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Description of Pictures: 38th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- November 3-6, 2011
The mission of the Annual Conference on Washington D.C. Historical Studies is to bring together the community interested and engaged in documenting the many varied aspects of the history of the Washington D.C. area and its inhabitants – as a local hometown and as the nation’s capital -- to share and to encourage further scholarship. All aspects of historical study are welcome—social, ethnographic, political, the arts and literature, science, and architecture.
Conference Reception
Updates:
DC Archives, the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, and the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia to each speak briefly on what has happened in the past year as far as records preservation and access
Clarence Davis, Public Records Administrator, Ida Williams, Deputy Recorder of Deeds, Roland Dreist, Surveyor of the District of Columbia
Letitia Woods Brown Lecture:
Speaker: Kenneth J. Winkle, Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln -- "Lincoln’s Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, DC"
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2011 photos: Equipment this year: I was using mostly the Fuji S100fs camera as well as two Nikon models -- the D90 and the new D7000. Mostly a toy, I also purchased a Fuji Real 3-D W3 camera, to try out 3-D photographs. I found it interesting although I don't see any real use for 3-D stills now. Given that many of the photos from the 1860s were in 3-D (including some of the more famous Civil War shots), it's odd to see it coming back.
Trips this year: Savannah, GA in March to cover a Civil War Trust conference. New Jersey over Memorial Day for my birthday -- people never seem to visit New Jersey -- it's always just a pit stop on the way to New York. I thought I might as well spend a few days there. Despite some nice places, it still ended up a pit stop for me -- New York City was infinitely more interesting. I did my annual pilgrimage to the San Diego Comic-Con in July, adding a few days in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Chattanooga, TN to cover the Civil War Trust's Grand Review conference.
Ego strokes: Author photos that I took were used on two book jackets this year: Jason Emerson's book "The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow As Revealed by Her Own Letters" and Dennis L. Noble's "The U.S. Coast Guard's War on Human Smuggling." I also had a photo of Jason Stelter published in the Washington Examiner and a picture of Miss DC, Ashley Boalch, published in the Washington Post.
Number of photos taken this year: 392,000. Absurd, isn't it?