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February 13, 2006

JJ Dinner 2006 Photos

I've finally had a chance (after a million little interruptions these last 24 hours) to do some final sorting and editing. Here are a selection of photos that give a taste of the 2006 JJ Dinner event. It's a pretty challening event to photograph from a lighting, angle and overall activity standpoint, but I suspect these shots can hit a few of the highlights.

JJ Dinner 2006
59 photos on two pages

I hate to caption some shots and not others, so I tend to leave them all blank until I can finish gathering names for the ones I can't do on my own. Anyone who wants to offer help with this task, please don't hesitate to email me and I'll update the gallery accordingly.

Let me take a quick moment to address the question I get asked both at the events (camera in hand) and when I post the galleries: no, I don't charge for photos. I do my photography voluntarily for the Democractic Party of Va rather than commercially. It's something I enjoy doing and it's one of the primary ways (along with this blog) that I do what I can to contribute to the success of the party, its candidates and its members. So when people ask me if they can pay me to take their picture with someone I always try to make it clear that I'll gladly do it free of charge and they can come here to the blog (or send me an email) to obtain it. For personal shots you are welcome to do as you please - print them, put them on your website, etc. For more "documentary" shots used for less personal reasons I ask for a photo credit where possible but, again, there is no charge for its use.

For those that would like to obtain true photographic prints, I'm glad to say that the industry trend these days is web-based uploading with one-hour, in-store pickup. To make this even more convenient, I've found that I can easily upload high resolution photos to the websites of many stores (including Wal-Mart, much as it pains me to recommend them for anything short of a boycott in their parking lot for a million and one reasons). Once uploaded, the recipient can then bring up the photo and order however many prints they want directly. The transaction is between you and the service provider and I, thankfully, don't have to handle any funds. If you're interested in some prints, just email me with the links to the ones you want and the store where you want them printed and I'll do my best to get back to you in a timely fashion.

Enjoy!
- Aaron

Posted by amahler at 11:07 PM | Comments (0)

February 12, 2006

JJ 2006 - Photos Soon

I'm still in Richmond but took a few minutes while sitting in a cafe at Short Pump to do initial sorting of last night's photos before getting back on the road. Heading home soon and I'll post final photos later tonight...

Had fun last night!
- Aaron

Posted by amahler at 01:49 PM | Comments (0)

February 01, 2006

Photo Slideshow & Upcoming Site Changes

I don't usually mix photos between my two main blogs (halfpress.com being my other one), but I thought this might be a relevant post worthy of breaking my own personal rules. :)

I've been experimenting with some new slideshow tools for use on my other blog and will likely begin offering my photos galleries in both the traditional HTML and flash forms (the user chooses their preference).

I used the recent three galleries from Tim Kaine's inauguration as my first test set and you can find it on halfpress if you're interested in seeing the work in progress.

You might also notice on halfpress that I'm using a more up-to-date version of the MovableType blogging engine and I plan to performs those upgrades here on DocDem very soon. This will herald the return of the comment feature (it got spammed to death in the last year and had to be shut off) as well as other refinements. I'm also working on a facelift for DocDem including a new logo banner. More details soon...

Keep your eye out for changes and any feedback is appreciated. :)

Thanks!
- Aaron

Posted by amahler at 03:28 PM | Comments (0)