The Real Deal-Stephen Strasburg's debut for the Washington Nationals

Above shot with Nikon D3S, 200-400 VR, 16 2.8 Fish, Lexar Media
All images (c) 2010 Jeffrey Snyder

Standing room only, Cheers like never before, the "MUST ATTEND" event of the year...Washington National's rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg began his MLB career with 14 Strikeout's...YES, Fourteen in 6 innings, a club record. The Nationals came back from behind to win the game 5-2, with Strassburg's record now at 1-0. It was quite the evening, kinda brought back memories of the old Senators when I was a kid...

Images from the Archive - Round 2

Images originally shot on Fuji RDP100 Slide Film, Nikon F3 or F100 probably
ALL images (c) Jeffrey Snyder

Here we are, Round 2 from my archive--

These were photographed on June 8, 1991, practically 19 years ago to the day. I remember hearing that all of these Military Aircraft were going to land on the Mall, so I made a few calls and found out it was scheduled for dawn, so up I was prior to the "crack of dawn", and on my way downtown. I saw a bunch of shooters that I knew, so I parked nearby was drinking coffee waiting with them. At one point, we heard a rumble, and it seemed as if the buildings were shaking, which they were....It was the Harrier approaching from miles away, which then dropped vertically to the ground.
This scene in my images will never happen again, at least hopefully so. Seeing Harrier's and Huey's coming around the Capitol Building was a sight that I'll never forget.

Here's the What & Why's of that memorable day:
"8 June - Operation Welcome Home paid tribute to every service member who went to Southwest Asia in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Some 1,800 Marines, 14 pieces of major equipment, and 19 aircraft participated in the Desert Storm National Victory Parade in Washington, D.C. that was led by General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander of the U.S. Central Command and Desert Storm forces. Marines from the I Marine Expeditionary Force and all its major subordinate commands marched in the parade reviewed by the Commander in Chief, President George Bush. In addition to the parade, Marines manned over 30 pieces of equipment on display for public viewing on the Mall in Washington. "

Images from the Archives - Round 1

ALL IMAGES (C) Jeffrey Snyder
All Images shot with some Nikon Body, prob my old EL2 & a 70-150 E on Ektachrome Film

Found myself plugging in a scanner that I hadn't seen in years...Low & behold it still worked, tho had to download drivers, & get an adapter to be able to plug it into the iMac...

So over time I'll be posting some of my collection of images from the past.

Today I begin with Bruce Springsteen. Had this box of slides on my desk for ages, but hadn't really look at them. Most of these that I'm posting are from the November 1978 at the Capital Center in Landover, MD, which is now rubble. The image of Bruce in the striped shirt is also from the CC, but, a few years later. Keep in mind that these were shot on shitty Ektachrome, hand held, some with the camera over my head, hence the blur...Even a bit blurry, I look at these and I can remember every second of these shows, and hear them. There's nothing quite like being up by the stage when the E Street Band is rockin it, & for many of us, we still crave that feeling, even 32 years later

Hope you enjoy....Round 2 to follow soon