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Personal, Photography, Travel | 0 comment

Winter Coming!

It was a pleasant summer in Northern VA this year. However, the change of seasons reminds us that winter is coming. For my uncle, he has had another amazing year for flowers! He takes a lot of time and effort to plant, feed, water, and maintain many roses, lillies, pansies, and other flowers in front of my mother’s house.

They always give me great opportunities to work out my macro lenses! These are film scans of Fujifilm Velvia 50 that I had left over from school (the sloppy border is added for fun). It’s amazing the amount of color and saturation this film provides.

Looking through slides is very old-school these days, but my eyes have a vastly different reaction when looking through transparent chromes. I don’t know if it really is a more analog/organic process, or if my eyes are just “used” to looking at pictures through a computer monitor. However, I really enjoy viewing pictures this way!

Unfortunately, it is just getting harder and harder to find good labs that will process E-6 films locally. Not to mention the up-front costs of film, the time to develop, the time to scan into the computer, etc. But I do have a collection of slides that I’m proud of. Additionally, I have some black-and-white negatives that I processed myself. I’ll see if any others are worth posting!

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Healthy & Happy! 32!

It’s my birthday today, and I’m so grateful to all my friends and family who sent good wishes to me today. It has been a life-changing year for me. With the support of my wife, I left a good job to pursue a dream of running my own business. I have received the support of photography and financial mentors to help me through the opening stages. With my business partner, we have finally started to get something going after founding TimeLine Media three years ago!

birthday
birthday selfies by the author of the author

My mother has also supported me in this time giving me advice and pushing me to pursue things as seriously as she has all my other interests. My uncle has been there for extra help when extra hands were needed. He even helped us by driving most of the way from Virginia to Chicago! Old work colleagues have been encouraging and genuinely happy for the new direction I’ve taken. Although I am incredibly satisfied with how things are going, I still miss the everyday interaction with a large group of similarly minded people working on big projects. It’s just me and my technology working on my projects now, but the rewards seem more fulfilling, and more my own. I am looking forward to the next year – more changes, more learning, and more photos!

TimeLine Media – www.timelinedc.com
703-864-8208

Ballroom Dance, Event, Photography, Travel | 1 Comment

Another diversion!

Yup, I was trying to do a lot of weddings this summer, but they didn’t pan out for me as a solo shooter. I did assist for a number of weddings with some awesome results. But for most of the summer, I concentrated on an event called the Northstar Dance-o-rama held by the Arthur Murray studios of Minneapolis, MN.

Ballroom Dance Photography

Ballroom dancing gets my wife and me from the front of the TV for at least a few times a week. We have been doing it since before our wedding in 2004 and have continued since. Thanks to our local studio owner, my company, TimeLine Media got the opportunity to provide the photos and videos for the event. With both needed from us, we needed to bring a lot of equipment. With flying fees the way they are, it was nearly impossible to fly. So, we decided to drive from northern VA to Edina, MN. This would be the longest car trip I would ever take! My uncle helped us to drive by taking most of the driving load up to Chicago, where we dropped him off to visit family. We then finished the trip stopping to see friends in Madison, WI before arriving in Minnesota.

The event was a lot of fun – but a lot of work for us! I had not been to a dance-o-rama and stayed for the entire time on the dance floor. I ended up taking close 5000 pictures. If you’d like to see them, they are posted at

http://www.timelinedc.com/client/Northstar08

We had a good team that worked exceptionally hard for the participants, and I hope they enjoy the results of that work. Following are some pictures of the poor Chrysler Town & Country that was loaded down from floor to celing, back to front with photo equipment, printers, video cameras, and computers for over 2000 miles. Thanks to everyone that helped! We hope to see all the students and instructors again next year!

Program at the Northstar Dance-o-rama
Program at the Northstar Dance-o-rama
Rented van for trip from Virginia to Minnesota
Rented van for trip from Virginia to Minnesota
Mileage driven from Virginia to Minnesota for the Northstar Dance o Rama
Mileage driven from Virginia to Minnesota for the Northstar Dance o Rama
Charle resting after the Northstar Dance o Rama
Charle resting after the Northstar Dance o Rama

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