Happy Thanksgiving!

Now that I have been a year, I am starting to shoot the same assignments again. But that's part of the newspaper business. The problem is coming up with a new way to cover these assignments each year, which can be difficult. This assignment was no different. A Thanksgiving Dinner was held by the Salvation Army for the homeless, families who can't afford a nice dinner and the elderly. Of course, I got a lot of people not wanting their picture taken, so I focused on the volunteers and kids. Most parents don't care if their kids are photographer, as long as they aren't. I am sort of happy with I what I managed to get.

Happy Turkey Day to everyone.

The Nutcracker

We cover a lot of high school and community shows here. Plays, musicals, ballets and whatever else goes on in the arts. Last night was no different as I was assigned to cover a dress rehearsal for the ballet, The Nutcracker. In an effort to do something different, I shot most of the rehearsal from backstage. I might have to do this for now on. I got better shots from this rehearsal than ever before.





And some of facial expressions or things that the dancers do backstage before going on are pretty funny also.

Election Day

So, Tuesday wes Election Night here in Virginia. I know most states didn't have any major races, but we did. Every state represenative seat was up and several local seats were being contested. As expected, the Democrats pretty much cleaned up. I had the pleasure, of hanging with the Democrats at their victory party headquarters. It was a long day and night, since several glitches in Fairfax County kept the results from being posted for most races until almost midnight. Here are a few pics.




This is Chap Petersen, one of the newly elected members of the state senate. He has a huge family and I think they were all their wearing avariety of clothing with his name. He even took his shoes off at one time and showed them to everybody to prove how much he had walked around to get votes. He's new, but he is already pulling thesame old political antics.


This is Gerry Connelly, the Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and had just won re-election. He is the ultimate politician. Shaking hands, kissing babies and telling jokes is what he does best.