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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 February 13, 2006 11:07 PM

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