Do you like this photo?
OK. Not sure how many responses I will get, but I am curious about what others think of this photo. An attempt at something different. I will tell more about it after I get some votes in the can.
Civil Disobedience – Kinda
There were three photographers in the Senate Press Photographer’s Gallery when Mark Abraham, the gallery deputy director, received an email saying that the Capitol Police were responding to a disturbance in the Capitol Rotunda. After the obligatory 15 seconds of trying to determine if he was serious or just messing with us, we took off [...]
Senate Democrats to introduce energy bill – Mother Nature Network
The Mother Nature Network picked up a photo of mine from a recent press conference when Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters that republicans continue to block climate legislation. Click here for the story on The Mother Nature Network.
For Oil Spill Victims, Fair Compensation Requires a Crystal Ball (Washington Independent)
While shooting Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the BP Oil Spill Victim Compensation Fund, as he testified before congress the other day, I played around with some strange in-camera cropping. I was not sure if it worked and I am still undecided, but apparently The Washington Independent like one of them since they used it [...]
“Presidential” Visit
Covering Capitol Hill means always trying to find something “different” to make a photo. The repetitiveness of chasing politicians, shooting hearings and press conferences can get to be a bit dry. Thankfully you never know who you will run into on Capitol Hill. It could be a movie star lobbying congress for their cause or [...]
Where’s the Beef? (PETA Protests on Capitol Hill)
If an organization has a message that it feels strongly about, I think it would really help their cause if their presentation was not taken from the Gypsy Rose Lee playbook. PETA was on Capitol Hill yesterday to protest National Hot Dog Month. The event has turned into a yearly sideshow. PETA has been coming [...]
Induction Day (USNA)
Since my father was in the Marine Corps for 32 years, I have a certain affinity for the military. So I recently decided to take off for Annapolis, Maryland to shoot a project on personal time – Induction Day at the United States Naval Academy. I figured if nothing else, my agency, ZUMA, would be [...]
PRIDE
Saturday after the viewing of the World Cup Soccer matches on Dupont Circle (See post in On Assignment), I stayed in the city for the annual parade that is held during the Capitol Pride Festival. This was interesting and a lot of fun. Thousands of spectators lined the parade route that marched up P street [...]
World Cup Fever Comes to D.C.
Do you know that saying that your first intuition is probably right? There is another favorite of mine used in gambling circles by players of baccarat. “Don’t get off the horse until it dies.” This is in reference to betting method where you are betting on the “dealer” or the “player” and pressing the bet [...]
Pittsburgh Strip District
My wife, Jenny, and I made a trip to Pittsburgh recently so she could attend a conference for her job. I decided to spend some time in the Strip District and see if I could make some interesting images. Now before everyone starts smirking, I need to say that the Strip District is a clothing [...]
The National Spelling Bee and RAW vs JPG. (How fast is fast enough?)
It is hard to believe that with all the work I have done for newspapers that I have just covered my first spelling bee. The cool thing is that it was the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The contest itself was great. We did have some issues with the people running the show when they threw [...]
Memorial Day 2010 in Washington D.C.
I just finished covering the Memorial Day weekend in Washington, D.C. There is always a lot going on in the Nation’s Capital during this holiday. But is it actually a holiday? We do get a day off from work like any other holiday. People all over the country spend the day at picnics or at [...]
Halliburton: Oil Spill Fall Guy? (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones online picked up one of my images from the Deepwater Horizon disaster hearings on Capitol Hill. Read the Mother Jones Story here.
Wall Street Journal Online – Oil Spill Blame Game
A couple of my images made the Wall Street Journal slideshow about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill hearings on Capitol Hill as well as one on the WSJ Photos of the Day Blog.
Did Ex-Mortgage Guru Lie Under Oath? (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones story about how Goldman’s ex-mortgage exec. Daniel Sparks told Congress he didn’t expect a group of financial products to fail. Internal documents suggest he knew otherwise. Read the story here: Did Goldman’s Ex-Mortgage Guru Lie Under Oath?
The “Long” and “Short” of it.
The Goldman Sachs Hearings on Capitol Hill 8:30 a.m. Arrived early for a 10:00 hearing. There are already 15 or 20 photographers and a slew of writers and TV already in the room. Thankfully it is a bigger room than the one that held the Toyota hearings a few months back. First thing is to [...]
A Tea Party on Tax Day
The Tea Party Express rolled into Washington, D.C. for a rally on Tax Day. I should begin by saying that most of the gathering was civil, polite and having a good time. It is valuable to have a dialog in this country coming from all sides of an issue. Intelligent and constructive dialog is the [...]
You Gotta Love D.C.
I have only been here a couple of months, but I am beginning to realize that you just never know what you will see around Washington, D.C. I was walking from a meeting with Graph Paper Press guru Thad Allender an was heading to the White House for an assignment when I saw this group [...]
iPad Fever
I went out this morning to get a few shots of the first day of iPad sales at a local Apple store in Reston, Va. OK, I actually went to play with an iPad and figured it is a news event, so pictures would be a good idea too. No, I did not buy one, [...]
Protect the Penis (I am not making this up)
OK. It was going to be a simple assignment at the White House. The President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, and his wife were in town for a visit with our President. Easy enough. Show up and photograph the short press conference, send the photos to ZUMA and head home. But as I was leaving the [...]
ZUMA Picture of the Day
The last photo I shot while covering the historic Health Care vote in the House of Representatives over the weekend was also the first photo I shot on Monday, March 22, 2010. This photo was a happy accident. It was 1 a.m. and after covering the healthcare vote for 16 hours, I was looking for [...]
Working at the White House
I have covered a lot of cool stuff over my 25-plus years as a photojournalist. I have covered 10 U.S. Open golf tournaments, been to the Masters 4 times and played Augusta National. I have gone up in 2 blimps for shoots and ridden with game wardens in those cool little helicopters. I covered protests [...]
Covering a Historic Vote
One thing I think all photojournalists know is that trying to cover any big event as a one-man-band is a lot of work and sometimes a bit of a crap shoot. Nobody can be everywhere at once. And since you can’t, you have to accept the fact that you are going to miss stuff. So [...]
And then it got UGLY…
Apparently when all else fails, civil discourse is set aside in the Tea Party movement. From CNN: “Civil rights icon and veteran Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, said anti-health care bill protesters Saturday repeatedly yelled the “N” word at him as he left a heath care meeting and walked to the Capitol.” Click here for the [...]
