Imaging USA- Phoenix, AZ

Imaging USA 2009 held it's Conference in Phoenix, Arizona January 10-13. I attended with Lee Brumbaugh, the curator and photographer for the Nevada Historical Society Museum. This year promised bigger and better, and it didn't disappoint. Canon once again sponsered the opening dinner party with plenty of food, drink and music and the featured Key-note photographer was Anne Geddes (Babies). Classes ran from 7am to 7pm and the Tradeshow featured over 500 vendors. This photographer did his fair share of buying everything new and improved. Ask me about my new Canon 5D Mark II. More images here: www.dePICtionsbydon.com/Events.

Chicago November 2008

After 2 grueling (but worthwhile) days in our home office of Bloomington, Illinois, our group (17 State Farm agents and employees) is rewarded with a couple days in Chicago. We arrived late afternoon to a cold, rainy and very windy city. I spent most of the afternoon and evening walking around the Navy Pier area...wonderful museums, restaurants and a very big ferris wheel (it was closed due to weather, but eventually opened when the wind subsided). I toured several museums, and later followed the reccomendation of one of the curators, eating at a wonderful (and inexpensive) Thai Restaurant. http://www.daothai.com. More images here: www.depictionsbydon.smugmug.com/gallery/6485342_8XVwP#411712120_qLdco

Nevada Historical Society Museum Photo

With only 5 electoral votes, Northern Nevada has been privileged to have several visits by both McCain and Obama (not to mention several visits by both Clintons and Sarah Palin), because Nevada is pretty split as to whether its votes will go to McCain or Obama. I was fortunate to have photographed both candidates, and this image was entered into the permanent collection at the Nevada Historical Society Museum, and is on display there. For more images of Reno events click here: www.depictionsbydon.smugmug.com/Events"

Reno Tahoe Open PGA Golf Tournament

In case you didn't already know... I love golf, and I LOVE being a photographer! What better situation can a man have than to spend 4 days with golf, photography, and your beautiful wife! Marian & I volunteered again this year to do the laser scoring for ShotLink. We were assigned to Hole #9, a 5 par 622 yard MONSTER of a hole! The pros drove 300-400 yards (it's downhill, if that makes you feel any better). Michelle Wie's attendance at her 8th PGA event drew controversy from golfers and the press, but the crowd loved her! Her gallery got as big as 1000 fans, whereas a gallery of 20 was more the average for all the other golfers. Very few complaints from Local businesses and golfers! More photos here:http://depictionsbydon.com/Events.

p.s. thanks to John Seelmeyer and the Northern Nevada Business Weekly for the assignment.
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Shoot! the Day

It's been a FUN week...as a stock photographer for http://www.photoshelter.com/, I've gathered 8 other shooters from the Reno area to compete against hundreds of other cities for cash and prizes. The First prize is a sponsered shoot in our town for a major Company! We've been in the top 10 groups all week, and we're having a blast! Check out some of the images here:
http://depictionsbydon.smugmug.com/Events

National Wakeboard Finals 2008 Sparks Marina

One of the best things about living in the Northern Nevada area is the diversity of sports available here. The Sparks Marina hosted the fifth and final leg of the Wakeboard Championships, and I had a lot of fun shooting the action. You can see more by clicking below:

http://depictionsbydon.smugmug.com/Sports

Karla Bowman Retires from SRUMC

Hearing Karla preach for the last time brought mixed feelings, as we all were thrilled for her new life of retirement, but sad that she will no longer be our pastor. Not only do Karla and I share the same birthday (May 21), but we also share the same name....you did know that Chang is the Chinese word for "Archer", didn't you? More pics of Karla & friends here: http://depictionsbydon.smugmug.com/Groups