Congratulations to the Straley family, winners of an iPod Shuffle from brian lausch photography. blp donated the (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition iPod Shuffle as a door prize to the Inaugural Nottingham Knights & Maidens Triathlon which splashed, mashed and dashed its way into the history books this morning.
I love the iPod Shuffle, especially the (PRODUCT) RED. There's just something about its shape and design that feels so familiar and likeable...
This summer, I had the joy of photographing the Nottingham Marlins Swim Team. The Marlins went undefeated all season and went on to win the Central Maryland Swim League Divisional VIII Championship.
Over the last week, as I opened the morning paper to another image of Michael Phelps setting a new World Record and winning gold, it was with an appreciation for the skill, time and absolute number of images required to get "the shot." This morning was the first since the 2008 Olympic Games opened without such a shot.
"The shot" below of Jason, a rising Maryland swimmer in his own right, was taken at a tri-meet held with Southdown and Farmington earlier this summer. I won't tell you how many images it took to get this shot, but it was more than one.
Recipe for Yummy Images
Take four adorable siblings, add a beautiful deck and yard, mix in a little late afternoon sun and shoot.
I had so much fun chasing—I mean shooting—Caroline, Abby, Andrew and Phillip, and they were all such naturals in front of the camera.
On Monday, the kids and I headed down to Washington, D.C. to return the lens I rented for the Blink of an Eye Photography wedding [that post is coming soon]. Since Penn Camera is just blocks from the White House and we had an hour on the meter, we hopped, skipped and jumped our way over. The kids stood in front of the fence along Pennsylvania Avenue and I took the obligatory tourist snapshot. From there it was past the U.S. Treasury and then back to the car. Once back in the car, I felt a lot like Clark W. Griswold as I circled D.C. shouting, "Hey look kids, there's the Capitol, and there's the Washington Monument!" 
The kids took turns shooting out their windows with my Nikon. They saw more of D.C. than they ever could have on foot, and it's fun to see how D.C. looks from their perspective—through an open window from the back seat of a car.
1. Washington, D.C. sightseeing from a kid's perspective.
2. A session with Caroline, Abby, Andrew and Phillip.
3. Katie and Kyle's wedding at the Schuster Performing Arts Center.
Today, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty will kick off SmartBike DC, the first high-tech public bike-sharing program in the United States. I was in D.C. Friday picking up a lens for the Blink of an Eye Photography wedding in Dayton, OH, the following day and grabbed this ultra wide angle shot [I was inches from the nearest bike] in front of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Imagine my surprise when, while waiting for my Dunkin' Donuts' coffee this morning [blp runs on Dunkin'], I saw this familiar-looking photo in the The Washington Post. I was just having fun with the 14mm lens—who knew I was onto something so hip and green.
As the country and world watches and cheers Baltimore, MD native Michael Phelps to an unprecedented 8 gold medals in a single Olympic Games, our own Olympic hopefuls are setting albeit not World Records but Personal Records every day. And, judging by the Olympic coverage, one never outgrows the funny faces created or marks left behind by their goggles.
I am off to Dayton, OH this weekend to second shoot a wedding with good friend and fellow photographer Carmen Nauseef of Blink of an Eye Photography [this will be the second wedding I have shot with Carmen, the first back in September 2007]. Both the ceremony and reception are being held in the Schuster Performing Arts Center. I can't wait to shoot with Carmen again as well as get inside [and outside] this unique space in downtown Dayton!
Anna is now on the other side of the pond representing the U.S. Pony Club in the 2008 International Tetrathlon Exchange, but before she left for England and Ireland I got to spend some time with her and her beautiful horse Abe. When Anna returns she'll have just a day or two at home before starting her freshman year at St. Mary's College of Maryland—good luck Anna!
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