The updated version of Lightroom </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font;">provides artificial intelligence to enhance specific areas of the photo.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font;"> </span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqWRDXmgrYe0jQP1bzY60oV8op7gxZjiJdxM3Z9p986NIBeRMh0WhuFM8jPKF-gb0KmnPLqmIfnWg8lfc2KWnS20FAwkEM9KchXQ0CL5kp5peCScRoX-z1b6umu4Jz71P-IVbztde3x0AZp3K66BXnWnOyUDApjf4DKE7FM009ida0gUZ2-pM/s1920/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0188a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqWRDXmgrYe0jQP1bzY60oV8op7gxZjiJdxM3Z9p986NIBeRMh0WhuFM8jPKF-gb0KmnPLqmIfnWg8lfc2KWnS20FAwkEM9KchXQ0CL5kp5peCScRoX-z1b6umu4Jz71P-IVbztde3x0AZp3K66BXnWnOyUDApjf4DKE7FM009ida0gUZ2-pM/w400-h266/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0188a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-family: -apple-system-font; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Downtown Seattle from the Bainbridge Ferry. Waited for the boat to dock. Enhanced with Lightroom.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p data-reader-unique-id="16" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; max-width: 100%;">So, if all this technology allows anyone to take photos, why would you hire a photographer to cover your event? When you engage an experienced professional, you get:</p><p></p><p data-reader-unique-id="17" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; max-width: 100%;">· Someone who has the high-end equipment that can get the job correctly done.</p><p data-reader-unique-id="18" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; max-width: 100%;">· Ability to cover a wide range of situations that gives you a choice of images.</p><p data-reader-unique-id="19" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; max-width: 100%;">· Consistently produce storytelling images of moments that matter throughout your event.</p><p data-reader-unique-id="20" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; max-width: 100%;">· Know how to work with people, treat everyone like a VIP, and be a good representative of you and your organization.</p><p data-reader-unique-id="21" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; max-width: 100%;">· Editing, adjusting, and enhancing your images properly. </p><p data-reader-unique-id="22" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; max-width: 100%;">· Maintain a high level of quality and professionalism under pressure.</p><p data-reader-unique-id="23" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; max-width: 100%;">Find a photographer who enjoys what they do and would be a good member of your team!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmif1Q6aKRNMAwfBa24PQYHY-gaGgYFHpaHVOgECMcQR19An02EblKgCQpYgD-Eae87M_nqRivUpFOg_N7IkhzB3G7OCBhS1yrcgz5ieeTE8DxM3EqDesXShpB8GGhx-wpjOwoQwGDA4sidWoALCUcgt1jzhdkIKPBp0s737xBwQUUv7WE33_/s1920/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0203a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmif1Q6aKRNMAwfBa24PQYHY-gaGgYFHpaHVOgECMcQR19An02EblKgCQpYgD-Eae87M_nqRivUpFOg_N7IkhzB3G7OCBhS1yrcgz5ieeTE8DxM3EqDesXShpB8GGhx-wpjOwoQwGDA4sidWoALCUcgt1jzhdkIKPBp0s737xBwQUUv7WE33_/w266-h400/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0203a.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-family: -apple-system-font; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Composition matters. The new Rainier Square office and apartment building. A recent Opal Award winner because of its innovative construction technique. Speedcore is a construction method that cuts construction time in half, saving millions of $$$.<br /><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFilNVORT9woEz28KodG1CmBEkmaIXnSrzML15szddW3oWtz67AwF2gLvKVn2rZQBL9NR2E1sKZC364r2EHu1DAHhABD7ftcGESueHNjr_sstEO-HB5C62pqH3grmdu5-4awQsSWxlRCipvzC_JaRjI4i8ik--lXHDX1BC6QiTNr7iwXcY2tXZ/s1920/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0043a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1341" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFilNVORT9woEz28KodG1CmBEkmaIXnSrzML15szddW3oWtz67AwF2gLvKVn2rZQBL9NR2E1sKZC364r2EHu1DAHhABD7ftcGESueHNjr_sstEO-HB5C62pqH3grmdu5-4awQsSWxlRCipvzC_JaRjI4i8ik--lXHDX1BC6QiTNr7iwXcY2tXZ/s320/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0043a.jpg" width="224" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-family: -apple-system-font; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photographing people is a collaborative process. For the subject, knowing how to pose is just as important as the photographer's ability to compose for the moment. My longtime friend Nancy at the beach.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIHN6snRVGfiKAb5e6q1ccsVtkDYoY5nfPA3R2aFi3bPQHOK4tk9XfxhEGbWjMzZaapSQGVkK6FOe5iLdt7wh9jTWsmsMCv9alWXwkbkCMisGT1mEjMNJOgZ3v0W8V9CL4SqK3b-HDtQmWaBep72u_tLuY4uSzPe9hJvlCIUog8VPau3Aqxbs/s1920/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0312a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIHN6snRVGfiKAb5e6q1ccsVtkDYoY5nfPA3R2aFi3bPQHOK4tk9XfxhEGbWjMzZaapSQGVkK6FOe5iLdt7wh9jTWsmsMCv9alWXwkbkCMisGT1mEjMNJOgZ3v0W8V9CL4SqK3b-HDtQmWaBep72u_tLuY4uSzPe9hJvlCIUog8VPau3Aqxbs/w400-h320/2023~07%20Jul%2003_10%20Seattle_0312a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); font-family: -apple-system-font;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's always about the moment. Capture those precious times. Friends Nancy, Mark and Bart.</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Copyright 2023 <a href="mailto:larrylevin@verizon.net">Laurence L. Levin</a></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <span style="color: #dca10d;"><a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr">Peerspace</a></span></p><div><br /></div><p data-reader-unique-id="23" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; max-width: 100%;"><br /></p><p><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font;"><br /></span></p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0Seattle, WA, USA47.6061389 -122.332848120.675297006973171 -157.4890981 74.536980793026828 -87.1765981tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-85476303012667994862023-07-12T16:33:00.013-04:002023-08-20T16:51:50.919-04:00The Marine's Sunset Parade<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsD4bgvZulupbHZPpDABIBXNoCQpaMNvsaHMDyBaJzCrZgDtTaMrkiYvSv3Hg2N4fdSYAJSc-UT6NDg3QicbjKLCX4HxdU53L42qluWLvLpm4Jt3Jsct5cKCknwWAFYixIwdgtQqlXmrDYh7uOOuGTmXFjT5FMsyag8qsZytiE0PRZ07CRUkn/s1980/2023~07%20Jul%2011%20Marines_0164a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1980" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsD4bgvZulupbHZPpDABIBXNoCQpaMNvsaHMDyBaJzCrZgDtTaMrkiYvSv3Hg2N4fdSYAJSc-UT6NDg3QicbjKLCX4HxdU53L42qluWLvLpm4Jt3Jsct5cKCknwWAFYixIwdgtQqlXmrDYh7uOOuGTmXFjT5FMsyag8qsZytiE0PRZ07CRUkn/w400-h223/2023~07%20Jul%2011%20Marines_0164a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">The Marine Sunset Parade at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial July 11, 2023.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;">July 11, 2023--Washington, DC--<span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">For over 67 years, the marching and music units from the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC perform a musical tribute and honor guard demonstration in DC. They have a summer schedule where they perform at the steps of the Iwo Jima, the statue memorializes the famous photo made by Joe Rosenthal. Other locations, throughout the summer include the Marine Barracks and the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.</span></span><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjSRUfjqGu5oCffsfTeM26v43kTUQ38znOj3e_MJStCKOGFn2bkodKNzrE3C0nnVVFn3W3DS6LKUycDMpr6EUzE_JoyES1y6gOqFrt_141x0jZZ-Imn53vWZC3svyDWfuEZf_1553dTCQLnQZ70rvkmmwlQTWAP2osIuXebZoDVgB92squF-B/s1980/2023~07%20Jul%2011%20Marines_0131a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1980" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjSRUfjqGu5oCffsfTeM26v43kTUQ38znOj3e_MJStCKOGFn2bkodKNzrE3C0nnVVFn3W3DS6LKUycDMpr6EUzE_JoyES1y6gOqFrt_141x0jZZ-Imn53vWZC3svyDWfuEZf_1553dTCQLnQZ70rvkmmwlQTWAP2osIuXebZoDVgB92squF-B/s320/2023~07%20Jul%2011%20Marines_0131a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"The President's Own" United States Marine Band, "The Commandant's Own" United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZV4mLj-98XWn_GfC9m4RcHmgWswxERFTQHIJL6FBJmCvB6gghHBSwITPzwlXV9-128aNKilgCTlemGhxMnX7W0HXUx8PodQ0p_tq085xdkf1MdOcy_uuVbRiBGRnxFgRIFmOswvetkVCI4M1Jrjqpeje40Ys0I6jrM3B-Neosi6tUNZAiWLs/s1980/2023~07%20Jul%2011%20Marines_0007a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1980" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZV4mLj-98XWn_GfC9m4RcHmgWswxERFTQHIJL6FBJmCvB6gghHBSwITPzwlXV9-128aNKilgCTlemGhxMnX7W0HXUx8PodQ0p_tq085xdkf1MdOcy_uuVbRiBGRnxFgRIFmOswvetkVCI4M1Jrjqpeje40Ys0I6jrM3B-Neosi6tUNZAiWLs/s320/2023~07%20Jul%2011%20Marines_0007a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="reader-text-block__paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: var(--font-size-large); font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; orphans: 2; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Performing include "The President's Own" United States Marine Band, "The Commandant's Own" United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, esteemed United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon. </span></p><p class="reader-text-block__paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: var(--font-size-large); font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; orphans: 2; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The performance pays tribute to those whose "Uncommon valor was a common virtue." </span></p><p class="reader-text-block__paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: var(--font-size-large); font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; orphans: 2; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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Levin </a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/larrylevindc">Larry Levin </a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr"><span style="color: #dca10d;">Peerspace</span></a></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0Lincoln Memorial, 2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, USA38.8892686 -77.05017610.579034763821156 -112.206426 67.199502436178847 -41.893925999999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-83770017906966033422023-04-10T11:09:00.035-04:002023-08-15T11:59:56.502-04:00Japan's Love of Dogs <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9foNgPX6HP1bbrhMQUErh_agUUG96Pvo2JtOPsZmoEz6lKRH4kgeodPnjlVnRCxTviCWQyQ66jhkPcQQG7sM3CH--wD9LVj18Dmz1B8YRziJZd7aww86fjS2eKwrJOiOFHjAl3KdVxe99C2EZe3OmN1iMa_0PAs7hLnFmmf7EyUjsWHvQB8p3/s2500/2023~04%20April%2000_0069a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9foNgPX6HP1bbrhMQUErh_agUUG96Pvo2JtOPsZmoEz6lKRH4kgeodPnjlVnRCxTviCWQyQ66jhkPcQQG7sM3CH--wD9LVj18Dmz1B8YRziJZd7aww86fjS2eKwrJOiOFHjAl3KdVxe99C2EZe3OmN1iMa_0PAs7hLnFmmf7EyUjsWHvQB8p3/s320/2023~04%20April%2000_0069a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Shibu Ina Japan's most popular dog breed.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table>Spring 2023--Toyko & Kyoto--Japanese treasure their dogs for their emotional support, loyalty and unconditional love. Because of the changing demographics in Japan, declining birthrates and aging population, to alleviate loneliness, dogs provide constant companionship. Additionally, the "Kawaii" (Cute) Culture, holds in high regard many things in life that are adorable and charming. Helping to meet this cultural aesthetic, dog ownership fills this void, too. The popular dog breeds in Japan, that are revered and known for their cuteness, are Shiba Inus, Toy Poodles, and Miniature Dachshunds. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQdQg1zoH45LDbd2klZfckW_WKZdCc7bdMHEWi6_jGHZFfC5kwTIjahdrYIwSiOWb0aHi5c-PMYqrOYoSt9MUUoRKGTFiV20fYdZR6VdF6FCxtglCVKtROE0CEOfSMCcKfgSgQil9k49hIOQoNUefKpLxxhaonGu0Pi5zNMp9e5fhzSr5Z_GR/s2500/2023~04%20April%2000_2035a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2222" data-original-width="2500" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQdQg1zoH45LDbd2klZfckW_WKZdCc7bdMHEWi6_jGHZFfC5kwTIjahdrYIwSiOWb0aHi5c-PMYqrOYoSt9MUUoRKGTFiV20fYdZR6VdF6FCxtglCVKtROE0CEOfSMCcKfgSgQil9k49hIOQoNUefKpLxxhaonGu0Pi5zNMp9e5fhzSr5Z_GR/s320/2023~04%20April%2000_2035a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Smile please, in Tokyo</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIOeCyqWD_g0t8bwGx21QYcfPtth8BFqXb5Y3JTGIbussGk9XqXu999RzOSPnhhSx2SBijoN1i4vtjd2FNu_2pEFl-HvtocmHtEJT9eZr1NzvEKf3lnjA5OCTK5m3Xu78STwNRwrj3CvxaxYZ4unAl8Xk1LMjf_37VxSOhlzyTJd59iOlt40s/s2500/2023~04%20April%2000_1175a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIOeCyqWD_g0t8bwGx21QYcfPtth8BFqXb5Y3JTGIbussGk9XqXu999RzOSPnhhSx2SBijoN1i4vtjd2FNu_2pEFl-HvtocmHtEJT9eZr1NzvEKf3lnjA5OCTK5m3Xu78STwNRwrj3CvxaxYZ4unAl8Xk1LMjf_37VxSOhlzyTJd59iOlt40s/s320/2023~04%20April%2000_1175a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In the streets of Kyoto</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_PW6lsIrx98y26c2efanpC-2zhBFZSU_YqenwpqjqcTLFMUqwkd7G3GJWK5KzgwRbr3nr-7450yFry9Rf3wUdDm6BgyQNxNDO0zp4ocorRiH1umuh6Kc3TbrSNNoc76DGySz_euVqLXxVBBaQ4LGYKwgul7KTxiX0W5fWNmSZdhMXmZnouIa/s2500/2023~04%20April%2000_1135a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_PW6lsIrx98y26c2efanpC-2zhBFZSU_YqenwpqjqcTLFMUqwkd7G3GJWK5KzgwRbr3nr-7450yFry9Rf3wUdDm6BgyQNxNDO0zp4ocorRiH1umuh6Kc3TbrSNNoc76DGySz_euVqLXxVBBaQ4LGYKwgul7KTxiX0W5fWNmSZdhMXmZnouIa/s320/2023~04%20April%2000_1135a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">The revered Shiba Inu</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVk2UoSDgp4xysHBYU63mY2BKZI0yTeSHEOYfq8gi3NhBsiUyE94uQ24F40LFR4Lbay0bxJ2lTRbUHL9_FubyhuegTVliWT5YYxMfWucSGYky_GOoktiLu60vwYlDVbcQcBZNEuIyU9isg0u0Y_Uyns3ztMJEjF-pafhqpm1OJ7dCOmSwH3Ohr/s2500/2023~04%20April%2000_1247a.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVk2UoSDgp4xysHBYU63mY2BKZI0yTeSHEOYfq8gi3NhBsiUyE94uQ24F40LFR4Lbay0bxJ2lTRbUHL9_FubyhuegTVliWT5YYxMfWucSGYky_GOoktiLu60vwYlDVbcQcBZNEuIyU9isg0u0Y_Uyns3ztMJEjF-pafhqpm1OJ7dCOmSwH3Ohr/s320/2023~04%20April%2000_1247a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Work-Life Balance, spending time outdoors, especially for exercise.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKA1BD31Rg2NfqAxESfL2Wb1vFFFqbazt8mg8L3JBGhxl7jrKP4nWXhOiYTLG_Di-6KK3X5besicktwx-vvzgs16jV5w2PsyELvXfvvXIpJ79MmCsovtkyIz5cvLYcOBWkZ57XRhxf5O6AC1SioVmEDgZ4NsklEBklUMNbwSxZQ_fiZzfeCirh/s2500/2023~04%20April%2000_1147a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKA1BD31Rg2NfqAxESfL2Wb1vFFFqbazt8mg8L3JBGhxl7jrKP4nWXhOiYTLG_Di-6KK3X5besicktwx-vvzgs16jV5w2PsyELvXfvvXIpJ79MmCsovtkyIz5cvLYcOBWkZ57XRhxf5O6AC1SioVmEDgZ4NsklEBklUMNbwSxZQ_fiZzfeCirh/s320/2023~04%20April%2000_1147a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dog ownership provides an opportunity for socialization, <br />getting out and meeting friends and family.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="color: #dca10d; 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You take what you think is interesting. When you get home and edit, you try to decide what is worthwhile to show. And most importantly what group of images can tell a story. My fascination and affection for Japan (except sushi) come from my parents. They collected Japanese artwork. So on my travels, I try to find images that help show the people and culture.</span><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--font-size-large);"> </span></p><p class="reader-text-block__paragraph" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--font-size-large); line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);">It is vital not to make broad generalizations and make stereotypes, with that said Japan offers a rich cultural heritage as well as newer pop culture influences. Through history, as an island, its isolation from other cultures allowed the Japanese to foster their own language, religion and customs.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajJaZtgMmrL_XxH8wVe2kO49SHzwkV1lyhbbg1ANT8AwEp680-d44g8x0bmdFPOr2Se9nDv7j9tdrwvYBD8FUFXZiFhN8D-jEZVJdBN3jF-7vmUi62ulR9fYFK6dhM-71956EVdbJfYoZcIFOiRIXrZJWc5LEDzMMgIVDmKTknxd6wcxh0Oq6/s576/2023~04%20April%2000_2153-Enhanced-NRa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="576" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajJaZtgMmrL_XxH8wVe2kO49SHzwkV1lyhbbg1ANT8AwEp680-d44g8x0bmdFPOr2Se9nDv7j9tdrwvYBD8FUFXZiFhN8D-jEZVJdBN3jF-7vmUi62ulR9fYFK6dhM-71956EVdbJfYoZcIFOiRIXrZJWc5LEDzMMgIVDmKTknxd6wcxh0Oq6/w400-h265/2023~04%20April%2000_2153-Enhanced-NRa.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tea house in Rikugien Gardens, Tokyo<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--font-size-large); text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: var(--font-size-large);">The unique Traditions include tea ceremonies, calligraphy, respect for elders, a strong custom of etiquette, and a love of nature. With other influences coming to Japan changes and challenges are affecting the customs.</span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="reader-text-block__paragraph" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--font-size-large); line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); text-align: left; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);">These small glimpses of life help preserve wonderful memories that is the rich diversity and personality of the people of Japan. </p><p class="reader-text-block__paragraph" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--font-size-large); line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); text-align: left; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);">All images shot with Nikon Z6 and Sony a7C, pack light, be inconspicuous as much as you can.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRYKOzYVOVPrEhmXBWbv7pqBqFTu7RZmYB7bDa0qE3w95RsLhRUXh2aus9iqVQSKBsW2DHWFgyhQ_kL9RSYyvRjA-o_3axayJqSOqocuGfMgt4F8RHEPFZzgEt0NQ4K0A5btPwNqthUptc9ASWZydds4__5rGPBMBTNRlqj4akSLMfEAseYU_/s576/2023~04%20April%2000_0196a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRYKOzYVOVPrEhmXBWbv7pqBqFTu7RZmYB7bDa0qE3w95RsLhRUXh2aus9iqVQSKBsW2DHWFgyhQ_kL9RSYyvRjA-o_3axayJqSOqocuGfMgt4F8RHEPFZzgEt0NQ4K0A5btPwNqthUptc9ASWZydds4__5rGPBMBTNRlqj4akSLMfEAseYU_/w265-h400/2023~04%20April%2000_0196a.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modern dress with a splash of Burberry, Tokyo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtT3UTM86_maW9TnfCwEXPrGprz94O1QxVsfSTfGe8NLqq5_eAqaIawGrPBzEPA1VanhIeH1nwIoHeP_U2SSDYmHIOn9TRVvhkMreRWwzAjDO3ZR8WMU43J0_Khcyd4i8V3gKH3p5kEYL3d9oMvKA_kvLyckdj3y9gjRWBb6IIjTrLGEWVP6g9/s576/2023~04%20April%2000_0529a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="563" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtT3UTM86_maW9TnfCwEXPrGprz94O1QxVsfSTfGe8NLqq5_eAqaIawGrPBzEPA1VanhIeH1nwIoHeP_U2SSDYmHIOn9TRVvhkMreRWwzAjDO3ZR8WMU43J0_Khcyd4i8V3gKH3p5kEYL3d9oMvKA_kvLyckdj3y9gjRWBb6IIjTrLGEWVP6g9/w390-h400/2023~04%20April%2000_0529a.jpg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tradition meets pop culture, Kyoto</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMhj81ZeEYsK75nRey7yC4zV-7Zwc-sVP4dPbsPdIEH042fHm7wakOEzIOATwGYFOSbDbmyBr8jKhNH9CCtO95Fr7nWU1zynK0s4Ckm70sZSkUz8tAiOtUTIW_VnYRp7Xl6uuGNL9KpMKc4cGtNxcblHRJMTISQIfuzTemtRI9y95W8PIgctt/s576/2023~04%20April%2000_0610a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMhj81ZeEYsK75nRey7yC4zV-7Zwc-sVP4dPbsPdIEH042fHm7wakOEzIOATwGYFOSbDbmyBr8jKhNH9CCtO95Fr7nWU1zynK0s4Ckm70sZSkUz8tAiOtUTIW_VnYRp7Xl6uuGNL9KpMKc4cGtNxcblHRJMTISQIfuzTemtRI9y95W8PIgctt/w265-h400/2023~04%20April%2000_0610a.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Traditional Kimono, elder's pose, Kyoto<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2Ex3QgyqL5iEyjy3d-BKFf7dNyi_MPUNQ3YwJTcSrNbNnWC7CJjNpEsFiiSZakKi5DUNo307bEk9vWy80RbXq50bZphNSuAVpucUGrWfOJPYTNZIqJGHpdnu_2gcIDGhotBLcjk2o5H-s8mdmYwu2jnlvvLM15PwGgCOM742x9b7ftw7vuzt/s576/2023~04%20April%2000_1186a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="576" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2Ex3QgyqL5iEyjy3d-BKFf7dNyi_MPUNQ3YwJTcSrNbNnWC7CJjNpEsFiiSZakKi5DUNo307bEk9vWy80RbXq50bZphNSuAVpucUGrWfOJPYTNZIqJGHpdnu_2gcIDGhotBLcjk2o5H-s8mdmYwu2jnlvvLM15PwGgCOM742x9b7ftw7vuzt/w400-h265/2023~04%20April%2000_1186a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Traditional Kimono in the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Kyoto</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhH5vtnH5dctWqzTAFTJB6_o70pwMhoG7A1sLA1GuKtH-k1hzhsW7tJ49BSbAr0RwTp7DsIjfOKxqzXTbBnXf0sSH3GfKKBi0NleRmkxabic0OgjzuXlT9dgMRJbfY_pa-3usGixyn222uq66YIw-iRt-Vt5lguQVfO6tkr63q6cWZOtzN5Qgy/s576/2023~04%20April%2000_1989a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="576" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhH5vtnH5dctWqzTAFTJB6_o70pwMhoG7A1sLA1GuKtH-k1hzhsW7tJ49BSbAr0RwTp7DsIjfOKxqzXTbBnXf0sSH3GfKKBi0NleRmkxabic0OgjzuXlT9dgMRJbfY_pa-3usGixyn222uq66YIw-iRt-Vt5lguQVfO6tkr63q6cWZOtzN5Qgy/w400-h265/2023~04%20April%2000_1989a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Kids posing in front of the Kuan Ti Miao in Yokohama Chinatown, Tokyo</span><span class="white-space-pre" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre !important;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6vAlxGWwQvyWK8SxEi3DlivL9Y6_cyxpfS8l7dBJwbuOorNtIVI0AiMNX56lh5-D8xTZbBsC-ePrPd8vrMKKoDISLakTdNpMB4EXVNEqFEzSTFUtQDjeOAbVBRqzyBLo5AxcKHH1R4hT9DoEaISbdLOvbl2yU9xpO0UVMaREhNBHoO7vpcwO/s576/2023~04%20April%2000_0093a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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Cherry trees are deeply rooted in Japanese culture and philosophy. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0Zver-xXTv2yh7GdTFKpSFCWslxQ1oZJ7EvbcMI-kfecg36oUnDMMnaNG43c6LJkcfg_exX5nqAjmeLvSJ_d8E5ZNKBbgYsYalTQEadfQba7N5JKu-N20sT9ix-6Ah5Q9wf9yVYYnQD6I9y3irDa8GhExLkQypKcWk18gx0wsBbxpV9w2FD8/s2500/2023~04%20April%2000_0077a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0Zver-xXTv2yh7GdTFKpSFCWslxQ1oZJ7EvbcMI-kfecg36oUnDMMnaNG43c6LJkcfg_exX5nqAjmeLvSJ_d8E5ZNKBbgYsYalTQEadfQba7N5JKu-N20sT9ix-6Ah5Q9wf9yVYYnQD6I9y3irDa8GhExLkQypKcWk18gx0wsBbxpV9w2FD8/s320/2023~04%20April%2000_0077a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0lmchBnJIq4SN71fd8SkFkk6bB023hefnYZp6vzN2QshWILS8ohqzvtaXBGi5_W-44YjJ2CJQv97I9gX2n9XATJsiXkjkcZdKQKzcE4eNn0EKBABdIO9XLBi8QYJy97lJQLIQgKmdymjQRVeIuSTvXIMDRbCbaenq3Fz8G6mdlDzvYulGJ1s/s2500/2023~04%20April%2000_0078a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0lmchBnJIq4SN71fd8SkFkk6bB023hefnYZp6vzN2QshWILS8ohqzvtaXBGi5_W-44YjJ2CJQv97I9gX2n9XATJsiXkjkcZdKQKzcE4eNn0EKBABdIO9XLBi8QYJy97lJQLIQgKmdymjQRVeIuSTvXIMDRbCbaenq3Fz8G6mdlDzvYulGJ1s/s320/2023~04%20April%2000_0078a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The blooming cycle reminds us to appreciate the beauty and the understanding that all things are transient. In Japan this is known as "Mono no Aware"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX2b0DdPMRW_xOt6Ou2_XYSH_1dIpzoFWz9271tEjP6pqQuxYGXLBoWbwBLddNXEK_MiTow8JJ-fYHq4HGTAuiQT8EJykZdJ4FJ1PCD-ytW_aqDoe5R9GN8v3KPOb4dw2FppPsHHqNXL6SwgUsl_sckowdeKpvxGLj88y9rF7n8_-TTgmsUVE/s2500/2023~04%20April%2000_0093a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX2b0DdPMRW_xOt6Ou2_XYSH_1dIpzoFWz9271tEjP6pqQuxYGXLBoWbwBLddNXEK_MiTow8JJ-fYHq4HGTAuiQT8EJykZdJ4FJ1PCD-ytW_aqDoe5R9GN8v3KPOb4dw2FppPsHHqNXL6SwgUsl_sckowdeKpvxGLj88y9rF7n8_-TTgmsUVE/s320/2023~04%20April%2000_0093a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYQnMCaP4lwMWZpLR586GXWkC8SUICmPv-ASRexQHYBr6eA4XgnmypzVUKhA8a3cWUUnNaxDSVthN0XBjpBimY_OxhWKSPMjlYLqzJGbFRSF2OZhRBxXn_5loFYdh5xHSXmjL6ZT79fo7ogmJGNSC1y_gWhH7DycF9PQMmZT3rGQEpP4WRp_c/s2500/2023~04%20April%2000_0713-Enhanced-NRa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1667" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiu_EHj_e__GE4Mo-spmt37xIVA47b4kQIeV6-dU9ej5jPuBbxLxeBWhQgOvpT-_vAWkxcVSZfx0VJpg-_RuEiPIG8n2EyDTrDumzL-AR_n87ABg5aglO7-lShB5S5YWPs6zRAdyOHjUqTccI0CUBOtT_8l3J51n-k9yWBHqSeouuFCX-12Jl/s320/2023~04%20April%2000_2120-Enhanced-NRa.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rikugien Gardens, Tokyo <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The admiration of cherry blossoms during hanami, (flower viewing) reminds us the importance of living in harmony with nature, to appreciate its rhythm and cycles.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQt2oI-ov42ZqMb84psADAnvF8oUW2sdlYQeFi5fh1o_3UTJhvERRmaLOF_uer6olM80-0sobSZcC0jgZaBsjgy4Gbcj-8qZ7tHbTJF5kgMdKAHpq6MDPj-X_WJsFFNiyKG-wXdUfMBFN4u59F8D3wZFN3N_3oNBscH9DTQG0GNMUuzjDJCrG/s2500/2023~04%20April%2000_0429a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr"><span style="color: #dca10d;">Peerspace</span></a></p></div><div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com2Japan36.204824 138.2529247.8945901638211566 103.09667400000001 64.51505783617884 173.409174tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-52519004879742160012023-03-23T13:48:00.003-04:002023-03-24T00:19:10.708-04:00Special Olympics Maryland Basketball: The Best Program Around<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZuIyEGbrbM5xJqNy-bnu_7rEMlGbBgUI75c8GrlQIv_3wrx0GecIuyM7p_ZF_IrkQ0wNTW9Gic7H9U6QsPnJ4BuVCya_HTW-MT5xT9q7lm8LRl6u-EmnoFAxYyKZSaayKUiz3fEINkpNl7jJBqtfVjy9jT3mscCNngDHCNQQ2d73MlwskA/s2823/2022~03%20Mar%2026%20MSO_0422a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2823" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZuIyEGbrbM5xJqNy-bnu_7rEMlGbBgUI75c8GrlQIv_3wrx0GecIuyM7p_ZF_IrkQ0wNTW9Gic7H9U6QsPnJ4BuVCya_HTW-MT5xT9q7lm8LRl6u-EmnoFAxYyKZSaayKUiz3fEINkpNl7jJBqtfVjy9jT3mscCNngDHCNQQ2d73MlwskA/w400-h217/2022~03%20Mar%2026%20MSO_0422a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group photo after the 2022 State Basketball Tournament,<br />held on the University of Maryland campus. photo/Laurence Levin</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">S</span></b>pecial Olympics Maryland provides athletes with intellectual disabilities to participate in a myriad of athletic competition year-round. One of the programs, basketball, has the largest number of athletes that participate throughout the state on almost every weekend in February and March culminating with the State Championship Games at the end of the season. To operate a successful program requires dedicated people to ascribe to what Eunice Shriver envisioned in 1968. From the CEO of SOMD to all the volunteers the common goal is to that make each event ‘special’ to all the athletes. In the hierarchal structure of SOMD, Melissa Anger has the responsibility to organize each qualifier event as well as assembling all the people to make the State games operate smoothly. </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYNB9WZwKHHF4mZHk6olT6VBEAzq8EhzH-rrgWADY8LuXMBBlVjkby4lXrDg73V38tYixDHE2UWyrE0Mhe5Ke1B-Gx5lG3WwVZpqhyhvQ_6zCqyfr9rNFD7ThbQKrD4lDG_SbUo93K2pGzlo7oHHVtH41eyntw4MbPNsD27_a8ID5tCNCGQ/s3024/2022~03%20Mar%2026%20MSO_0375a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="3024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYNB9WZwKHHF4mZHk6olT6VBEAzq8EhzH-rrgWADY8LuXMBBlVjkby4lXrDg73V38tYixDHE2UWyrE0Mhe5Ke1B-Gx5lG3WwVZpqhyhvQ_6zCqyfr9rNFD7ThbQKrD4lDG_SbUo93K2pGzlo7oHHVtH41eyntw4MbPNsD27_a8ID5tCNCGQ/s320/2022~03%20Mar%2026%20MSO_0375a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Game action from the 2022 Tournament<br />photo/Laurence Levin</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">Melissa started with SOMD in 2010 as a volunteer while she was attending Central Methodist University in Missouri. A few years later, she was hired as a staff member of SOMD and two years later in 2015 took over the basketball program from her predecessor, Mike Czarnowsky. At that time there were approximately 80 basketball teams comprising of Unified and Traditional 5v5 teams and 3v3 teams. In 2020, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, there were 104 teams with over 1000 athletes. An innovative step during just prior to her tenure put was expanded to its current level of participation was the introduction of Player Development Unified at the 5v5 and 3v3 levels. This includes on court mentors (2 for the 5v5 teams and 1 for the 3v3 teams) who are restricted in participating in the game except to coach the players on the court. This has proven as a transitional step to help “teach” the game to the athletes and to move athletes from one level to the next level. Maryland is as one of the few states in the Special Olympics basketball to offer additional opportunities for as many athletes who otherwise may not have participated in any sport. Another accomplishment of SOMD basketball is that they have sent a number of teams to the USA National Games, many returning with medals earned at these competitions. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">So, what does a typical season look like for the basketball program. Melissa, as the head of the Sports Management Team, holds a Pre-Season Webinar in the beginning of December with coaches and Area Program directors to have everyone on the same page. Many teams start their practices and Program directors representing each county in Maryland begin their team assessments in December (approx.) and practices continue in January. During the season, the Area Programs will host qualifiers with teams required to attend a minimum of 3 qualifiers throughout the season to be eligible for the State Tournament at the end of March. Typically in each qualifier, teams will play 2-3 games which helps in assessing each team to be placed in the appropriate division in the State Tournament. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">The State Games are held over two days. The 5v5 Traditional and Unified teams play on Saturday and the Individual Skills, 3v3 teams and 5v5 PDU teams on Sunday. Teams are divisioned based on season results from all the Qualifiers they competed in. These parameters are used to ensure “equal/compatible competition”. All teams must attend the Required Qualifier and two local qualifiers to be eligible to participate in the State Tournament. Each Program Area operates their on-court practices to their own schedules which includes practice time, intrasquad play, or league play. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCa_FqlxuwhKASPDw6uZTpmXL5xCC49bJXmWFMw5n5NLdJHYiK2XoOBlztNbeP0UvI6L_FPNbllw7XJjO9Ksg2VsqSkYt5I5pod6Bd1dmZKCv47lXnc2YK-Z9xw0xkRlCE6fPikGc-V00ktx_NhikuP2el7gcPiwelcWnO1oEGZrjwcbZ2xg/s1747/somd3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1747" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCa_FqlxuwhKASPDw6uZTpmXL5xCC49bJXmWFMw5n5NLdJHYiK2XoOBlztNbeP0UvI6L_FPNbllw7XJjO9Ksg2VsqSkYt5I5pod6Bd1dmZKCv47lXnc2YK-Z9xw0xkRlCE6fPikGc-V00ktx_NhikuP2el7gcPiwelcWnO1oEGZrjwcbZ2xg/s320/somd3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos/Kathy Awkard</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">There are a number of people who make things happen for SOMD basketball. Teams need coaches, all who are volunteers. All coaches are required to meet certain qualifications to coach. They must submit the proper paperwork and take specific courses- one being a Basketball Specific Coaches Training. Athletes and Partners must complete a minimum of 8 weeks of basketball training/practices. At every event, scorekeepers and timers are essential for a seamless event. All of our scorekeepers/timers are volunteers that are recruited by the local programs for qualifiers. For the State Tournament, our Director of Volunteers, Sam Boyd, does an amazing job recruiting the volunteers. As for the venues, SOMD uses various sites around the state of Maryland throughout the season. These range from elementary schools to college courts. We had one Qualifier at St. Mary’s College and the State Games at the Xfinity Center on the campus of the University of Maryland. And yes, games were held on the main court where UMD’s men and women teams play. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">At each event, teams have specific instructions to follow. All teams must be in proper basketball attire and dressed in the team’s uniform.. All uniforms for a team must meet the Student guidelines or they cannot participate. No one can participate if they are in jeans, khakis, boots, or anything that is deemed inappropriate or does not meet NFHS (National Federation of High School) standards. In addition, lunches are provided to all teams at our State Tournament. In the past, these have been donated by Sheetz.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">In Melissa’s words, “I can’t say enough about our amazing referees! Without them, we wouldn’t have the high-quality events that we do. They are all truly amazing people that deeply care about our athletes and ensuring they have a great experience! Our Head Official, Keith Lampel, recruits all of the referees for all the 20+ qualifiers and the State Tournament that we have each year. Each qualifier ranges in number of teams, courts and level of play. The State Tournament is an all-weekend event with 5v5 play on Day 1 and 3v3 and 5v5PDU play on Day 2. All of our referees are volunteers, and we couldn’t be luckier to have them as part of the Special Olympics Maryland family!”</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU00gGmqwB8-5331f_7x6BPiTGFsvIivI0God74O7A1dPC7LTrqgjTOgExuC26_jOho6p2W21rWggISYjtlK17jy5kJ5A8wzKMPxE8N_TVLB05r8QTBUKGYqxTXqa8pnm5DhcSjngrKFUrBu5Y0WxhJFGI_nJbTSGo4d_IH5HoPxkZl4k4jQ/s1907/2017~01%20Jan%2021%20SOMD_0475a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1409" data-original-width="1907" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU00gGmqwB8-5331f_7x6BPiTGFsvIivI0God74O7A1dPC7LTrqgjTOgExuC26_jOho6p2W21rWggISYjtlK17jy5kJ5A8wzKMPxE8N_TVLB05r8QTBUKGYqxTXqa8pnm5DhcSjngrKFUrBu5Y0WxhJFGI_nJbTSGo4d_IH5HoPxkZl4k4jQ/s320/2017~01%20Jan%2021%20SOMD_0475a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the 2017 games l-r Joe Mitchell, Pete Pannell, <br />Bill Dixon, Keith Lampel, Larry Levin, Andy Robillard, <br />(Andy is a Special Olympics Athlete and Referee)</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">The complexity of organizing events for SOMD is an everyday challenge, but there are other goals of SOMD, and specifically the basketball program, to increase the number of athletes state-wide. Melissa acknowledges that growing a sport isn’t an easy task. In order to do so she works closely with the local Area Programs to recruit more athletes to their program and she provides whatever resources to each Area as needed. In essence, the more teams SOMD has, the better competition we have for all involved!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">We asked Melissa additional questions to gain a better insight on what she does for SOMD basketball program and all the athletes that compete at all levels. </p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->How do you involve the community, schools, parents, friends?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Anyone can be a unified partner, volunteer or coach. Almost every County in Maryland has at least 1 basketball team, so the possibilities are endless! When we host local qualifiers, we typically try and get students/teams from those schools as volunteers if possible to get them involved. I have also worked with different colleges to host coach trainings where the basketball coach is the trainer and the players are participating and demonstrating different drills and answers our coaches questions. We are always looking to grow our SOMD Basketball partners!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->How do you develop participation?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Participation is always a concern. We want to ensure all teams have equal/compatible competition. I work very closely with the Area Programs and Coaches to help determine levels of play, teams when needed and anything else they may need. I tend to have a hands-on approach to the sports I oversee and make sure all my coaches know that I am here to help in any way that I can.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Sponsors, how do you secure and involve sponsors?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->I work with our Development team to get sponsors. They do an amazing job getting donations from sponsors for all of our events!<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5Ev1LVPXRJHhkhqYxfq6cWnYR11u6ik5mnsWmca1yAYEEF9-Ogi9YQbPHxY8F90qUdtzerYJ6wLiEyJer3uNP6agMZ2J0JQGkmCp0mKrtJ8l4VMtxWge9pUlgFK8J8_QImcGxVMxUNMDO5FYnM_mQ9Qkmeo0Ntq2BEmZMvirrxXnTrKLhA/s2016/2022~03%20Mar%2026%20MSO_0318a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5Ev1LVPXRJHhkhqYxfq6cWnYR11u6ik5mnsWmca1yAYEEF9-Ogi9YQbPHxY8F90qUdtzerYJ6wLiEyJer3uNP6agMZ2J0JQGkmCp0mKrtJ8l4VMtxWge9pUlgFK8J8_QImcGxVMxUNMDO5FYnM_mQ9Qkmeo0Ntq2BEmZMvirrxXnTrKLhA/w389-h400/2022~03%20Mar%2026%20MSO_0318a.jpg" width="389" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Game action 2022 State Basketball Tournament at University of Maryland.<br />photo/Laurence Levin<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->What costs are involved and how are the costs covered?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->The biggest cost involved with our sports are facility costs. There are some facilities that donate the gym time to us at no cost, but there are others that charge us a discounted rate- it is a business! For the State Tournament, all costs are worked out in the budget the year prior. SOMD hosts several fundraisers year-round to cover all the costs so that the athletes and partners don’t have to pay a thing. The Polar Bear Plunge is our biggest fundraiser each year. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Any special activities?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->I love working with colleges to put on Basketball Clinics for our athletes. I think it is a great time for both our athletes and the college coaches and players! Currently, I have relationships with Washington College Women’s Basketball, Navy Women’s Basketball and the University of Maryland Men’s Basketball teams to host Basketball clinics for our athletes. These clinics allow the college teams to work on different skills with the SOMD athletes and then they have the opportunity to play in some mini games. These games give our athletes a chance to be on the team with some of the players they watch on the court all the time- it’s an amazing experience for all involved!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJzopz0YRO2uPcAEf9ACx4eam56c51uT_woG1kghh8hMLHE_XlNstDZgpZIMbfJBh5TTT6z6J055y1XFf5bDg3DgJumQGbpPqmealQn_Iy-HJjw45oH-4dFy7sWmxzxfQSYT2f8-zLEIEUwiqWAg4I9ZsJqQk75aPAn59oAwA198_h1Wg3w/s3289/2017~01%20Jan%2021%20SOMD_0364a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2195" data-original-width="3289" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJzopz0YRO2uPcAEf9ACx4eam56c51uT_woG1kghh8hMLHE_XlNstDZgpZIMbfJBh5TTT6z6J055y1XFf5bDg3DgJumQGbpPqmealQn_Iy-HJjw45oH-4dFy7sWmxzxfQSYT2f8-zLEIEUwiqWAg4I9ZsJqQk75aPAn59oAwA198_h1Wg3w/s320/2017~01%20Jan%2021%20SOMD_0364a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2017 basketball clinic with University of Maryland Basketball Team.<br />photo/Laurence Levin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->b.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Besides the clinics, over the years, I have been working with other colleges to get the SOMD Basketball teams more visibility. Each year, Towson University invites teams to multiple games where the teams get to play at halftime. This is a great opportunity to have the fans see what kind of athletes we have and their skills! I have done this with Notre Dame of Maryland University and George Washington University, as well. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->c.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->My goal is to get clinics, halftime games or anything else with multiple colleges each year! The more we can do this, the exposure SOMD athletes get to show their skills! Maryland has so many colleges, so going all around the state showing off their skills is what I want to do.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Things you want to improve?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->There are always things I want to improve. I am always looking to improve any aspect of the season. A few years ago, I created a Divisioning Night that allows selected coaches to come to the SOMD office and help create the Final Divisions for the State Tournament. This gives coaches and volunteers an opportunity to get involved and improve the Divisioning process. There is a lot of discussion amongst the coaches- it’s a great collaboration! Along with the Divisioning Night, I created a Competition Assessment Form that allows coaches to evaluate the competition at the local qualifiers. I take their input on the match-ups and bring it to the Divisioning Nights so their voices are heard even if they aren’t there. I want to ensure we have the best match-ups for every game the teams play!<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSwPdM8EgCfR16ihBGi8GpMNSozHjPJ8huEm9gno9rHgW98It1vIH_xdKMjNCBje7p4FEfr4XsILUew3qXTCdEJqAHQgpnP8N30Fm2d6dnFhT12n5xVADzk-AoIVfFDgN_dMFlCWhaDBPyWMjQOUxyjFNPFxmbXubse4Db8qS1DzlI8dbXg/s1854/SOMD2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="1854" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSwPdM8EgCfR16ihBGi8GpMNSozHjPJ8huEm9gno9rHgW98It1vIH_xdKMjNCBje7p4FEfr4XsILUew3qXTCdEJqAHQgpnP8N30Fm2d6dnFhT12n5xVADzk-AoIVfFDgN_dMFlCWhaDBPyWMjQOUxyjFNPFxmbXubse4Db8qS1DzlI8dbXg/w400-h168/SOMD2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photos/Kathy Awkard</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Are there any challenges you want to discuss?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->The biggest challenge we still face today is that some outside people don’t see Special Olympics as a competitive sports organization. I can’t tell you the amount of times I have a new volunteer watching some of the games and get blown away by the skill level of our teams. Some of our top level teams would beat some varsity basketball teams! I want people to realize that we have athletes and partners with all different skill levels from beginner to advanced! With some of our unified teams, you can’t tell who the athletes are and who the partners are and it’s amazing! They are all equal teammates with the same responsibilities on the team. Special Olympics isn’t a field day in an open field or just a track meet anymore- SOMD offers 27 competitive sports year-round with athletes of all ability level! I want to help show the world how amazing these athletes are! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">More information at <a href="https://www.somd.org/">https://www.somd.org/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><style class="WebKit-mso-list-quirks-style">
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</style>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-20180382636124764862022-12-23T16:53:00.003-05:002022-12-23T16:53:51.628-05:00Year in Review: Nature in my Neighborhood<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPOBtssDZCsxwuNYDxolvplFLgFl0SKtjFbyt-m2zMwflwdwYHM6_G8oLvpjhorKKaivamLzbqdNQ7xlrXFUWdzrv4UCFQ9gqxR3lQ_MxF_6YOMSlTquZfJGEQpWiIT-OWLhLqbCIE65MGRxTYIgjd88gZwfZ6hV88dzUE0T9eZOX7ODxAg/s2451/2022~07%20Jul%2021%20C_O_0253a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="2451" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPOBtssDZCsxwuNYDxolvplFLgFl0SKtjFbyt-m2zMwflwdwYHM6_G8oLvpjhorKKaivamLzbqdNQ7xlrXFUWdzrv4UCFQ9gqxR3lQ_MxF_6YOMSlTquZfJGEQpWiIT-OWLhLqbCIE65MGRxTYIgjd88gZwfZ6hV88dzUE0T9eZOX7ODxAg/w400-h166/2022~07%20Jul%2021%20C_O_0253a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Herron</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">2022 Washington, DC--Reflecting upon the year, realized my bike rides and walks on the trails near my house weren’t as numerous as previous years. Within minutes are two national parks with miles of trails. Photographing nature is both thrilling and fun. It tests your patience, you learn to observe behaviors and if they did it once, most likely it will happen again. There is luck involved too, being at the right place at the right time. Here are a few images from photos outside my window, Glover Archbold Park, and the C&O Trail. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFAOkjJJevEkETQ2SFz6a9TL_Spj_UPYsEdqb5fYc3kSZODWRSDHmQ7hQ7lpmP32vCrZJT7muN_c1E5rJRmad5GazXFCktVKAMDFt0sN37ZtMUieKKGJC_bC1qblrMbk1vDIsH-nuG9Qntj8NOdPsMWzL5w9BoeuTv4mv1HJPTuQYbi3ErQ/s1578/2022~07%20Jul%2021%20C_O_0001a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1578" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFAOkjJJevEkETQ2SFz6a9TL_Spj_UPYsEdqb5fYc3kSZODWRSDHmQ7hQ7lpmP32vCrZJT7muN_c1E5rJRmad5GazXFCktVKAMDFt0sN37ZtMUieKKGJC_bC1qblrMbk1vDIsH-nuG9Qntj8NOdPsMWzL5w9BoeuTv4mv1HJPTuQYbi3ErQ/w400-h266/2022~07%20Jul%2021%20C_O_0001a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long Tail Duck</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <span style="color: #dca10d;"><a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr">Peerspace</a></span></p><div><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-85198496926198869852022-12-23T11:57:00.004-05:002022-12-23T12:19:05.970-05:00Year in Review: Philly Social 2022
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZ3butDitROTodXjTV8i-5Teequw1QdgAX6hzNqwHbQfaM6tOuR3lYQoemjWWRufZjn5Xk2yurefDnn8-4anKvaaMCFwDM0hmIg1ilVdC--itTeOD876N5o98spNpoWRi1zRDP5gcA05rsznwHJC6FiaezSmVUOK35dfLwn4NfVGQfG62nw/s2000/2022~09%20Sep%2010%20Philly_2478a.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZ3butDitROTodXjTV8i-5Teequw1QdgAX6hzNqwHbQfaM6tOuR3lYQoemjWWRufZjn5Xk2yurefDnn8-4anKvaaMCFwDM0hmIg1ilVdC--itTeOD876N5o98spNpoWRi1zRDP5gcA05rsznwHJC6FiaezSmVUOK35dfLwn4NfVGQfG62nw/w400-h267/2022~09%20Sep%2010%20Philly_2478a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Attendees Philly Social 2022</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">LEARNING, SHARING, NETWORKING<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">September 9-11, Philadelphia, PA-- My other job as a Notary Public is such a wonderful experience. Not only do I assist my neighbors and community with a vital service, I have a camaraderie with other Notary Publics from across the country. As a Notary one must continuously study and learn. There was a wonderful gathering of leaders who shared their knowledge and expertise. The Philly Social held in September for three days provided a social gathering, networking, and learning. The intimate atmosphere provided great interaction for sharing ideas and making friends. No doubt each person who attended added to their knowledge and skills. Plus, everyone had fun! The next Philly Social is planned for September 8-10, 2023. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhIyBC3eFSb_PbLzR1DTRl4J8WdBUCLesDR01hD06j2btM8WxE7rDgy_TqSwN39XSAU04b5srIHUO4WuokiEje-Ojz5fPSesNl2kCsy2ut3yYT8ntauN-35mHn4Eqvux0t2fyCJz3wcW7gsq69wgmJVwSuWOczkPNplA8IqR_nsFjR6ZDTQ/s2000/2022~09%20Sep%2010%20Philly_1471a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="2000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhIyBC3eFSb_PbLzR1DTRl4J8WdBUCLesDR01hD06j2btM8WxE7rDgy_TqSwN39XSAU04b5srIHUO4WuokiEje-Ojz5fPSesNl2kCsy2ut3yYT8ntauN-35mHn4Eqvux0t2fyCJz3wcW7gsq69wgmJVwSuWOczkPNplA8IqR_nsFjR6ZDTQ/w400-h266/2022~09%20Sep%2010%20Philly_1471a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">J<span style="font-size: x-small;">en Neitzel, Judi Gold, Laura Biewer, Judi Lawrence </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <span style="color: #dca10d;"><a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr">Peerspace</a></span></p><div><br /></div>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0Philadelphia, PA, USA39.9525839 -75.165221511.642350063821155 -110.3214715 68.262817736178846 -40.0089715tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-33943514950890611402022-12-22T20:31:00.001-05:002022-12-23T16:54:12.143-05:00The Portrait: What Makes it Good <p>Besides photographing events, my other passion is making portraits. Formal and informal portraits provides the subject with images for social media and publication. With informal portraits the key is to use the light to best capture that gesture, facial expression and moment. With formal portraits you are trying to accomplish the same as informal shots but the photographer has better control of the light, pose, and situation. The goal of the portrait is to provide a photo that connotes a feeling of friendliness, approachability, and confidence. When working with a photographer, it is just that, a collaboration. The subject needs to be relaxed and trusting. The photographer needs to be skillful with their technical expertise, lighting and camera technique. Importantly, the photographer needs to have a personality that exudes confidence, patience and friendliness. The photo session needs to be fun in order to make wonderful images. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8CTzGjVdOTFRFHWE5PEwNg0x7_XTTdeNsRClXqZYa5pKDinuUQPHtaxVY9P8ot2nvfm58_fGEQ8Mlqh1dlF0PlUAshmLTTtRQsQIAzAy3LsiXeFkBO1GmFQHkuLu_7Ii8cmWjgFLxl_VWQ6yxp5EX-cFJMheFRfMeFl0u1xB2KjIV_Yl4w/s2734/2022~05%20May%2024%20PX_0350a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="2734" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8CTzGjVdOTFRFHWE5PEwNg0x7_XTTdeNsRClXqZYa5pKDinuUQPHtaxVY9P8ot2nvfm58_fGEQ8Mlqh1dlF0PlUAshmLTTtRQsQIAzAy3LsiXeFkBO1GmFQHkuLu_7Ii8cmWjgFLxl_VWQ6yxp5EX-cFJMheFRfMeFl0u1xB2KjIV_Yl4w/w400-h266/2022~05%20May%2024%20PX_0350a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">South African Economics Minister Malose Letsoalo<br />At a luncheon meeting </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJGBwl94gTFbJe2E_2bVXGuE-7Bmc0grPw0yYXGqXcPywHOqcQUEwC5uX8paHg7KL-MdFjvVWGOyi5DXpLX84aa9goin7NYOE2bc1_LgEkvcjTQpOT36TpD43sHi-0u-gMzKwAbwMcZUAfOzMOPY07QcYxDrq61U_CIX4RDdxQEC8qbSEYA/s2000/2022~11%20Nov%2012%20Chicago_0056a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1819" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJGBwl94gTFbJe2E_2bVXGuE-7Bmc0grPw0yYXGqXcPywHOqcQUEwC5uX8paHg7KL-MdFjvVWGOyi5DXpLX84aa9goin7NYOE2bc1_LgEkvcjTQpOT36TpD43sHi-0u-gMzKwAbwMcZUAfOzMOPY07QcYxDrq61U_CIX4RDdxQEC8qbSEYA/w364-h400/2022~11%20Nov%2012%20Chicago_0056a.jpg" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My lifelong friend Nancy D.<br />Catching the evening light</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauvVWPecroj5ZW8yLcTRDKaltbmRy-mqhLe7nlie0f58FDHXvJt37rUIJvLLUKlXR240koOJyjGu3WVHhNsyd_CGWl6Q5U21c1S3j8X5Z8s801DSnx-ICLaBVI_nQstpNVoXhApFEipZrq4eNm8d5gRSMIsLsWmPAhvlQReI5VGUUskRQyQ/s2602/2022~05%20May%2022%20Lintott_0133a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1735" data-original-width="2602" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauvVWPecroj5ZW8yLcTRDKaltbmRy-mqhLe7nlie0f58FDHXvJt37rUIJvLLUKlXR240koOJyjGu3WVHhNsyd_CGWl6Q5U21c1S3j8X5Z8s801DSnx-ICLaBVI_nQstpNVoXhApFEipZrq4eNm8d5gRSMIsLsWmPAhvlQReI5VGUUskRQyQ/w400-h266/2022~05%20May%2022%20Lintott_0133a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John & May<br />Anniversary </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypaTQVI7bHIvozoGjqlB1fSkn2JTE8gnMdlQayowjeBWSNDEF09RWO8RALf7e9-jwRMwvUoCAgYAW4-MTy1Ri08GkZ_m5W0SpHyAPpScJql6FvNlTFys5i3EZ0tgvurGixYnjVxW1K9DKSnzPM1_b45Df_T0kaEO354vx-c4URvD2AaGrLQ/s2249/2022~09%20Sep%2011%20Philly_0922a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2249" data-original-width="1498" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypaTQVI7bHIvozoGjqlB1fSkn2JTE8gnMdlQayowjeBWSNDEF09RWO8RALf7e9-jwRMwvUoCAgYAW4-MTy1Ri08GkZ_m5W0SpHyAPpScJql6FvNlTFys5i3EZ0tgvurGixYnjVxW1K9DKSnzPM1_b45Df_T0kaEO354vx-c4URvD2AaGrLQ/s320/2022~09%20Sep%2011%20Philly_0922a.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David, Notary Public<br />Portrait for LinkedIn</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDMiKKs31FhcZgjZ_WQZ9J7kNSXKiT_PWeFWXIxNl1zImyPnBNUYi96J8LUFDkf7XzXa5zfcFK5Tc7y0nGpo7qCqKYczOQ2sUs6LJ3H0ngTmgkhZS5fw-grt2KMfHIvDAukpCBU55SgWGWw64u_OMLQDc1HBqmsSLcs_wAh3YLEXWLWFMcQ/s2000/2022~09%20Sep%2011%20Philly_0939a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDMiKKs31FhcZgjZ_WQZ9J7kNSXKiT_PWeFWXIxNl1zImyPnBNUYi96J8LUFDkf7XzXa5zfcFK5Tc7y0nGpo7qCqKYczOQ2sUs6LJ3H0ngTmgkhZS5fw-grt2KMfHIvDAukpCBU55SgWGWw64u_OMLQDc1HBqmsSLcs_wAh3YLEXWLWFMcQ/s320/2022~09%20Sep%2011%20Philly_0939a.jpg" width="215" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Judi, Notary Public<br />Portrait for LinkedIn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6oA114qYGZOeqgaBSIkmMX1SUnZvZ4ik9b_HAn8uNhGuYYcao7gqpRd_blhjGXgzzA9YDfchElUnnHDEjmSvO3VP8Q-kfaZwPpQoOcqa82Ax9C_oMGzu4-O68qg_UOBfkceewCxyeHZEYrVwy2RizUgCG2E7NSgUSFxJG5G_599Z_8ercA/s2000/2022~11%20Nov%2005_0058a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6oA114qYGZOeqgaBSIkmMX1SUnZvZ4ik9b_HAn8uNhGuYYcao7gqpRd_blhjGXgzzA9YDfchElUnnHDEjmSvO3VP8Q-kfaZwPpQoOcqa82Ax9C_oMGzu4-O68qg_UOBfkceewCxyeHZEYrVwy2RizUgCG2E7NSgUSFxJG5G_599Z_8ercA/w400-h266/2022~11%20Nov%2005_0058a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kit & Oliver<br />and two Grandsons</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJmupmxwwCQS8CMMalfG-Iz2duDAEzt2GOu_jmHpD9hZvWGmlR7iedDNZX6dcyqQGIirwyRbZGv_xRhR3KBdaeGCTavWbbIIQCJw5CTwC6R5Gpavf4faWRJkxN7NXKnCh_Idewa_cB8IMym_isgZ_zCOXyg5WqkA2TTnCLcfRrKCZMuVX7Q/s6048/2022~11%20Nov%2017%20Kirsten_0278a_ppa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4024" data-original-width="6048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJmupmxwwCQS8CMMalfG-Iz2duDAEzt2GOu_jmHpD9hZvWGmlR7iedDNZX6dcyqQGIirwyRbZGv_xRhR3KBdaeGCTavWbbIIQCJw5CTwC6R5Gpavf4faWRJkxN7NXKnCh_Idewa_cB8IMym_isgZ_zCOXyg5WqkA2TTnCLcfRrKCZMuVX7Q/w400-h266/2022~11%20Nov%2017%20Kirsten_0278a_ppa.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirsten<br />Portrait for business</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRp1l5jw4kj4tDQA99KvrhZCLpat65SgSAWkZQxkNbBNT80vwRZ8qTsc1ZN9P_SsRo4R-pEWsICzmcTRg6tSztVd_FHDmNeMLstZapyLHMTW8ZJNVI5X-6Y73FQ8A_rmdlYnzo3J72UaaSwAlUoxJ5Km3UYElev24VrgNc-0UtXyoC-ZrxGw/s3024/2022~12%20Dec%2005%20ROPES_GRAY_0113a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRp1l5jw4kj4tDQA99KvrhZCLpat65SgSAWkZQxkNbBNT80vwRZ8qTsc1ZN9P_SsRo4R-pEWsICzmcTRg6tSztVd_FHDmNeMLstZapyLHMTW8ZJNVI5X-6Y73FQ8A_rmdlYnzo3J72UaaSwAlUoxJ5Km3UYElev24VrgNc-0UtXyoC-ZrxGw/w266-h400/2022~12%20Dec%2005%20ROPES_GRAY_0113a.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lawyer at the Supreme Court</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Copyright 2022 <a href="mailto:larrylevin@verizon.net">Laurence L. Levin</a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">All Rights Reserved. No publishing or usage granted without permission.</p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/larrylevin/">@larrylevin</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">LinkedIN <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/larrylevin">Laurence L. Levin </a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/larrylevindc">Larry Levin </a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr"><span style="color: #dca10d;">Peerspace</span></a></p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-4615702616841918722022-12-22T18:16:00.004-05:002022-12-22T18:16:27.661-05:00The Potomac Exchange<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXicOgay_ZKB2I7z35c4Fgheu1c3iD2-vy2tIb5YH9PpK_aSZDKYm_g5JtMB1vwrm-swC11bW3idO3dKnDkFSY76bMuX-kk-0YAZLP74vj-FVYQy8wY7fjerGEQ4b1t11p4uigMGDmVENVtiECaPuhLsslHPrwqVA0b9rNKxDjmiYvES6tUQ/s3024/2022~04%20Apr%2026%20PX_0412a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="3024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXicOgay_ZKB2I7z35c4Fgheu1c3iD2-vy2tIb5YH9PpK_aSZDKYm_g5JtMB1vwrm-swC11bW3idO3dKnDkFSY76bMuX-kk-0YAZLP74vj-FVYQy8wY7fjerGEQ4b1t11p4uigMGDmVENVtiECaPuhLsslHPrwqVA0b9rNKxDjmiYvES6tUQ/w400-h266/2022~04%20Apr%2026%20PX_0412a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Potomac Exchange at Italian Embassy with Ambassador of Italy HE </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Mariangela Zappia</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">As the official photographer for</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://potomacexchange.org/" style="color: #954f72; text-align: left;">The Potomac Exchange</a><span style="text-align: left;">, I am honored to be an integral part of each meeting.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Established in 1977, to provide a networking luncheon for foreign ambassadors posted in DC with business leaders to promote cultural and business opportunities.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At each lunch meeting, held under Chatham House Rules, there is a free flow of ideas and information. Photos are taken during each meeting, the handshake line, introductions, and active discussions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The challenge at every meeting, is to work stealthily and make images that are noteworthy as well as for a memento for the visiting dignitary. </span></p></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYBt12SUDBFErAK_9E6zwYwD8HPSpkrgh9NFuaS7zBGZY31x23ZPZwDpHZdWxdo5QkQB6hxZglspMVtiL3DMLAcfS3K7ldtLOeXvx7X_cpFbAqSWoomJXjIe-w5_H9RRZhCV8BcqU-zU8jydj4d8K3jeYRnLPPHQWpa5nq8s_N8Dzkhtdag/s3024/2022~05%20May%2024%20PX_1004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="3024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYBt12SUDBFErAK_9E6zwYwD8HPSpkrgh9NFuaS7zBGZY31x23ZPZwDpHZdWxdo5QkQB6hxZglspMVtiL3DMLAcfS3K7ldtLOeXvx7X_cpFbAqSWoomJXjIe-w5_H9RRZhCV8BcqU-zU8jydj4d8K3jeYRnLPPHQWpa5nq8s_N8Dzkhtdag/w400-h266/2022~05%20May%2024%20PX_1004a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">South African Ambassador HE Nomaindiya Mfeketo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5P-O3hU2Hiin6HSPuPpZBFqoMNyWpr6U1nUZ835H_kzK48dQJga0yVGEhyUf5FuS5ukwsJ4-4t_p156VKCHlkR9ravHYX9zYlpgvMxBRsEpAJVpeCqTUGBpzvw8BRtd7AldXDFe_GppYSWmPJiiYvyhjABTJQOAUdW9LiTsyfhE__et7cw/s2500/2022~11%20Nov%2002%20PX_India_1021a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5P-O3hU2Hiin6HSPuPpZBFqoMNyWpr6U1nUZ835H_kzK48dQJga0yVGEhyUf5FuS5ukwsJ4-4t_p156VKCHlkR9ravHYX9zYlpgvMxBRsEpAJVpeCqTUGBpzvw8BRtd7AldXDFe_GppYSWmPJiiYvyhjABTJQOAUdW9LiTsyfhE__et7cw/w400-h266/2022~11%20Nov%2002%20PX_India_1021a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><ul class="previous-events-list no-bullet" data-equalizer-watch="" id="" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><li class="recent-ambassadors-country" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.815217rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Ambassador of India HE Taranjit Singh Sandhu</span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-align: left;">Marek Magierowski</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CPrXRI04c7GSvBf37THhZcftCTU9hU9uPzM0w8ilOg57KzJMrLOasgGR0B45RfUH3skzY_ozVp2NMdlEkx2m90Ipf9N7euTc9SEncTxGGOklQwdTtuQHFtLHaUYoOd5Kn9e0-cHh7wq-9hOSVSaBjygnX3yR_vgVO1Ew7hzhy5U0sx6HDQ/w400-h266/2022~10%20Oct%2024%20PX_Panama_0035a.jpg" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><ul class="previous-events-list no-bullet" data-equalizer-watch="" id="" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><li class="recent-ambassadors-country" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.815217rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Ambassador of Panama HE Ramón E. Martinez de la Guardia</span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34yVyhEj-r5YxwLUHygb4Ef9_OwRyEeY1oSHMO_BgpYZhdCQrTMuj51TJ28zNIExh6xddGO79pgxRUpMo2ry8wpnfc2w-PwlS2aTICV9wm-5fMfcmkXE471vOQfG0TXFJQygoNLVkHZX2VxPLE5S6hYS3bZ29lu1Ay6XPImXP77_VHyn0Yg/w400-h300/2022~12%20Dec%2001%20PX_Germany_0041a.jpg" width="400" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><ul class="previous-events-list no-bullet" data-equalizer-watch="" id="" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><li class="recent-ambassadors-country" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.815217rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Ambassador of Germany </i>HE Emily Saber</span><br /></li><li class="recent-ambassadors-country" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.815217rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Copyright 2022 <a href="mailto:larrylevin@verizon.net">Laurence L. 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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <span style="color: #dca10d;"><a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr">Peerspace</a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">All photography made with Nikon Z6, 4000-5000 ISO and Z Nikkor 24-120mm</p></span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-86012597254456621532022-12-21T16:29:00.001-05:002022-12-21T16:29:44.841-05:00My Photo Class at Trinity Washington University<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RO1tIwMRG5VgmkwuULxdbTCV0F8UJKuK7hA7175BH641uwciC_BSMM0VBZhLPqrHNiHy4Zs_FyxBLtH48lq40jIAeSbs5PHfuV-6HK89uDt2HGe5YXbyfuhOKh24sd5Qu2cX7vBEniJHztKl8B-EnopRgUkRWhXoGxckguiuex3rrekTIQ/s2000/DSC_5150a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RO1tIwMRG5VgmkwuULxdbTCV0F8UJKuK7hA7175BH641uwciC_BSMM0VBZhLPqrHNiHy4Zs_FyxBLtH48lq40jIAeSbs5PHfuV-6HK89uDt2HGe5YXbyfuhOKh24sd5Qu2cX7vBEniJHztKl8B-EnopRgUkRWhXoGxckguiuex3rrekTIQ/s320/DSC_5150a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Field Trip to the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMnliJtWZk_OY-ZTk3g1wVGU6BaG8txU6SF-iFd7ka2EnNbgzksC1EEFgwk3RbrKQhej6u100H3Gmah8uzhg5MFDIQMzu2DdRw0hfTnKL4Ln2oueqvUD_46KJmZFV28uBQnTpefiLDSw2Mul16NCrPsgUxiFiGbRU9_5BMf_c3hVClMOd4Q/s2000/DSC_5091a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMnliJtWZk_OY-ZTk3g1wVGU6BaG8txU6SF-iFd7ka2EnNbgzksC1EEFgwk3RbrKQhej6u100H3Gmah8uzhg5MFDIQMzu2DdRw0hfTnKL4Ln2oueqvUD_46KJmZFV28uBQnTpefiLDSw2Mul16NCrPsgUxiFiGbRU9_5BMf_c3hVClMOd4Q/s320/DSC_5091a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9ik9Qiwl5OB50a8RM5fO8AieFcFmaC1F3vH6VDeksPVIDl6fIx04rcNMn_bBDdcRP8rdjnXOEFAK1BqsP4aaW4ygYewHpakILJ73PZF7rrQrZ_JypTbl0qzcUWRAn2qFc_QFno-sPhwNgOqb-xC9HWK1bZTGgrGC5h9M_HVgm-cqIEUohg/s2000/DSC_5086a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9ik9Qiwl5OB50a8RM5fO8AieFcFmaC1F3vH6VDeksPVIDl6fIx04rcNMn_bBDdcRP8rdjnXOEFAK1BqsP4aaW4ygYewHpakILJ73PZF7rrQrZ_JypTbl0qzcUWRAn2qFc_QFno-sPhwNgOqb-xC9HWK1bZTGgrGC5h9M_HVgm-cqIEUohg/s320/DSC_5086a.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Teaching is a great gift.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">It allows me to share my passion for photography and show how the lessons of photography can be applied one’s work habits and career goals.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This is my 8</span><sup style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">year as an adjunct professor at Trinity Washington University.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Digital Photography class is an elective and non-major course. The class is limited to 12 students, which is good for both students and me.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Students use the cameras that they have, usual the camera on their phones.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">In the class we stress the basics, understanding light, composition, and catching the moment.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">It is amazing to see each assignment and the wonderful images each student makes.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">While most don’t go on to a photography career, they do gain an appreciation for photography and valuable career skills.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbwd5FLDMhE1hOpfgKPdku32DstIWVpAqD27jK7xXG_N2l2vbEHeGc6q3F1yAg2SpWTMVggLKWPXakwrAhrabKVsWEelkr5b6MK23uq7qf7CVbesCqgGRIDplvpfzDDOZOvfXbE_iQOAMq2twUMEq_Tt2FmXQs654O5dA1rccsBGiqemJtg/s3719/IMG_7587a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1807" data-original-width="3719" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbwd5FLDMhE1hOpfgKPdku32DstIWVpAqD27jK7xXG_N2l2vbEHeGc6q3F1yAg2SpWTMVggLKWPXakwrAhrabKVsWEelkr5b6MK23uq7qf7CVbesCqgGRIDplvpfzDDOZOvfXbE_iQOAMq2twUMEq_Tt2FmXQs654O5dA1rccsBGiqemJtg/w400-h194/IMG_7587a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Class with Sharon Farmer</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">I am thankful to @sharonfarmer for giving another voice to my classes. She shares her love of photography and another perspective. And the students loves her!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-47576789280426610922022-12-16T18:41:00.006-05:002022-12-21T19:15:49.383-05:00Invest Africa Meetings<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSMnsMEoMdZ43oXdDjmbJzHq9G52vj3wv4jNXST78nyB2E6VG_Tmo4LZc89o_lqISINvk-0OIZh19dYXSYxSDK348SEAG7nLNjUIbQwPusF9vfZ1cmQsA1atTg_IzOxZ1vXx1lLe6WTR_Zz8b4_Yofl045_J8j44ahJqeyYNFZMMwgxj4iA/s3422/2022~12%20Dec%2015%20Invest_Africa_0242aA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3016" data-original-width="3422" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSMnsMEoMdZ43oXdDjmbJzHq9G52vj3wv4jNXST78nyB2E6VG_Tmo4LZc89o_lqISINvk-0OIZh19dYXSYxSDK348SEAG7nLNjUIbQwPusF9vfZ1cmQsA1atTg_IzOxZ1vXx1lLe6WTR_Zz8b4_Yofl045_J8j44ahJqeyYNFZMMwgxj4iA/w400-h353/2022~12%20Dec%2015%20Invest_Africa_0242aA.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">H.E. Yoweri Museveni</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJXK4DlQwBs617IhQpN6pD8s0KR4rC_HHzxhqkeNQHH0bp59Tqh0FcaanS176Dfgz6Hjw2PLhOtsjBhHFMwxGW_VQAluXb6GUnRORe5_pdgpE0BjKicDK2cfid9GVtQSmm3DlCFlcCJ03c_5DfM0rau8ntpcSNk5SUE5NmS07jak2eDtY3w/s4528/2022~12%20Dec%2015%20Invest_Africa_0040a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3016" data-original-width="4528" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJXK4DlQwBs617IhQpN6pD8s0KR4rC_HHzxhqkeNQHH0bp59Tqh0FcaanS176Dfgz6Hjw2PLhOtsjBhHFMwxGW_VQAluXb6GUnRORe5_pdgpE0BjKicDK2cfid9GVtQSmm3DlCFlcCJ03c_5DfM0rau8ntpcSNk5SUE5NmS07jak2eDtY3w/s320/2022~12%20Dec%2015%20Invest_Africa_0040a.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Uganda Meeting<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>December 16, 2022 Washington, DC--Invest Africa is a worldwide organization that facilitates private and institutional investors in opportunities in African countries. The December 2022 US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC brought 50 Heads of Delegation to the US. After the summit, Invest Africa was able to bring several Presidents to meet with government, corporate, and institutional leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was honored to be the photographer for Invest Africa. The first meeting was with H.E. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. Although all in attendance needed to pass a Covid test and be masked in the room, Museveni removed his masked while he spoke. An additional hurdle was the low light in the room, to make any photograph a flash was needed. With the right equipment and good timing, the photos look natural.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUciklbuX-1l03Q6iwiPnYvVcVBtCZkuBXezre9eG3PmTsZZ5uKi26cAlgLgR5jXhCxSwcXat4UjLnKrTMqVRfZklPmwjSvM1sN5KdXpDDVrKRk4g5JZ2dqyWHyTlSCHB0g1tg8To0k-BYUPZr5hwrGb3J61cNqB9aJqrU50NwY57MEW6Jg/s4528/2022~12%20Dec%2015%20Invest_Africa_0153a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3016" data-original-width="4528" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUciklbuX-1l03Q6iwiPnYvVcVBtCZkuBXezre9eG3PmTsZZ5uKi26cAlgLgR5jXhCxSwcXat4UjLnKrTMqVRfZklPmwjSvM1sN5KdXpDDVrKRk4g5JZ2dqyWHyTlSCHB0g1tg8To0k-BYUPZr5hwrGb3J61cNqB9aJqrU50NwY57MEW6Jg/w400-h266/2022~12%20Dec%2015%20Invest_Africa_0153a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green room meeting</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAJyrz-SEVKER7jfuKBF_Gxlm2pVLobRZKC_XVL-bXZcXmKkw4IXMhbra6Vo6Aon6E2gk1pChWVZlHDll0C1h0JEeKVBEXLA9W8ZLewr7JdsaqdGYX-NWMNHsqwdIpHpHVbTqtQfI2GBrwHDoZRIOkxDh5m_cEw30NQfhrI3hvAQ8ul5ieg/s3428/2022~12%20Dec%2015%20Invest_Africa_0438a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2052" data-original-width="3428" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAJyrz-SEVKER7jfuKBF_Gxlm2pVLobRZKC_XVL-bXZcXmKkw4IXMhbra6Vo6Aon6E2gk1pChWVZlHDll0C1h0JEeKVBEXLA9W8ZLewr7JdsaqdGYX-NWMNHsqwdIpHpHVbTqtQfI2GBrwHDoZRIOkxDh5m_cEw30NQfhrI3hvAQ8ul5ieg/s320/2022~12%20Dec%2015%20Invest_Africa_0438a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">H.E. William Ruto</td></tr></tbody></table></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoxrz0RWG5rWTFbGnFkCJsyv6BCVz-cQuBdaZhbctELjlLwREn9I89GaZSTZXTFHYYq1xIPgUyiF4JTiQXhLOYmlpzJgwGLGQHfQBjmXcL86b56U4fU0zOrtIzHVw9rpans4rOAMjP1sMqWrkrF9NobHaIpWhnnVIKNAit0Pcv3acv4MqNA/s3031/2022~12%20Dec%2015%20Invest_Africa_0321a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2406" data-original-width="3031" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoxrz0RWG5rWTFbGnFkCJsyv6BCVz-cQuBdaZhbctELjlLwREn9I89GaZSTZXTFHYYq1xIPgUyiF4JTiQXhLOYmlpzJgwGLGQHfQBjmXcL86b56U4fU0zOrtIzHVw9rpans4rOAMjP1sMqWrkrF9NobHaIpWhnnVIKNAit0Pcv3acv4MqNA/s320/2022~12%20Dec%2015%20Invest_Africa_0321a.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">The second meeting was with H.E. William Ruto, Republic of Kenya.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">Was able to squeeze into the green room with Ruto and his team with Paul Hinks, Chairman Invest Africa US.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">This was a private unique session that was documented.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">The main meeting was standing room only, that made it difficult to maneuver in the room.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">With careful movement, was able to capture as much </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">as possible.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;">Copyright 2022 <a href="mailto:larrylevin@verizon.net">Laurence L. 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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr"><span style="color: #dca10d;">Peerspace</span></a></p><p><br /></p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0Washington, DC, USA38.9071923 -77.036870710.596958463821153 -112.1931207 67.217426136178844 -41.880620699999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-56808371578544363882022-10-16T12:37:00.002-04:002022-10-16T12:37:45.471-04:00Pairs of People, book by Jeanne & Mark Shriver<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href=" https://amzn.to/3T6XFml" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="522" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKV2BQs0QUeUr18tvQcEwcdBBLuKLY3x00cEFyHtb7g-Ma04Yw5p9fYCKZanxgXE57f03UD2EFT2iNNYk8adkjHhu9ScCNMraNnziXJVRcrNiYXuyHiI30Drxdq5JrSXGWwJrqneYLLv9Gqh0HSrBo0Fx1rGsHT6bcFsuMErI_LywvXnViQ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-16%20at%2012.32.06%20PM.png" width="264" /></a></div><a href=" https://amzn.to/3T6XFml"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href=" https://amzn.to/3T6XFml"> <span style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--color-text-link-visited); font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); overflow-wrap: normal; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);">https://amzn.to/3T6XFml</span></span></a></div><p></p><p></p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My friends Jeanne and Mark Shriver, collaborated on an incredibly meaningful children’s book titled, Pairs of People. An interactive book that teaches the power of working together to make things better in one’s community. This vibrant book incorporates math in a fun way to show how adding can multiply the effort when people work together.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">As you read this book with your kids, the lessons of friendship, leadership and camaraderie and simple multiplication are strategically placed throughout. It’s fun way to show all the children in your life the importance of getting out, engaging in activities with others and doing good things. Pairs of People makes a wonderful holiday gift. Use this <a href=" https://amzn.to/3T6XFml" target="_blank">link </a>to buy the book.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">See the interview on the </span><a href="https://www.today.com/video/jeanne-and-mark-shriver-talk-children-s-book-parenting-advice-150139973565" style="background-color: white;">Today Show</a><span style="background-color: white;"> and they used my photos. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdZmCZ5Vj_MdZhQURkkY6T635JOADaKZ8J8jNPUlNsJQwzu-iix-3uXLxisb20OHaZD1lNFSwC3-INDDbJIghjnn4SgeA5Sg5kOiD-jwU5FEu8FSVXY8piaG5wV49N4ibItby2iBokp3bzcKX3NdWbsgrm2wYcZBrlY9FvQTFgKos7GOcOw/s1906/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-16%20at%2012.26.46%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="1906" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdZmCZ5Vj_MdZhQURkkY6T635JOADaKZ8J8jNPUlNsJQwzu-iix-3uXLxisb20OHaZD1lNFSwC3-INDDbJIghjnn4SgeA5Sg5kOiD-jwU5FEu8FSVXY8piaG5wV49N4ibItby2iBokp3bzcKX3NdWbsgrm2wYcZBrlY9FvQTFgKos7GOcOw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-16%20at%2012.26.46%20PM.png" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);"><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">On October 13, photographed the Axios Event: Guarding Against and Responding to Cyberattacks. A most interesting presentation on the prevention of hacking of the internet. Highly respected speakers and a presentation by Google, a six part YouTube streaming documentary entitled "Hacking Google". Three panelists include Dmitri Alperovitch, founder of Silverado Accelerator, Chris Frates, Founder of Storyline and Thomas R. Bossert, President Trinity Cyber, Inc. See the Axio website </span><span style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--color-text-link-visited); font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit !important; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); overflow-wrap: normal; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><a href="https://lnkd.in/ed9hNQJ5">https://lnkd.in/ed9hNQJ5</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://lnkd.in/ed9hNQJ5 "> </a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Worked this job with </span><a data-attribute-index="0" data-entity-hovercard-id="urn:li:fs_miniProfile:ACoAAAAC318BhvXZBYYe8HwP9M8yRO4vpAx2IgE" data-entity-type="MINI_PROFILE" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAAC318BhvXZBYYe8HwP9M8yRO4vpAx2IgE" style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--color-text-link-visited); font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit !important; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); overflow-wrap: normal; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); word-break: normal;">Ralph Alswan</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">g. </span></p></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Photographed with Nikon Z6 cameras, low light set for video, and a video screen backdrop that camera setting were right there would be a flicker. A technical challenge but all overcome with a little knowledge and luck. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PHCx1hXVPUT5UoxgzUjqRYexW_5GZHCmU0exilQqapc6fx1LyzqrPn9t3KrJ1fXuyYn1xldQPRHRt3qvVmQMr98X7xQsjqVtNkwIEQyHWpFixPY-9gPJaeaNCqeWBIZ4a5kjeNwXLw8Oss1eYhAKnvVdKHaYz2t7CBLw-i8k4x-cYkUOJA/s2000/2022~10%20Oct%2013%20Google_Axios_0690a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PHCx1hXVPUT5UoxgzUjqRYexW_5GZHCmU0exilQqapc6fx1LyzqrPn9t3KrJ1fXuyYn1xldQPRHRt3qvVmQMr98X7xQsjqVtNkwIEQyHWpFixPY-9gPJaeaNCqeWBIZ4a5kjeNwXLw8Oss1eYhAKnvVdKHaYz2t7CBLw-i8k4x-cYkUOJA/s320/2022~10%20Oct%2013%20Google_Axios_0690a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzb1__ytORZwnFTNOeT1XgGhNYTbpdTmbxkB1DiB9aSBCeV9K6XurLEyRY_oAorNlodmS8PN7DH7_Z7MXAlLN4VKGPPPCvzBT7vLa9pky1BaHdP780oUoJpVLVaFq5svNSm0z6qU1bBCHNH1dsFmU6Cd181XkJBPNZrkzgE2AEIAVO9ph0Bw/s2000/2022~10%20Oct%2013%20Google_Axios_1063a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzb1__ytORZwnFTNOeT1XgGhNYTbpdTmbxkB1DiB9aSBCeV9K6XurLEyRY_oAorNlodmS8PN7DH7_Z7MXAlLN4VKGPPPCvzBT7vLa9pky1BaHdP780oUoJpVLVaFq5svNSm0z6qU1bBCHNH1dsFmU6Cd181XkJBPNZrkzgE2AEIAVO9ph0Bw/s320/2022~10%20Oct%2013%20Google_Axios_1063a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Heather Adkins, of Google and Dmitri Alperovitch, Silverado Policy Accelerator</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7whAWpAzlf2Ydt-isxTGl-PzOZ38ShPcH61eZ_Ybp9L0Ch_wFRA2Ge9bg2sIHMtwzTz1hhDfev6R_9HnhMJ6p5de3ZA1oOdcpc2w-wwX6M4v8GmiD4sq2E0E0k1RlBTyShWpEftuQVwLa1Ygnjvexpji_AifVpB1wMOKukLgCXoXuGjNyg/s2000/2022~10%20Oct%2013%20Google_Axios_1338a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7whAWpAzlf2Ydt-isxTGl-PzOZ38ShPcH61eZ_Ybp9L0Ch_wFRA2Ge9bg2sIHMtwzTz1hhDfev6R_9HnhMJ6p5de3ZA1oOdcpc2w-wwX6M4v8GmiD4sq2E0E0k1RlBTyShWpEftuQVwLa1Ygnjvexpji_AifVpB1wMOKukLgCXoXuGjNyg/s320/2022~10%20Oct%2013%20Google_Axios_1338a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chris Frates, Storyline</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Copyright 2022 <a href="mailto:larrylevin@verizon.net">Laurence L. Levin</a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">All Rights Reserved. No publishing or usage granted without permission.</p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/larrylevin/">@larrylevin</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">LinkedIN <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/larrylevin">Laurence L. Levin </a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/larrylevindc">Larry Levin </a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr"><span style="color: #dca10d;">Peerspace</span></a></p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0Washington, DC, USA38.9071923 -77.036870710.596958463821153 -112.1931207 67.217426136178844 -41.880620699999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-3551453370510509452022-10-10T13:32:00.002-04:002023-08-13T21:16:25.189-04:00The Anderson Wedding<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSw3EPE8-tEn7uBiS2Dhj79EYK7iGe5IGd_27ItbyD2pNBAIUPrT_zppYoVj3rpTg14HM0ZigP8tHXcSwvyOB550D0TPqCbPD5HrBsW02BLofJKQ4m_FeFztRHtwf5QGYcKFor7KSRQtJ8cqTmGx4hMIa_ji9v11Oo6v2gwDTLy_rT17zURQ/s2173/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_0661a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="2173" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSw3EPE8-tEn7uBiS2Dhj79EYK7iGe5IGd_27ItbyD2pNBAIUPrT_zppYoVj3rpTg14HM0ZigP8tHXcSwvyOB550D0TPqCbPD5HrBsW02BLofJKQ4m_FeFztRHtwf5QGYcKFor7KSRQtJ8cqTmGx4hMIa_ji9v11Oo6v2gwDTLy_rT17zURQ/s320/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_0661a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prep time</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqXFeKdmMXMO99juCHrLEe3DVsxLExUVsOYcfJ6NkfSEvTY_9hl9GQk1_GGc9krMImkG02xmVZle6yFPs4w5cI90pElArMHloRDTbxpQ-zLGAVqEBoapBfl6NuhMs-uxCeTIncq4ynwlubJA_Us6lmspFg5oQoufzG_riEtgDGG7nRBEBpg/s1871/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_1309a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1871" data-original-width="1349" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqXFeKdmMXMO99juCHrLEe3DVsxLExUVsOYcfJ6NkfSEvTY_9hl9GQk1_GGc9krMImkG02xmVZle6yFPs4w5cI90pElArMHloRDTbxpQ-zLGAVqEBoapBfl6NuhMs-uxCeTIncq4ynwlubJA_Us6lmspFg5oQoufzG_riEtgDGG7nRBEBpg/w289-h400/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_1309a.jpg" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sneak preview</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>October 8--Washington, DC--<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">The Anderson wedding! As one of the additional shooters, it allows me to find special moments. Happy to be part of a team.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Weddings are fun and a challenge, the goal is to make memorable images and create a story.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">My preference is to find those family and friend photos that create lasting memories.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">People are looking their best, and enjoying the celebration, this helps to make wonderful images.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Here are my favorites, each image has its own story.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">What are you favorite wedding photo memories?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Thanks to my fellow shooters. Johnny Bivera & Gabby Rhoads</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzhbialaMClBRsJR93JTtM7ZWZyp9PLJS-gWFu7pCQRu0fKHEe-tQorWSBtqkoQ5ij0crRqyNcbd28iRS-znSvsC6TXuqIGQ7SRuI2idf1hew7CfPM6lrsiecJnXxpDr-t1hNafartHNKAeyxy_VHfgaReiMJCcxz8AZVKGQRPo4daJYVgg/s3024/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_2353a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzhbialaMClBRsJR93JTtM7ZWZyp9PLJS-gWFu7pCQRu0fKHEe-tQorWSBtqkoQ5ij0crRqyNcbd28iRS-znSvsC6TXuqIGQ7SRuI2idf1hew7CfPM6lrsiecJnXxpDr-t1hNafartHNKAeyxy_VHfgaReiMJCcxz8AZVKGQRPo4daJYVgg/w266-h400/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_2353a.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dress</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdgwGrWJs344P2RBu9oJamFW3I3RzWJfn_qnIhWIdq4ggCeBrV0mF1QL20IDfTie4pQGvz5cz-V4q5xuVjOkW5EaRc0sZJoKbhAcn2ENknkobxkN8URerFj7M725zDqY-eYWdDqGuAJQFWvrL2WBzkhWR359kfPieMQPgspRr_5msebekyg/s3024/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_3275a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="3024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdgwGrWJs344P2RBu9oJamFW3I3RzWJfn_qnIhWIdq4ggCeBrV0mF1QL20IDfTie4pQGvz5cz-V4q5xuVjOkW5EaRc0sZJoKbhAcn2ENknkobxkN8URerFj7M725zDqY-eYWdDqGuAJQFWvrL2WBzkhWR359kfPieMQPgspRr_5msebekyg/s320/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_3275a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ceremony</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhYa0Zh0d8OIIVaHte-BG-Vm-pCdv5dPUqxVnekVtxhrSaygNy751pG4B_VxX-0Vonx-JcgyDyzHX0QpsToLZ3L6B8sWl06WorvswDoMCyvoDxMtQItlCrzy6sScZCFJ3sr9aod199zMlRrAXPso0CdUswpUU8v0gIaDgTfUewqrUWVGfvw/s2016/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_3780a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1935" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhYa0Zh0d8OIIVaHte-BG-Vm-pCdv5dPUqxVnekVtxhrSaygNy751pG4B_VxX-0Vonx-JcgyDyzHX0QpsToLZ3L6B8sWl06WorvswDoMCyvoDxMtQItlCrzy6sScZCFJ3sr9aod199zMlRrAXPso0CdUswpUU8v0gIaDgTfUewqrUWVGfvw/w384-h400/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_3780a.jpg" width="384" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new family</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIwOQpws75pCjcF0hARRyQYlyTiZhVbqkFSt2wVKn9FG8hHZCesl59iqTW5ZkxZ7uKigc044yfMJ5ZKA7rtE1kI2p-YWD3s-AurIZh9hXllNgS4EW9VdYGEC0VAUQEX8g9x8KnUWK1_PtY9k1hrQCR3qoly6wzT7vm2qsOt4I79I6NrM2_Q/s2538/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_3864a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="2538" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIwOQpws75pCjcF0hARRyQYlyTiZhVbqkFSt2wVKn9FG8hHZCesl59iqTW5ZkxZ7uKigc044yfMJ5ZKA7rtE1kI2p-YWD3s-AurIZh9hXllNgS4EW9VdYGEC0VAUQEX8g9x8KnUWK1_PtY9k1hrQCR3qoly6wzT7vm2qsOt4I79I6NrM2_Q/w400-h266/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_3864a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cake</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc29p9POkHSUVDvNVFbdCmqJzUhIUZVXtlqNuiBUKWD3fkUzgkfOO4QmLdcUNpQo9yc8bJ3nMklfvnV7QwkoZAUaNygSrD_IOfQJ0eiCOcXkcB0hyr6164xSu0Njn_seXTACNLFPjXWY8hb1EISgpIwRoUq3RQ5Dd8_AnYCvY6Agp7fgGibw/s2000/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_3901a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1997" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc29p9POkHSUVDvNVFbdCmqJzUhIUZVXtlqNuiBUKWD3fkUzgkfOO4QmLdcUNpQo9yc8bJ3nMklfvnV7QwkoZAUaNygSrD_IOfQJ0eiCOcXkcB0hyr6164xSu0Njn_seXTACNLFPjXWY8hb1EISgpIwRoUq3RQ5Dd8_AnYCvY6Agp7fgGibw/w400-h400/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_3901a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celebration Dance Mother & Daughter</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJ2fV6NyNVyiexkky2KYaCdk4iFRbiGZZInGJsUJ44-QirYCWjiP2w56xYgz-6p181upZo8fx5_2Z2mbi09xsTi3Um0lgnOR0JalhY-tYUDbU1S4bhuyIEZeye-BeSd-rxKQrLXjL-fR1rQun30Ww89NuAF53d4RL4K4k53J6IVk0nNGAeg/s2785/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_3988a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1619" data-original-width="2785" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJ2fV6NyNVyiexkky2KYaCdk4iFRbiGZZInGJsUJ44-QirYCWjiP2w56xYgz-6p181upZo8fx5_2Z2mbi09xsTi3Um0lgnOR0JalhY-tYUDbU1S4bhuyIEZeye-BeSd-rxKQrLXjL-fR1rQun30Ww89NuAF53d4RL4K4k53J6IVk0nNGAeg/w400-h233/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_3988a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bride & Groom</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTUxNstiaaG91z8a-i8pfdaCVAWURlMjdbRqo9r_V7VbRx0RaFJAMQvrANO8ln7TChEeawOE5mPhjCsfsnxVnv6Me0-j55xYy9sG5anYZkgJfCqB1wLm4Q64bTrFrS6KYrvZJ8Izy_aVtSJ5LLrY16cQNJT6UKdEWGYdQWyoZdpX3hRSG-w/s2714/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_4103a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="2714" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTUxNstiaaG91z8a-i8pfdaCVAWURlMjdbRqo9r_V7VbRx0RaFJAMQvrANO8ln7TChEeawOE5mPhjCsfsnxVnv6Me0-j55xYy9sG5anYZkgJfCqB1wLm4Q64bTrFrS6KYrvZJ8Izy_aVtSJ5LLrY16cQNJT6UKdEWGYdQWyoZdpX3hRSG-w/w400-h266/2022~10%20Oct%2008%20Anderson_4103a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Groom's Family</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; 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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0Washington, DC, USA38.9071923 -77.036870710.596958463821153 -112.1931207 67.217426136178844 -41.880620699999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-29898176551111800692022-07-20T21:14:00.004-04:002022-07-20T21:18:37.206-04:00Greatest Athletes in the World <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcbOo6torcQQV9qVmO3yECEmbvEyYmH548flEL1L8v1arcAcg4ZVQy3JDcfj5GXkpGGRJOSMCHiQDnVTrL-hPlbmRGonaO59bBtQOoy6s67isJJOZau3LhSCB3lE3XQq4Z3OKzv2HhBwJnJSteuzw5_b4R8iErkkTc6tlrM4nadzjMb868Q/s1859/2022%20USA%20composite%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1859" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcbOo6torcQQV9qVmO3yECEmbvEyYmH548flEL1L8v1arcAcg4ZVQy3JDcfj5GXkpGGRJOSMCHiQDnVTrL-hPlbmRGonaO59bBtQOoy6s67isJJOZau3LhSCB3lE3XQq4Z3OKzv2HhBwJnJSteuzw5_b4R8iErkkTc6tlrM4nadzjMb868Q/w517-h200/2022%20USA%20composite%20copy.jpg" width="517" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Game action from throughout the week. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">June 6-10--Special Olympics USA Games--Special Olympic Athletes are greatest athletes in the world. I say that without reservation. As a basketball referee for my fifth USA Games competition, from firsthand observation, the determination, attitude, skill level and sportsmanship of these athletes, you can’t help to be inspired. From the modest beginnings in 1968, when Eunice Kennedy Shriver, was determined to prove to the world, individuals with IDD, have the fortitude and passion not only to participate but to excel in athletic competition and everything else. A disability is only an ability to do something even greater. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">I have been given an amazing gift to be part of the Special Olympics family. Working in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, working games locally and being invited to officiate the USA Games is an honor. Along with many officials from across the US, the family of volunteers worked a week at these games. There are not enough adjectives to express the brilliance of the basketball players and teams who participated. The skill level and quality of games rival any tournament anywhere. The joy and excitement of participation and sportsmanship is beyond. Here are images of the wonderful friends I have who happen to be basketball officials. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtRjFa2589C6HNI-OqmVSCGSFMF9DoDmz-NOvTG5hNSMW-qKxikbYgskxfRWKZmpJo8IR6Tmyzp0ztSl2Shx_gOiHnixXQND_-bFOoSirsn3DAwgt_XJAfJYCxwfU0AzZbMBsi8A8UJnx0sVDS-lAysaM_-QuSjdn363yIup-xjuVU5y9Mg/s2725/2022~06%20Jun%2008%20USA_0443a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="2725" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtRjFa2589C6HNI-OqmVSCGSFMF9DoDmz-NOvTG5hNSMW-qKxikbYgskxfRWKZmpJo8IR6Tmyzp0ztSl2Shx_gOiHnixXQND_-bFOoSirsn3DAwgt_XJAfJYCxwfU0AzZbMBsi8A8UJnx0sVDS-lAysaM_-QuSjdn363yIup-xjuVU5y9Mg/w400-h226/2022~06%20Jun%2008%20USA_0443a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The 2022 USA Games Basketball Officials </span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKAFD4RlSepxFyN6rm9LXPTLTs67e0ay0I43dNyaUJkaDsK4wVlDdTT52Xz-_-LxQsbyJRpdcJ7O9iHRNJc9yFcMLx9n4KCBbQIKrrlFLaB4m5naxj_IPUtgyaqG_eBOLzCRevIE9b4bIoiKvrAYb0M4xzN7XgWQ3FoyYNoT5LQEHbiIb1g/s2479/2022~06%20Jun%2008%20USA_1890a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="2479" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKAFD4RlSepxFyN6rm9LXPTLTs67e0ay0I43dNyaUJkaDsK4wVlDdTT52Xz-_-LxQsbyJRpdcJ7O9iHRNJc9yFcMLx9n4KCBbQIKrrlFLaB4m5naxj_IPUtgyaqG_eBOLzCRevIE9b4bIoiKvrAYb0M4xzN7XgWQ3FoyYNoT5LQEHbiIb1g/s320/2022~06%20Jun%2008%20USA_1890a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">With my longtime compatriots, William Asmond, Keith Lampel,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Kathy Awkard, Sarah Sowers, Samuel Jackson.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj011ZvLMHSKG58SQTZ-yQsOIs4jZGFzeXgM3Te9L-Q3a5KkB4EI6Mdb5ynOdjNmtDbdzNmgllUSZvmh6s59cMO6bfYLvDiCquJWwyy7qBnwzLF_Rhf3C8piKCNFozGFkzqhKQMEGGNe0FmJQx__TMP0qEGJOZ_Fqv4oGzZIGSGspPKMpgp2w/s2135/2022~06%20Jun%2008%20USA_1809a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="2135" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj011ZvLMHSKG58SQTZ-yQsOIs4jZGFzeXgM3Te9L-Q3a5KkB4EI6Mdb5ynOdjNmtDbdzNmgllUSZvmh6s59cMO6bfYLvDiCquJWwyy7qBnwzLF_Rhf3C8piKCNFozGFkzqhKQMEGGNe0FmJQx__TMP0qEGJOZ_Fqv4oGzZIGSGspPKMpgp2w/s320/2022~06%20Jun%2008%20USA_1809a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">With my fellow lead officials Pat Geigel, and Kevin Krisak, we have been </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">at several games together and this was the first time we worked together. </span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPWvuJR6a0LbHjCJtWjwEhK5EAg3qR4aHEzApCdaT7GViEI27jNnypw15T6ay4Veum8ExmPHiuRT3qSQq64gCweiaMqZ5eQsEVtO-7bVY_6wL2ZT35DDo3iSa1Rc5dfG06nrG0Ex70Z21T-9qoRyWlGl73X5VrHs1GUx8abhn5C_e3lU12w/s2061/2022~06%20Jun%2008%20USA_1847a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="2061" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPWvuJR6a0LbHjCJtWjwEhK5EAg3qR4aHEzApCdaT7GViEI27jNnypw15T6ay4Veum8ExmPHiuRT3qSQq64gCweiaMqZ5eQsEVtO-7bVY_6wL2ZT35DDo3iSa1Rc5dfG06nrG0Ex70Z21T-9qoRyWlGl73X5VrHs1GUx8abhn5C_e3lU12w/s320/2022~06%20Jun%2008%20USA_1847a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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Carrying my Nikon Z6, Nikkor 200-500mm lens and tripod on the humid night was a challenge. Arriving 30 minutes before the start, I was able to find a spot among the hundred photographers and spectators. Photographing fireworks is fun and challenging. You don't know what you will get. But using some basic exposures and keeping the shutter open for a few seconds, the results are fascinating. Originally, the camera was set horizontally, with a quick realization you need to go vertical, the camera was adjusted. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjDiYxBVyXb7sMimvqqcsBjdkyfEX_NKcKEA3nvzHybzgjhHD2YUbuu5kzw7pvo3qheNY8wHAg88I0rhqry_F6b2teb8sHcWH_xWkjHhuFHAmYJTCKd3EBctnoPxV7V-Q_YUVwtrMJlaoizfQQLz_U9MDaMZ-9ImGGBzckFIrEBA2o69JIw/s5947/2022~07%20Jul%2004%20Fireworks_0038a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5947" data-original-width="3957" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjDiYxBVyXb7sMimvqqcsBjdkyfEX_NKcKEA3nvzHybzgjhHD2YUbuu5kzw7pvo3qheNY8wHAg88I0rhqry_F6b2teb8sHcWH_xWkjHhuFHAmYJTCKd3EBctnoPxV7V-Q_YUVwtrMJlaoizfQQLz_U9MDaMZ-9ImGGBzckFIrEBA2o69JIw/w266-h400/2022~07%20Jul%2004%20Fireworks_0038a.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEdFQbnzZ_TI_xA3DPIIBu0jRdWagjQsmTcy7X2FExiKmAVH1Yu-3Ss7EclRqvSM4g0u85AA2BnqtOE9zsnprcw1Oni5I2IqLYTlnu2yKWuiMGY6FzQQdlNJRck9i6joQ4WSmZc6Q1w-VmWfuFkZY5_iXvl8vp8IbRdJi03Jgh7y07qOaVA/s4918/2022~07%20Jul%2004%20Fireworks_0031a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3272" data-original-width="4918" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEdFQbnzZ_TI_xA3DPIIBu0jRdWagjQsmTcy7X2FExiKmAVH1Yu-3Ss7EclRqvSM4g0u85AA2BnqtOE9zsnprcw1Oni5I2IqLYTlnu2yKWuiMGY6FzQQdlNJRck9i6joQ4WSmZc6Q1w-VmWfuFkZY5_iXvl8vp8IbRdJi03Jgh7y07qOaVA/w400-h266/2022~07%20Jul%2004%20Fireworks_0031a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WZrXzh61D0gOD8gQjfvkGYpATakvBDG4DSUlxpKZE4uxyvrFm1MUH5gwv-pRIqBo-OWawAAWP4QwjbEiCPw1z1GvHA-XiZlqbhzDplrjWUkuO-vo-wDu7_s05a6iZ9GuvTaFzfaCuovooXehVusZK47R4QcwzrBxKAxuRIC0umEhlEuyyw/s4289/2022~07%20Jul%2004%20Fireworks_0021a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2854" data-original-width="4289" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WZrXzh61D0gOD8gQjfvkGYpATakvBDG4DSUlxpKZE4uxyvrFm1MUH5gwv-pRIqBo-OWawAAWP4QwjbEiCPw1z1GvHA-XiZlqbhzDplrjWUkuO-vo-wDu7_s05a6iZ9GuvTaFzfaCuovooXehVusZK47R4QcwzrBxKAxuRIC0umEhlEuyyw/w400-h266/2022~07%20Jul%2004%20Fireworks_0021a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Copyright 2022 <a href="mailto:larrylevin@verizon.net">Laurence L. 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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Rated #1 DC Event Photographer by <span style="color: #dca10d;"><a href="https://lnkd.in/eNqnPAr">Peerspace</a></span></p><div><br /></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com0Washington, DC, USA38.9071923 -77.03687078.2528089640362943 -112.19312069999998 69.5615756359637 -41.8806207tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-23973244115231935352022-06-29T23:52:00.002-04:002022-06-29T23:52:13.109-04:00Waning Gibbous Moon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnCudIBqIPDnSjFS7mLZ08WhyrfkO-IinPPYhu5szUg8OjW_4t30SHo0FvGMDOvOXUHTaStD6U500FCI0U7n93wYyp79IGMaBFG7lN7FqsH1hx4hmHwfBz2HqCIvPNSqKbEGOSmIcYcTDEWfatHQ-tryO_KRb6mybE-Zu_VDE5JoDyUYHPw/s4639/2022~06%20Jun%2014%20Moon_0266a-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3087" data-original-width="4639" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnCudIBqIPDnSjFS7mLZ08WhyrfkO-IinPPYhu5szUg8OjW_4t30SHo0FvGMDOvOXUHTaStD6U500FCI0U7n93wYyp79IGMaBFG7lN7FqsH1hx4hmHwfBz2HqCIvPNSqKbEGOSmIcYcTDEWfatHQ-tryO_KRb6mybE-Zu_VDE5JoDyUYHPw/w397-h264/2022~06%20Jun%2014%20Moon_0266a-2.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><p><br /></p>June 14, 2022--Washington, DC--Received a notice about a meetup to photograph the full moon days before. Couldn't decide if I wanted to go or not. About forty-five minutes before the moonrise, the decision was made to go. Rushing to get my equipment packed and rushing to the tidal basin, arrived about 10 minutes before the moon appeared. Positioned opposite the Jefferson's entrance across the tidal basin, realized my spot was facing too far south to catch the moon over the dome. As the warm glow started to appear, realized the need to move. Running the opposite end of the tidal basin, to face a more eastern direction, found an open spot among the many other photographers. After finally securing the camera to the tripod and manipulating the exposure, made a series of images. Stayed about 20 minutes and of course one of the first images was the best. Lesson learned, go do the event if you think you will make a nice image.<p></p><p>Copyright 2022 Laurence L. Levin All Rights Reserved. No reproduction rights granted without written permission.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.LLLevin.com">www.LLLevin.com<br /></a><a href="mailto:larrylevin@larrymail.net">larrylevin@larrymail.net</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/larrylevin" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Shot with a Nikon Z6 and Nikkor 200-500mm lens. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>LLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411923704247882897noreply@blogger.com016 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, USA38.8810142 -77.03632569999999210.570780363821157 -112.19257569999999 67.191248036178848 -41.880075699999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202261.post-68326667719435116192022-06-21T23:54:00.001-04:002022-06-30T00:05:45.482-04:00HIGH Quality Photography Makes a Difference<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNSPDiZtmItlC0RSDQ84hqzoTdC1DACPVaeXGIvWOEYw5SPHYFB6vi-SUFj9RSm-RwddLqJn4dUzXJBF1nKgs2l6Rbu7k8x_L_L_1w6Rtaio8T_mJg62ip2dXoxwvl3_gMLZYU-m7__T5x_m8HI9ztmELzjW4HpNTCULwFKAbCH_j7H3-og/s1136/IMG_6611.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1136" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNSPDiZtmItlC0RSDQ84hqzoTdC1DACPVaeXGIvWOEYw5SPHYFB6vi-SUFj9RSm-RwddLqJn4dUzXJBF1nKgs2l6Rbu7k8x_L_L_1w6Rtaio8T_mJg62ip2dXoxwvl3_gMLZYU-m7__T5x_m8HI9ztmELzjW4HpNTCULwFKAbCH_j7H3-og/w485-h273/IMG_6611.PNG" width="485" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screen shot from NBC Newscast photo by Laurence L Levin</td></tr></tbody></table><br />June 20--Washington, DC--Photos from your event have many uses. Not only for your website and social media, but for other media outlets. Other media sources who contact you for your story, often need images. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">For example, at a recent award ceremony photographed for Refugees International, one of their awardees was featured in a story by NBC News with Lester Holt. One of the images provided appeared in the newscast and another image appeared on the NBC News website.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaPnqiM_mCyzE9imxen9y98XI17nS4TdzqeqFnljuvBLiRnXr7e1nPoHE8EYa8lCbImfuIuV2I_L8Fvh990GzAmE6ExAUfH-SJ0PzExT879UkDdpArPG2aXR71ksutMcRHyG6fAgd7Em9xQtaZvKb9-6wgtrUVmjZHVi97QHguLLthChC7A/s2082/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-29%20at%205.11.18%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2082" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaPnqiM_mCyzE9imxen9y98XI17nS4TdzqeqFnljuvBLiRnXr7e1nPoHE8EYa8lCbImfuIuV2I_L8Fvh990GzAmE6ExAUfH-SJ0PzExT879UkDdpArPG2aXR71ksutMcRHyG6fAgd7Em9xQtaZvKb9-6wgtrUVmjZHVi97QHguLLthChC7A/w445-h264/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-29%20at%205.11.18%20PM.png" width="445" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screen shot NBC News Website Photo by Laurence L Levin </td></tr></tbody></table><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">These outside media outlets demand high quality images, made with professional equipment, technically excellent as well as an interesting situation/moment are. These images attract attention and most importantly help to tell your story. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Sometimes it might take several shots, sometimes it takes the understanding of the technical aspects of situation to get that shot, Experienced photographers work each situation to get those storytelling images. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">When it’s time to determine your photography or video needs, find a photographer who understands your needs and has the skills to achieve what you need. Sometimes that is easier said than done. All photographers are not equal. Ask colleagues for recommendations, check their portfolio--do they do the type of photos you want, and ask questions--do you feel comfortable with their work style, personality and business style? <o:p></o:p></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">Copyright 2022 Laurence L. Levin All Rights Reserved. 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