Posts Tagged ‘Travel’
Panning for Gold
Just when you feel you’ve taken every possible angle and image of the WWII Memorial (and I’ve made my share!), you stumble across another view. Yesterday, we were let out of the cab at the front of the Memorial and wandered into this area overlooking the Plaza. The images are available on the studio archive […]
Kenosha Air Show greets Vets
Old Glory Honor Flight lead by Drew McDonald arrived yesterday with eighty veterans and as many guardians and family. It made for a nice set of pictures as several families flew in and surprised their Veteran at the Memorial. Temperatures were DC HOT but a strong breeze and lots of umbrellas kept everyone comfortable. The group flew last night to Kenosha, Wisconsin and the Experimental Aviation Association annual meet up. They were greeted by an estimated 20 to 30 thousand people.
National Parks Traveler Reviews Tidewater
You can get a feel for the setting that greeted the captain, and which is now part of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail in Tidewater: The Chesapeake Bay in Photographs, a book compiled through the lenses of Stephen R. Brown that reflects the past and the present on the bay’s waters….”
Honor Flight Chicago at WWII Memorial
Every three weeks, Honor Flight Chicago brings in four buses of veterans to visit their Memorial. Despite the fact that DC has “cooled off” from the 100 degree temperatures of last week, the 90 degree weather on Wednesday felt warm enough. However, Mother Nature is no rival for the energy and spirit of Honor Flight […]
Happy 4th of July
The fireworks in DC are always spectacular and one year I had the good fortune to photograph them from the top of the Lincoln Memorial. You don’t get a much better seat than that! We are planning on revisiting the roof of the Lincoln Memorial this Fall to photograph the newly renovated reflecting pool.
Korea at Night
The Korean Memorial has been an interesting project as well. Surrounded by the Lincoln and the WWII Memorial, it’s smaller even than the Vietnam Memorial. I’ve found it the most difficult of the Memorials to photograph so far but then, I haven’t tried it just before dawn…usually a solution for any photograph.
Pentagon Memorial
I have seen sketches of the new Pentagon Memorial and was not expecting the elegance and sophistication of the design. It is truly a subtle solution for this little trafficked Memorial. We are adding photos to the DC PHOTO BOOK due out in the Fall and this will be a stunning addition. Visit before it’s […]
Michigan Honor Flight
Faye Wisely was the first person I ever contacted about Honor Flight. No one was quite sure of how to go about accomplishing the task of moving all those vets. She pointed me to Earl Morse who was still working it out with Jeff Miller over the dinner table.
Memorial Day 2012
While visiting the WWII Memorial, a veteran from North West Ohio Honor Flight contemplates FDR’s words on Pearl Harbor. It is interesting that the religious right insists that Washingtonians omitted any reference to the creator as if we have nothing to do but remove text when in fact, the quote was at the end of […]
Honor Flights
Chicago, Arizona, Columbia and Myrtle Beach, SC and North West Ohio Honor Flights were in town today as was Jim McLaughlin, President of Honor Flight and Susan Barr traveling with Arizona. The predicted stormy weather held off all day and other than a bit of humidity, my trip to the Memorial was absolute karma– […]
Jane’s Corner
Jane Howitt began working with me a couple of months ago and studio productivity has skyrocketed. She oversaw the revision of the WWII Memorial book through its final stages and is now deep into the revision of the DC PHOTO BOOK. She is also working on a series of posters which we soon hope to […]
Kaskey Studio Site
Sculptor Ray Kaskey who sculpted the the WWII Memorial elements just completed assignments for the “International Brotherhood of Teamsters” and the “International Union of Operating Engineers.” I added twelve pages to the site and updated the “Commissions” page. I designed the site two years ago in Dreamweaver and still think it’s an elegant piece of code.
Barcelona: Visual Treats
Barcelona was a visual feast and there was no imaging restraint possible! I have just finished doing a preliminary edit using Lightroom. While I haven’t had much experience with LR, i found it satisfying to take these gritty green fluorescent night shots and turn them into relatively interesting color or lack of. The choice of […]
Potomac View
Scouting an architectural project along the Potomac, I realized I have only been on the River once before in my three decades in DC! I jumped on the Riverfront Cruse which was just arriving and it turned out to be the last ride of the season! As I got on, I recognized Captain Bob […]
Fall Cruising
This was the scene from the helm this weekend as we took advantage of the light winds to finish up the season. I’ve been dropping off cases of “Tidewater” at the various marinas we visit on our explorations of the Chesapeake.
Chicago, Arizona, New Mexico Honor Flights stay dry!
We had some bad weather forecast today in DC and while it was gray, the rains held off while Arizona, New Mexico and Chicago were at the Memorial. Jim McLoughlin and Susan Barr are in town for a few days supervising the variety of flights that are arriving. Honor Flight is a phenomena…and phenomenally successful. […]
200th Honor Flight Charter for Southwest Airlines
Jeff and Tam Miller were on hand to greet the 200th charter flight by Southwest Airlines today. Senators Dole (Robert and Elizabeth) and Senator Richard Burr were on hand to greet the troops from North Carolina, Arizona and Cleveland. George Kerestes and Al Doehring showed up as well as Susan Barr. It was quite a […]
Honor Flight September 10, 2011
After a scorching summer and a week of torrential rain, it was a pleasure to slip by the WWII Memorial this morning. As I strolled towards the Pacific entrance, I ran into Jim McLoughlin, President of Honor Flight. He’s on a trip every three weeks in addition to supervising Honor Flight’s all over the country. […]
VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945
VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 from Richard Sullivan on Vimeo. This video was recently found and is represented to be VJ Day in Honolulu. Imagine the celebration…no…SEE the celebration in this short piece. We are gathering additional stills and video for our ongoing publications of “WWII MEMORIAL: Jewel of the Mall.”
Honor Flight Chicago
Honor Flight Chicago visited the WWII Memorial in the blistering heat. Wisely staying on the buses when possible, they managed to put together a moving ceremony at the WWII Memorial. Working with Honor Flight Chicago’s 800 volunteer army, this print will be waiting for the veterans when they arrive at the airport this evening. Every […]
Martin Luther King Memorial
This image was taken about a month ago. As I was wondering along the Tidal Basin on the way to the WWII Memorial, MLK was exposed! It looks to be a beautiful memorial and I am looking forward to photographing it more thoroughly when it opens this August 28th.
L’Escargot Restored!
L’Escargot, now the nicest Bristol 32 on the Chesapeake Bay, is in the water and going fast (for a Bristol 32). I’d like to thank everyone who coordinated their efforts to get the boat through the yard: Buster Phipps for his innovative hatches and woodwork, Osprey Marine Composites for a smooth bottom and structural […]
Rebecca Ruark sails with Tidewater
Captain Wade Murphy of the Rebecca Ruark will be making “Tidewater: The Chesapeake Bay in Photographs” available on his daily tours for the Summer. The Rebecca Ruark is promiently featured in Tidewater.
WWII Veterans stream into Memorial
I got a schedule of Honor Flights yesterday from Glenn Anderson who is running the welcoming committee at BWI airport. His devotion and the devotion of his volunteers is absolutely amazing. This week, there were ten flights coming in and out of BWI almost everyday of the week as Honor Flight organizers deal with charter […]