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Ok, sorry for the last couple of entries, but I'm just working through some issues. Kind of like this visitor to the national mall - man she really wanted that gift bag! 
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I think something is on fire.
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Take a Peake:
For those that can't see the stars through the bars (yeah, you know who you are), I will spell this one out for you.
The title of this entry:
"With malice toward none; with clarity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan..."
- comes from Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address (as seen on the screen behind Sec. Peake at this year's DOD Medical Symposium.
Now, "who's Sec. Peake? and what's with the Lincoln thing?"
... um, yeah!
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WIMSA played host to a variety of characters in April, the least of which had humans attached to their forth point of contact. Sesame Street goes DOD in attempt to assist the children of deployed services members to understand the road ahead. Dealing with time periods stretching further than beyond dinner time, and with the possibility of their mother or father returning from a conflict minus one or two parts - Sesame Street rocks.
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This too, shall pass. Mr. Buckley, one of the last WWI service members left alive came to visit the District's WWI Memorial site last month. Buckley is the last known surviving American WWI soldier.
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If practice makes perfect... in practicing our craft to make the most of any given assignment, "... never too small a task - an extra
moments pause, should be concern for cause ..." | ecrit ag
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like the blank black rapture in the yellow lines on south bound 35 where the bluebells live and die in the vortex of a raging current...
reathing in the toxicities of progress and the legacy left behind between two lines of text can truth be found
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Tonight my professional practices class had the privilege to go see the US News & World Report's Washington, DC office, located in Georgetown. We were escorted around the facilities via one of their photo editors, Ms. Lauren Stockbower. The discussions ranged from going through a photographer's submissions, to daily rates, usage rights, and cost benefit analysis of hiring a local photographer versus sending a staff photographer to cover an event. It seems like more than ever, in order to become a successful photographer you have to have a MBA in order to make sure you're able to break even in todays photographic market place.
In today's market place the photographic industry is saturated with creative individuals, some of which can actually earn a comfortable living while doing what they love. Unfortunately, there is no direct corelation between being able to make a properly composed/exposed image, and being able to earn a living while doing it. The second most popular item up for sale on many of the more popular auction sites, are the business shingles of all those that have tried and failed. Often the photographer's failure can be linked to their poorly executed business plan, or lack of accountability, rather than to their inability to produce a dynamic image.
The following is a list of resources that have been proven effective by many photographers just starting out, and looking for assistance. |
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