Image of the Day

Today’s Image of the Day is a candid portrait…just goes to show that you should continue to click throughout the session.  I found this on Kelly Park’s blog today.

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Found this image on Tawnya Hood’s blog.  Really like the composition of this image and the brides well lit face.

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Image of the Day

Sloan photographers captured this terrific image and posted it on their blog.

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PartnerCon Los Angeles

I will be out in LA this week for the conference and am looking forward to seeing a ton of my friends that are speaking. I will be manning the liveBooks booth and discussing websites, so stop by if you are there!

I’ve been to every PartnerCon…there is always an environment of sharing and networking.

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Image of the Day

Today’s images is a cake shot…yes a cake shot! Actually any shot that Chenin posted from this wedding could have made the Image of the Day! Hyatt Resort and Spa at Huntington Beach was a terrific background for this wedding. I have shot there and it is a terrific venue. Check out Chenin’s blog from more fantastic images!

With so many terrific images…I am also tagging this one Inspiration.

While your at it…check out Doug and Chenin’s Totally Rad Actions!

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I TRI’d

Today I ran in my first triathlon in South Berwick, Maine called the Pumpkinman. It started with a 1/3 mile swim that looked and seemed like more of a 1/2 mile, then onto a 17 mile bike through the beautiful rolling country hills. The last leg was a 3 mile run to a down hill finish line and pumpkin pie! I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed the experience of challenging myself over the course, although I was quite happy to cross the line.

Em‘s brother in law, Steven, joined me in the race…but I did not see him out on the course, as he finished ahead of me by 15 minutes. It was the first race for both of us and we both agreed that we were already looking forward to next year. Em grabbed some shots of us on her point and shoot. Thanks sweets! Much thanks and love go out to Em’s family who came out to root us on!

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The Big Idea

I have to admit a small addiction to this show. I just really enjoy hearing entrepreneurs telling their stories about perseverance and success! It’s on in the evenings on CNBC…check out their blog.

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couple of my images…

Here are a couple of shots from a recent wedding

Stephanie and Tom had a great day with so many fun details. It has been a great experience shooting with Em on so many weddings this summer. Check out more of this wedding on her blog.

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Image of the Day

Found today’s image on  Marlin Munoz’s blog.

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Apple Early Adopters Kickback

Steve Jobs and Apple decide to give the folks who waited in line and who are now complaining about the recent price drop of the iPhone, from $599 to $399, a kickback!

…Therefore, we have decided to offer every iPhone customer who purchased an iPhone from either Apple or AT&T, and who is not receiving a rebate or any other consideration, a $100 store credit towards the purchase of any product at an Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store. Details are still being worked out and will be posted on Apple’s website next week. Stay tuned.

We want to do the right thing for our valued iPhone customers. We apologize for disappointing some of you, and we are doing our best to live up to your high expectations of Apple.

Steve Jobs
Apple CEO

Read the rest of the article here.

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LinkedIn to linkUP!

“A business social networking site that lets you connect everyone you know and have ever worked with in once place.” A Google for people!

If you are on LinkedIn…let’s connect.

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Image of the Day

A father showing true emotion, looks like the bride has not seen her father cry before…great capture Laurel! Stop over at her blog and make sure to comment

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Image of the Day

The first dance is such a big event in any wedding and the tender moments of the couple are always such great fodder for photographs. Jasmine did an excellent job of capturing this here.

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Hijack : Em on Matt Mendelsohn

I grabbed this off of Em’s Blog…this article is a must read. Matt is a terrific writer and incredible photographer!

Matt Mendelsohn in the Washington Post Magazine

My good friend and DC wedding photographer Matt Mendelsohn has a brilliant article in Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine (my former employer). It is beautifully and smartly written, and captures so many of my similar feelings of why I moved from news photography into weddings. If you have a minute, and a cup of coffee to sip, sit down and settle in to enjoy his account of this profession. I promise you won’t be disappointed (thank you, Sabrina, for alerting me to this!).
**Click here** to read the article.

(Matt will be online to discuss his article and field questions at Noon on Tuesday. Picture of Matt in his studio by Mark Peterson, Redux).

Matt is online NOW answering questions!

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Image of the Day

This image was found on Steve DePino’s blog. Be sure to check out Steve’s promo video on his blog to get a real feel for how he shoots.

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Labor Day Origins

This weekend we shot a wedding in Greenville, Maine. The groom and his family traveled from Ireland to this small Maine town for the celebration. They asked me what Labor Day was and why we celebrate it…good question. I knew that it was because of the worker and was pretty sure that unions had something to do with it, but really didn’t have a great answer for them. So here is what I have found on the Department of Labor’s website:

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.

In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a “workingmen’s holiday” on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.

Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From them developed the movement to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.

The character of the Labor Day celebration has undergone a change in recent years, especially in large industrial centers where mass displays and huge parades have proved a problem. This change, however, is more a shift in emphasis and medium of expression. Labor Day addresses by leading union officials, industrialists, educators, clerics and government officials are given wide coverage in newspapers, radio, and television.

The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation’s strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker.

DOL : History of Labor Day

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