Group shots mastery

Jim is the master of group shots.  It takes real skill and the artistic "eye" to make a shot like the one on the left - you have a variety of looks, color, and clothing, limited space and personalities that don't like to pose for pictures, some that do, and mostly those that don't want to stand around for too long!  For the past several years, Jim spends 40 Mondays annually taking group shots for Lockheed Martin's Center for Leadership Excellence, so he has lots of practice!

Sometimes the group shots are impromptu without special lighting and arranged space, such as the images below taken last week at a convention in Chicago.

And lastly there's always the planned, posed group shot, where someone doesn't show up or the schedule changes and I have to use my PhotoShop skills to make the image a whole.  This last picture, below, was done over a 3 week period with a few people added in over time.

Meetings Photography Coverage: The Art of Candids

Jim has a wonderful gift in capturing the "decisive moment" (coined by the famous photographer Henri Cartier Bresson).  These recent images from two conventions mid-May illustrate the art of doing business through meetings and conventions.

One of our favorite speakers in action, Hattie Hill.

Meetings Photography Coverage: Health Care Issues

We are fortunate to have several clients that deal with today's healthcare issues,  a topic that we care about.  Pictured here is Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Dept of Health and Human Services at an annual meeting at the Gaylord National Harbor last week and a few images from the Capitol Hill Advocacy Day of our new client, Sickle Cell Disease Association of America.

Meetings Photography Coverage

Jim has covered this premier energy meeting for many years. Run by Daniel Yergin, a world-renown expert in energy, this week long seminar in Houston attracts industry and government officials from all over the world.  Speakers (pictured) included WDC notables,  Lawrence Summers, David Gergen and David Ignatius.

Meetings Photography Coverage: National Association of Community Health Centers

We are honored to cover the National Association of Community Health Centers Policy and Issues Forum every year.  Regardless of one's position on healthcare reform, I believe we can all agree on NACHC's philosophy of bringing affordable and accessible healthcare to all.

The meeting coverage entails General sessions -this year featuring Ted Kennedy, Jr, and multiple Hill visits and Congressional Receptions.

Multi-Media Event Photography at Newseum Broadcast Studio

The event Jim covered at the Broadcast Studio at the Newseum was truly a multi-media event.  Questions were posed to the panel by a live audience, a live webcast via the Internet, a Twitter feed,  and pre-recorded video questions posted on YouTube.

Blizzard of 2010- Part Deux

The kitties have ventured out for approximately 10 seconds and experienced the 5 stages of kitty snow curiousity: Wonderment, Bravado, Wet Feet, Arrgh, Panic, LET ME IN!

Blizzard of 2010!

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Take Me To Your Leader

More to come tomorrow..............

Press Conference, Committee Meetings, Recognition Dinner

The start of 2010: Business as usual.

End of 2009

The big holiday snow of 2009!