Quick tips for photographing fireworks
Photographing fireworks can be tricky but with the right equipment and some basic photo knowledge anyone should be able to make a memorable image. Here are a few quick tips to get you started.
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Baltimore neighborhoods
Baltimore street photographers
Year in review
Freddie Gray: protests, aftermath
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A. Aubrey Bodine
Viewing Baltimore from above
White House pictures of the year 2015
White House staff photographers capture lots of moments behind the scenes with President Obama that don’t make the front page of the newspaper. Here are their favorite images from 2015 and the stories behind them.
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Star Wars: The Fans Awaken
Fans around the world await the he latest installment of the Star Wars series.
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Chocolate Putin in Russia
A life-size effigy in chocolate of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been created by Russian sculptor Nikita Gusev for the Chocolate Festival in St.Petersburg, Russia. The statue weighs more than 150 pounds, and is the main attraction at the festival, where organizers said touching, licking and biting of the chocolate Putin will not be allowed.
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2015 White House holiday decorations
First lady Michelle Obama welcomed military families to the White House for the first viewing of the 2015 holiday decorations.
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Rough Cut: Ravens 16, Rams 13
“Rough Cut” is a loose edit from The Baltimore Sun’s photographic coverage of the National Football League. This week, photojournalist Kenneth K. Lam photographed the Ravens as they defeated the St. Louis Rams, 16-13, at M&T Bank Stadium.
Midwest snowfall
The first significant snowfall of the year landed in the Midwest, coating parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Iowa. It may still be fall, but winter is lurking nearby and will soon make its presence known.
Rough Cut: Jaguars 22, Ravens 20
“Rough Cut” is a loose edit from The Baltimore Sun’s photographic coverage of the National Football League. This week, photojournalist Kenneth K. Lam and Karl Merton Ferron photographed the Ravens as they lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars, 22-20, at M&T Bank Stadium.
Communicating faces
The face constantly communicates with others whether or not the owner realizes it. Sometimes the face is thought of as a mask — a poker face — but usually it conveys non-verbal communication signals to others, rarely belies the true emotions underneath. It often falls out of control of the owner.
Communist Red Revolution’s anniversary
In some parts of the former Soviet Union — places such as Moscow, Crimea, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus — the streets were colored red as people celebrated the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. At one time November 7 (using the Gregorian calendar) was a national holiday, the leaders of the Communist uprising revered and venerated, military might marched and rolled past the Kremlin with jets and helicopters roaring overhead. Today, however, it is mostly remembrance to a time past.