Carl Weaver Photography

I often get questions from people who say, “Why should I pay a professional when Uncle Joe has a perfectly good camera?” The bottom line and the question you have to ask yourself is what you want your final product to look like. Maybe Uncle Joe can do a sufficient job for what you want, but the little touches a professional adds to the job can make a world of difference in the final print.

If you need a portrait to represent you in your business, what you are projecting is a personality and one of the things you will want to do is project the best possible image. This should be a current image, reflecting how you look today, and should show you in a positive light. In short, the professional touch can make a world of difference when it comes to getting the perfect look for whatever your industry may be. Your image is everything. Invest wisely in how people see you.

Likewise, if you are hiring a photographer for a life event, like a wedding, retirement party or something else that carries great meaning for you, think about the pictures you want to look at and pass on to friends and loved ones. The amateur ones may show all the people but the professional knows how to get the right angles and capture all the relevant elements in an artistic way. We all have our snapshot albums that we rarely look at. Why not invest in a quality image that you can hang on a wall and that brings back the memories every time you look at it?

Be sure to check out my line of services and let me know how I can help you.

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Thank you to everyone who came and made this a success. Lots of people, lots of energy. Thanks especially to my lovely wife Elise, as well as to Andy Carvin, and our other guests Shelly and Cathy.

No, I did not record this, although I could have. I did not figure anybody would go back into the archive to watch the four-hour Seder. If you would like to see it, let’s get together for coffee and I will act out the whole thing for you.

Thanks for joining us! The Seder will commence at 7:00 p.m. Broadcast will begin at 6:30 so you can get some pre-game video.

Not sure what a Seder is? It’s the retelling of Exodus – the going out of Egypt by the Jewish people. If you would like a fuller explanation, pop on over here and check out the scoop from the experts.

If, for some reason, the video is not there, it is either too early, or else something isn’t working quite right. You can also go here to see it live.

Are you interested in livecasting an event, training, special moment or other time-critical happening? Want to learn videoblogging? Let me know and I can help you get set up.

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Today in Washington, DC, in front of the Chinese embassy, supporters of Tibetan freedom staged a rally to protest Chinese occupation of Tibet, which has been going on for 40 years. This occupation is often enforced with violence, as can be seen in recent news.

See some photos from today’s protest:

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If you are in the Washington, DC area before the middle of May, be sure to check out the Frog exhibit going on at the National Geographic Museum. It’s easy to get to, right in the heart of DC in what the city has branded the Golden Triangle, which to me has always meant Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. In DC, it refers to an area in the core of downtown. You can get to the museum by going to 17th and M.

I have always had a special love of frogs, ever since I was a lad in short pants, running around my grandmother’s yard in Florida, trying to catch any little critter I could get my mitts on. These frogs at the Nat Geo Museum were incredible to behold, with all their colors and varying sizes. I think in the span of an hour I saw what must be both the largest and smallest frogs in the world. What could be more thrilling than that? I have an answer – photographing them. Don’t forget to bring a camera and a steady hand. Photography is almost a requirement, as it is right easy to get a shot of these little guys when they are already captured. When will you have that chance again?

Check out some more of the pictures:

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I got to do the photography at the installation of officers at a Masonic lodge recently and have the best photos online. Entering the line of officers is quite an honor and really a big deal, especially as you progress toward becoming Worshipful Master. John Clair, this year’s Master, asked me to get some photographs at this event. It was a fantastic, moving ceremony, encompassing many different facets of emotion, from pride and celebration to sadness and remembrance. Check out the photos:

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