* March 25 - The Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College hosted a lecture and Q&A by Will Crockett called Wake Up and Smell the Pixels! This seminar was sponsored by BogenCafe.us and ShootSmarter.com. Will Crockett taught about the importance of becoming proficient with resources and how to take the shortest (and most profitable) pathway from "click to print."
* March 27 - I had seen the 80's cover song band The Legwarmers in concert before and they were playing again at The State Theatre in Falls Church, VA. A few friends and I got together to dress up in 80's style clothes and rock out to 80's tunes. It was a fun night. I felt like I knew most of the lyrics and the song's rhythms. I brought my Canon compact camera and took shots till my camera battery ran out.
* March 28th, Will Crockett of ShootSmarter.com gave a seminar at the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College. It was about "Lighting with Off-Camera Flash."
Fashion for Paws - That evening was a night I had been preparing for called Fashion for Paws. It's a fundraiser for the Washington Humane Society. Hundreds of people came together including some well known DC socialites, professionals and it drew some celebrities such as Val Kilmer this year. I had photographed this event last year and enjoyed it and the location at the Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C. It's great to see everyone dressed up, including the dogs, and the highlight of the night is the fashion show with both local socialites as well as dogs going down the runway. I was able to get access to take pictures of all areas of the event, and I was glad to have had one of my photos published in The Washington Post.
* April 4 - Cherry Blossom season in DC is a big event as thousands of people flock to the area to visit the Cherry Blossoms during their peak bloom and enjoy the National Cherry Blossom Festival. For the past several years I've helped to coordinate getting people together for a bike ride to see the Cherry Blossoms and tour DC. I was able to take pictures at this year's Cherry Blossom Bike Ride:
* V's Dream Party - I celebrated my birthday over the weekend with friends. It would have been nice to have a birthday party in an exotic vista, but it's important to me to be able to celebrate life with many of my friends around. This Dream Party was about bringing together friends and having fun, yet also to encourage one another in pursuing our dreams in life. I wanted to give props to Martin Luther King Jr and his I Have a Dream speech. This was also a hat party, recognizing that hats are part of identities that we put on or that are brought out with them. We can wear many hats, but the identity of the inner person is paramount. A friend brought over Rock Band and that provided lots of entertainment. We also had a photo room with one of my cameras set up on a tripod, where people could take some "photo booth" type shots with a timer. It was a simple night as far as set up, but it was profound in relationships and community, and that's what matters.
April 14 - I'm late in reading a guest blog entry from Scott Kelby's blog from February 18, but I'm glad I did. I noticed it because it was Scott's most popular blog post. The guest blog was from Zack Arias and he didn't write the entry as it's usually done, but he did a video entry for it. He also has the video and a description of it on his website.
The bio on Zack's OneLight Workshop really moved me because it's such an amazing story, and one that likely many photographers can relate with. May this help to "Edit: Transform" you.
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