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If you're in the DC-area make sure to take advantage of a sudden spur-of-the-moment snow safari, from the folks at Washington Photo Safari!
Don't miss out, the folks at Washingotn Photo Safari are leading a tour around the White House and monuments to capture images from the DC Snowpocalypse! You can find out details and sign up, here.
Hi gang. Welcome to a special snow
day edition of the blog. My goal for
today is to share with you a few odds and ends and then try to stay warm...
The DC area got about 10-20 inches of additional snow since I took these photos. They're calling it the DC Snowpocalypse... and it truly is crazy around here. The federal government has been shut down all week. That's the most consecutive days of closure in U.S. history.
As an interesting side note, today's blog entry was written entirely using the dictation capabilities of Windows 7. I'm extremely impressed at how accurate it takes dictation and I'm looking forward to being able to sit here and talk my way through these blog entries in the future. One final thing to mention I didn't have to buy any special software and I'm currently using the Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 headset in microphone combo – which was under thirty bucks. Pretty cool if you asked me.
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The Twitter contest is going strong and at this point we have 259
followers. Thanks to everyone who has participated so far, and if you haven't,
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Start to Finish – TJM Media Group
We're still looking for feedback from viewers about what you'd like to see
in the next episode of Start to Finish.
While you're at it if you have any feedback about the first episode we
released would like to hear that as well.
You can e-mail your feedback to: start2finish@tjmmediagroup.com
Speaking of Start to Finish, you can now subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, here.
This weekend consisted of snow, shoveling snow, playing in the snow, shoveling snow, watching the snow fall, shoveling snow, playing in the snow, waiting to go back out and play in the snow, a major snowball fight, and of course, shoveling snow.
Just a few snapshots, nothing fancy, of the snow that has essentially shutdown the Washington, DC area. The federal government is shut down, all the major school systems are shut down, and the best part is - we're supposed to get another 6-12 inches tomorrow!!
Nikon D3, 24-70mm (at 70mm), f/2.8 at 1/5000s, ISO 200
Nikon D3, 24-70mm (at 24mm), f/2.8 at 1/3200s, ISO 100
Nikon D3, 24-70mm (at 70mm), f/2.8 at 1/8000s, ISO 100
Come join us on February 21, 2010 from 11:00 - 3:00 at the Stonewall Golf Club in Gainesville, VA. Enjoy an intimate afternoon with Towner Jones Photography and other area wedding professionals. We look forward to finding out how we can serve you.
The TJM Media Group is pleased to announce the release of the first episode of "Start to Finish" - a series where you, the reader, will help select each month's photography and graphic design assignment and then watch as your projects are completed, from start to finish. The key to this being a fun, interesting, and informative feature is your interaction. In this first episode, we had to come up with a basic concept on our own.
In this episode, we go on assignment to the grounds of the University of Virginia and photograph Thomas Jefferson's historic academic village. Photographs are captured to demonstrate basic pano-stitching techniques back in the studio. It was a simple task to get the series up and running.
We have every confidence that you can do much better!
Here's how we'd like it to work:
Each month we need two basic assignments - a photographic concept and a final presentation.
For example, a suggestion for a photographic concept might be: Demonstrate the process for capturing the photos needed to render an HDR image of the Lincoln Memorial. The resulting final presentation concept might be: Render the HDR image and present as a fine art print.
(OK, that one seems pretty neat. We might use it... )
Email your suggestions to: start2finish@tjmmediagroup.com
We look forward to working on YOUR assignments.
All the best,
Rob Jones and Jason Moore
Founders, TJM Media Group
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