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Jack Penate. Max W. Orenstein for Spinner.com
Jack Penate. Max W. Orenstein for Spinner.com
Jack Penate. Max W. Orenstein for Spinner.com
Jack Penate. Max W. Orenstein for Spinner.com
Laurie was recently selected as a five-star money manager and will soon be listed in the Texas Monthly magazine. This photo will accompany her profile, which will be published in September.
I decided that if I was going to go to the Inauguration, then I might as well go early, before sunrise with most of the crowds, thinking that capturing the sun rising over the mall filled with people would be a great shot to tell the story. I left my apartment by 6 a.m., knowing that the sun would come up around 7 a.m. Of course, there was mass chaos when I got off of the Metro, meaning that I watched the sunrise while crammed in a line waiting to enter what I thought was the National Mall. Everyone was being bounced around like ping-pong balls, not knowing where to go, having each cop say something different. The word chaos would be an understatement to describe trying to get anywhere near the Capitol building. On the plus side, the cops here were much more friendly than NYPD or Port Authority cops, which is perhaps what made up for their complete disorganization.
I went to the concert on Sunday and I was shocked at how well they moved the crowds, how it was obvious where to go, so I had wrongly assumed that it would be similar today. Anyway, here are some pics from today, a non-credentialed approach… more to come later:
Crowds fill the I-395 tunnel, which was closed to car traffic, to get to the National Mall area Tuesday morning around 8 a.m. to gain access to the mall area to see President-Elect Barack Obama's inaugration.
A man looks over the National Mall area on the eve of Barack Obama's Inauguration.
More than one million spectators gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 to see Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president in front of the U.S. Capitol.
More than one million spectators gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 to see Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president in front of the U.S. Capitol.
More than one million spectators gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 to see Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president in front of the U.S. Capitol.
Crowds make their way to the mall area to see President-Elect Barack Obama's inaugration.
Crowds gather outside of the National Mall Tuesday morning around 6:30 a.m. attempting to gain access to the mall area to see President-Elect Barack Obama's inaugration. More than one million spectators gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 to see Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president in front of the U.S. Capitol.
More than one million spectators gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 to see Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president in front of the U.S. Capitol.
More than one million spectators gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 to see Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president in front of the U.S. Capitol.
Crowds make there way up 18th Street, N.W. away from the National Mall area after the Inauguration.
In December, I photographed Hillel’s Professional Staff Conference. Here are a few of my favorites from the conference:
Hillel President Wayne L. Firestone speaks at Hillel's Professional Staff Conference in December.
Keynote speaker Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks and author of It's Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks, speaks during Hillel's Professional Staff Conference.
Hillel professionals visit Baltimore's Inner Harbor Acquarium.
It’s been about nine months in the making, but it’s finally just about here, the new site design for maxorenstein.com. What’s next? Well, for starters, the blog needs to be customized and designed, as you can probably tell.
I’m obviously going to continue tweaking the site, as it’s not done yet. But in the mean time, I thought it was definitely a giant step up from my now previous site, which wasn’t bad, it was just starting to fall apart.
Here’s to what I hope to be the first major step forward in expanding my photography business. L’chaim!
