June 2020 archive

Quarantine 5 – 2020 Clematis Blooms

Clematis flower blooming in the back yard ©TimeLine Media
Clematis flower blooming in the back yard ©TimeLine Media

Falls Church, VA

As can be seen in my 2020 Clematis flowers, my garden is growing beautifully this year! This is despite my very limited knowledge on how to grow anything out of the ground. When the blooms start to come out in Spring, I usually get a few photos. However, the quarantine keeping us at home gives me a new subjects to test some lighting setups.

Macro image of Clematis bloom with extra lighting ©TimeLine Media
Macro image of Clematis bloom with extra lighting ©TimeLine Media
Setup of camera and off camera flashes in the back garden ©TimeLine Media
Setup of camera and off camera flashes in the back garden ©TimeLine Media

During this shoot, I used my camera with two speedlight flashes. Although you see two speedlights here, only one was actually adding light to the photos. One was only used as a trigger for the off camera flash. While moving the lights around, I found that the small lights were nice to control what parts of the flowers were illuminated. After each photo, I could move either the flash or the camera with very slight movements. It produced a large set of varied images! I felt it was a productive way to spend a lock-down afternoon.

Newly opening 2020 Clematis flower ©TimeLine Media
Newly opening 2020 Clematis flower ©TimeLine Media
Flower bloom with some added sprayed water ©TimeLine Media
Flower bloom with some added sprayed water ©TimeLine Media
Lady bug on a clematis flower ©TimeLine Media
Lady bug on a clematis flower ©TimeLine Media

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2019 Maker Faire

Johnson Student Center during the 2019 Maker Faire at GMU ©TimeLine Media
Johnson Student Center during the 2019 Maker Faire at GMU ©TimeLine Media

George Mason University

One of the many events that I am disappointed to not be covering this year, is the Maker Faire. Last year, I photographed the 2019 Maker Faire NoVa held on the campus of GMU. Prior to the event, I was referred to the organizers by the TEDxTysons team. Being that the TEDx group was a sponsor of the event, it was a great collaboration. Moreoever, they had a tent at the Maker Faire to promote their upcoming events. Overall they have very similar audiences.

Speakers at the NoVA Maker Faire tent at GMU ©TimeLine Media
Speakers at the NoVA Maker Faire tent at GMU ©TimeLine Media
Speakers at the NoVA Maker Faire tent at GMU ©TimeLine Media

Since this was the first time I attended this event, I needed to quickly get acquainted. The biggest challenge for the day was that the whole event was sprawled across a few campus buildings. Of course, I did not want to leave out any section from the photo collection, so I had to work fast! Armed with a map and schedule of events for the day, I had to divide my time as efficiently as I could. I wish I had more time to see all the creations!

Johnson Student Center during the 2019 Maker Faire at GMU ©TimeLine Media

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Open Streets – Tysons

Ronit Dancis speaking at the ribbon cutting for the Tysons Open Streets project 
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Ronit Dancis speaking at the ribbon cutting for the Tysons active streets project
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Tysons Boulevard Active Street

Last week, the Tysons Partnership formally opened an Open Streets project on Tysons Blvd. Being that this was my first commercial assignment since the lock down restrictions have started to lift, I was eager to get out there! Similarly, the annual report release for the Partnership was the last event I photographed before quarantine. On this occasion, everyone was practicing their social distancing, and wearing masks.

Ribbon cutting scissors and biking information for Tysons Blvd. project ©TimeLine Media
Ribbon cutting scissors and biking information for Tysons Blvd. project ©TimeLine Media
Dalia Palchik speaking at the ribbon cutting of Tysons Open Streets project on Tysons Blvd. ©TimeLine Media
Dalia Palchik speaking at the ribbon cutting of Tysons active street project on Tysons Blvd. ©TimeLine Media

Since we are still social distancing, the groups that worked on this project had a vision of ‘active’ or ‘open’ streets. Blocking off the north bound lane of Tysons Blvd. to motor traffic allows for more space for biking, walking, and exercise. Despite many different agencies and other stake holders that need to be involved in this kind of project, it was quite a win for those involved! It was a great example of the kind of work the Tysons Partnership does to bring improvements to Tysons. Stop by the next time you are in the area, and enjoy the open street!

Supervisors Walter Alcorn, Dalia Palchik, and Tysons Partnership Roni Dancis cutting ribbon  ©TimeLIne Media
Supervisors Walter Alcorn, Dalia Palchik, and Tysons Partnership Roni Dancis cutting ribbon ©TimeLine Media
Group working on Open Streets projects at the ribbon cutting on Tysons Blvd. ©TimeLine Media
Group working on active streets project at the ribbon cutting on Tysons Blvd.
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Bike Riders getting ready to test the Tysons Open Streets project ©TimeLine Media
Bike Riders getting ready to test the Tysons pedestrian / biking project ©TimeLine Media
Barrier on northbound Tysons Blvd. closing it to motor traffic ©TimeLine Media
Barrier on northbound Tysons Blvd. closing it to motor traffic ©TimeLine Media

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