Showing posts with label Anacostia River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anacostia River. Show all posts

11.04.2011

Brett Dennen

Barefoot Wine sponsors beach rescue projects throughout the country where they entice volunteers to pick up trash during the day with a promise of a free wine party/concert later in the evening. Great idea if you ask me, especially if you're a fan of the person playing the live show. In this case, yet again, I didn't know who this person was.

Brett Dennen, a musician hailing from Northern California (hey!), brought quite the crowd to this clean up party. He's a super, laid back, guitar wielding musician who actually walked barefoot along the banks of the Anacostia River (def not recommended). After I shot the concert, I was able to get a free copy of his newest album , Lover Boy, and played it loudly in my car through the streets of Georgetown. It's a good album.

Later that night, I went to a bar with a few of my friends to watch the Heat v. Bulls playoff series. Guess who's music was blasting from the jukebox? Surprise, surprise. Shout out to Pep.

7.20.2009

Capital Sprints 2009

Row row row your boat. Although I fancy myself a sports photographer, rowing is on the pretty long list of sports I have not yet photographed. That changed when I went down to the Anacostia River to shoot the annual rowing competition, Capital Sprints X.

I'm a little salty that I didn't get to spend nearly as much time as I wanted to work the situation as I got called for a last minute shoot. But the highlight of the day was getting stopped by a cop on the South Capitol St. bridge in response to a call of suspicious behavior. I guess that guy on the bridge with the camera looked like he was planning an attack. Shout out to Melba Black for the rowing introduction and getting me on that chase boat.