In October, I had an image published in Digital Camera Magazine! The mag, based in the UK, is actually my favorite photography magazine of the dozen or so titles that constantly litter the floor of my office. The image is of a pretty well-hidden stained glass window along the High Line park in Manhattan. Someday I may print it very large and hang it in my office. But for now I’ll just enjoy it on page 14 of Issue 104. It can be seen in the original gallery here.
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Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to attend the 2010 ADCOLOR Awards in Miami as one of the photographers for the weekend. In a word, WOW! What an amazing event! ADCOLOR, an industry consortium founded in 2005, is the brainchild of Tiffany R. Warren (see her with award show host Soledad O’Brien in the final image below). The consortium promotes and celebrates the efforts of diverse role models and leaders in the marketing, advertising, and media industries. I have known about ADCOLOR since 2008 when my good friend, Akintayo Adewole, became the music director for the organization. But I really had no idea of how wonderful this event would be. There is such an amazingly motivated group of people, mostly volunteers, who plan and orchestrate the show each fall. This year’s all-star honoree was none other than Queen Latifah. Also in the house were Dwyane Wade and Alonzo Mourning. Some of my favorite moments:
Coltrane Curtis’ award speech. Hilarious and touching.
The afterparty on the yacht hosted by DJ Irie and Kid Capri. Amazing.
Interrupting a D.Wade tweet to ask him to look at me for the image below. He likes his phone time.
Spending time with Akintayo as we indulge our respective passions.
Becoming a member of the ADCOLOR family.
I was completely blown away by what Tiffany and her organization have been able to create in a few short years. Congratulations, ADCOLOR, on a fantastic awards weekend. And thank you.
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Coltrane Curtis (award speech)
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Hooray! I got my first image published this spring. A UK-based digital photography magazine called Digital Camera Essentials ran it in a recent feature of reader images. Pretty exciting. For all the looking I did in bookstores on both coasts, I never found a paper copy. Of course, I receive two of DCE’s sister magazines in the mail each month, but have never subscribed to DCE. iPad to the rescue! Now DCE has an app…that lets you download back issues…so I downloaded it at 2:30am PDT today. The actual image can be found in the opening slideshow of my main site, Dana’s Eye. Now all I have to do is prove that it wasn’t a mountain of luck by making it happen again!
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Fantastic news — congratulations, well done!
K.
Congratulations Dana!
Congratulations! How did you choose which of your thousands of photos to submit to the magazine?
Congrats on getting published. I love viewing your photos; I’m glad many others have had a chance to see your work as well.