The Flash Bus Tour 2011

Not more than a few short months ago, Joe came to me and said, "What do you think of this idea?" He hadn't finished the sentence before I said, "Ummm we're in"
As of this morning, Flash Bus is LIVE
Can you imagine? Joe McNally & David Hobby on one bus, rolling around the country, teaching one day Flash workshops in 29 cities over 6 weeks? Say it ain't so, but it is...

Sign-up begins on 01/31, so check out the schedule, make your arrangements now, start coughing, tell your boss you feel sick...BE THERE...I will be

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Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear Washington, DC

John Legend

John Legend, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Tony Bennett

Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow

The O'Jays

Who would have thought? Ozzy Osbourne & Yusef Islam, aka Cat Stevens

All Images Nikon D3S, Nikkor 200-400 AFS/VRII
All images (c) Jeffrey Snyder 2010

Comedy Central brought the "Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear" to the National Mall in DC yesterday, attracting upwards of 200,000 people. It was a great day, both shooting & weather wise. Read all about it here: http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/ The performances were great, and fun . Besides hosts Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert, the performers included: John Legend, Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow, Jeff Toddy, Mavis Staples, The O'Jays, & Tony Bennett...Not a bad line-up huh? Who woulda thought to see Ozzy Osbourne on stage with Yusak Islam (aka Cat Stevens) on stage together?
Enjoy--js

DLWS - Maine #2

All images, Nikon D3S, 28-300 ED/VR & 16 2.8 Fisheye

Had a 415am alarm today, in order to be in the vehicle's by 445 to head out for today's sunrise shoot. Everyone made it, with smiles all around. We headed to the Pemaquid Lighthouse up here in Maine. Was a bit chilly, so gloves & layers were in order...Here's a few images of the early morning light. Enjoy

DLWS - Maine #1

Here we are in Maine for Moose Peterson's DLWS...Alarms at 5am, and in the cars by 545am to head out for the sunrise shoot. Lots of shooting going on, 35 participants, with instructors Moose Peterson, Joe McNally, Laurie Excell & Kevin Dobler. Awesome talent surrounds us all. Granted I'm here for support, as the go to guy from Adorama, but getting out to shoot every morning & late afternoon has been refreshing to say the least.

Nikon Coolpix P7000 1st Impressions

All Images: Nikon Coolpix P7000
Jeffrey Snyder 2010

Unboxed the new Nikon Coolpix P7000 yesterday, and had to immediately go out & play. It was an overcast day, and had just finished raining, but I just couldn't wait. I had played with the P7000 about a week ago, and was quite impressed. Love the control it gives you, love the larger size, love the video...Ok ok, I'm giving this a big thumbs up! These are a few samples, more to follow.

Nikon 28-300 VR - Sweet lens for sure!

Here are a few more images shot with the D3S and the new 28-300 VR lens. Love that you can shoot at all focal lengths down to 18", so 300mm at 18" is awesome---Enjoy...Can't wait to use this at a Red Carpet event too

Dog Swim 2010

Bella just didn't want to get wet above her ankles?

All images, Nikon D3S, 28-300 AFS/VR, Lexar 600X Media

Margi saw in the local paper that today was the end of summer Dog Swim at the Rockville city pool, so off we went with Bella for a dip...So many of the dogs were diving in, but we couldn't get Bella to swim, she was more interested in finding people that had treats in their pockets, go figure.. It was a cool sight to see literally 1oo's of dog's in every size, shape & color bouncing around in two huge pools. Didn't even see a dog fight or an dog "accident" the entire time we were there. It was a great place to play with the new Nikon 28-300 VR lens, which performed beautifully. Fast focusing and very sharp. Not a bit of sharpening was added to the above images.

Images from the Archive - Round 4

All Images (C) Jeffrey Snyder 1995

Love finding old negs & slides when cleaning up my office...Found these negs of the Mike Tyson (pre face tattoo) vs Buster Mathis fight, which was held on Dec 12, 1995 in Philadelphia. None of these images were ever published as I fenagled a photo credential, and went up to shoot it. Gotta love Don King's hair...and where has he been lately?

McNally's Lighting Workshops 2010

You may remember some earlier posts from last year, when I attended Joe McNally's Lighting Workshops...Well, I'm back up here in the Dobbs Ferry studio, all 8000 sq feet...All of which is not air conditioned...Lotsa fans goin all over the place to help keep the air moving. It's hot, but not horrible. The workshop is cool for sure. Lots of small flash techniques as well as big flash, from Nikon SB900's to Elincrom Rangers, and combos too! Lots of light modifiers, LAstolite TRiGrips to Deep Octa Banks.. No matter how many times I attend one of Joe's workshops, its impossible to not come out with some new knowledge, plus getting to meet & shoot with some good people as well.
Here's a few images from the past two days, with one more day to come! ENJOY

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

21st Annual Memorial Day Concert - Dress Rehearsal

Actesses A.J Cook and Blythe Danner

Actors Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna

Lionel Richie

Margi & I headed downtown for the dress rehearsal of Sunday's 21st Annual Memorial Day Concert, on the west lawn of the US Capitol. Turned out to be a gorgeous evening with no humidity. Many of the actual performers skipped the rehearsal, like Brad Paisley, Kelli O'Hara & Yolanda Adams, but here's a few images of those that did appear.