Taught a basic travel photography class last night at the Tysons Corner REI. It was a very nice bunch of people with a wide degree of photography knowledge and experience. A good experience, I hope, for all.
Author: Amy Linn Doherty Photography
Amy Linn Doherty Photography is a Washington, DC Area based photography and video production professional. She focuses on providing high quality, photography and video content for Websites and other media endeavors . VA, MD, DC
Additionally, Amy is an outdoor, travel enthusiast. who seeks out national parks and other natural settings for landscape and wildlife photography projects.
Shia LaBeouf’s LIVE #ALLMYMOVIES Stunt
So, what do you think of this latest live streaming #content stunt? You’re aware that Shia LaBeouf is watching all of his movies nonstop in a NYC movie theatre for several days, right? He’s watching his movies in reverse chronological order, so as he grows more and more exhausted he’s getting younger and younger on screen. Occasionally he dozes off for a moment or two. Yes, we’ve seen Shia’s glassy eyed mug in other “real life” situations. There is something mesmerizing about peeking into someone’s day, even in this non-reality, reality, as it is. I guess there are worse things out there! It would have been really interesting to have Donald Trump join him and tell him about low energy people and the other streams of consciousness the flow from his mouth.
I do have a few questions, and he should be tweeting–if for no other reason than to stay alert:
- Is it totally freezing in this movie theater? His layers are accumulating.
- Who is the guy on his right who keeps photo bombing the frame? Nobody stretches that much, pal!
- Is it theater or theatre? (Said with dramatic flair!)
- Is he only eating movie theater food?
- How badly does he want this to end?
See what Shia’s doing right now and please share your thoughts. http://newhive.com/allmymovies 
New Rooftop Views From Commercial Property in Tysons Corner
If you’re like me and have lived in Northern Virginia through the years, albeit off and on in my case, there have been many changes to the landscape around Tysons Corner. When I first moved to the area as a child in the 1970s, coming from St. Albans, West Virginia, Tysons Corner was the first mall I had ever seen. It was huge, and dominated the crest of Route 123 and Route 7.
Of course, it’s nothing compared to what Tysons Corner has become, surrounded by a growing number of tall commercial and residential properties.
The new buildings not only change the look and feel of the area, they also offer spectacular views.
Recently, I had the chance to get on the rooftop of one of the newest buildings, 7900 Tysons One Place, owned by Macerich and couldn’t resist taking some photos. My husband works in the building, and coincidentally in commercial real estate. So, I’m no stranger to discussions involving the marvels of price per square foot, and ground leases that lull me into a coma-like state. I just like the photo opportunities.
Besides creating video content, my professional attention has turned more and more to commercial and residential property photography, and time lapse videos. I recently completed a project for Oak Hill Properties, a subsidiary of Lerner Enterprises.
Still Beautiful: St. Augustine, FL Celebrates 450 Years!
I had the pleasure of stumbling into St. Augustine, Florida just prior to its 450th Anniversary last week, while I was in the process of college tours with my daughter. The town is the oldest permanently occupied European settlement in the U.S. I am a graduate of Flagler College, situated in St. Augustine, and was happy to see my daughter include it on her list of potential schools.
The town was putting last minute touches on preparations for its scheduled weekend celebrations, which includes a visit from King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain and a series free concerts including Aaron Neville, Emmylou Harris, and Rodney Crowell.
I had time to get a few photos of this beautiful town and unique college setting while we were there.
The town has only improved with the passage of time. As a tourist locale, there’s no shortage of things to do and see.
Happy Labor Day weekend to everyone.
Summer Video-Diddy.
Just a little video-diddy about Summer fun.
Pawpro Media’s Photos in Newly Released Forkas book.
Just two days before the 2014 start of Race Across America, I am excited to announce that several of Pawpro Media’s photos from the 2012 race are included in the self-published book, What Spins The Wheel: Lessons In Leadership from Our Race for Hope” authored by Len Forkas, who successfully completed, won his age group, and finished tenth overall two years ago.
2012 Hopecam Team at Annapolis finish line.I was a member of his 13 person crew and proud to have donated 15+ days (500+ hours) of my time, gear and professional video skills to cover the team and rookie racer riding to raise money for the charity he founded, Hopecam.org, which connects seriously ill children, who are homebound, with their schoolmates by way of online video chat.
Me, somewhere in Kansas.During the race I produced 33 videos, that helped promote Hopecam and Forkas and helped raise over $300,000, which in turn led to the latest fundraising endeavor of his book recounting the 2012 race. It was a grueling schedule as a singlehanded videographer, editor and voice of the reports filed, which demanded I stay awake for 48 hours at a time fueled only by Skittles and Mounds for sections of the race.
Team Hopecam and Team Joe Barr meeting along the road in 2012 following Barr’s (shirtless, center) withdrawal from the competition.In this year’s running of RAAM, Hopecam is supporting Team Joe Barr, a cyclist our 2012 Hopecam team became acquainted with before his unfortunate withdrawal from the competition in that year because of a serious bout with altitude sickness as he encountered the Rocky Mountains. Barr will ride this year to benefit Hopecam. Donations are welcome at Hopecam.org.
I wish Joe Barr and his team good health, good weather, good results on all accounts this year. Some consider this to be the toughest bike race in the world as it is a running clock, 3000 miles in 12 days, while the Tour de France is 2,200 miles in 23 days with stops and days off. Follow Team Joe Barr’s progress during the race at https://www.facebook.com/TeamJoeBarr.
Pawpro maintains a catalogue of video footage and stills from this 2012 event.
Pawpro on Deck to Produce Video for Lerner Enterprises and Oak Hill, and more.
Pawpro Media is keeping busy in March, April and beyond with projects from Lerner Enterprises/Oak Hill, N2Shape and RDB Running.
Pawpro will complete a promotional video for Lerner Enterprises, and its subsidiary Oak Hill this Spring which will feature a single family home community in Loudon County, Virginia. This is a new client for Pawpro, so we’re eager to impress and complete this project.
I’m also in the process of completing a series of videos for N2Shape, which is a VA and DC area fitness and training company. Owner, Ellen Yates has years of personal training experience, and she leads and directs the company’s wide assortment of exercise classes and personal conditioning options, which range from spin, to group training, yoga, as well as personal one-on-one programs. Here are two of the short form videos I’ve produced for N2Shape designed for placement on Website landing pages.
Pawpro photos from Race Across America 2012 will also be featured in the soon to be published book, “What Spins the Wheel” by Len Forkas. I’ll detail this project in an upcoming post.
Time lapsing is lonely business.
Sitting alone on a quiet, beautiful day shooting a time lapse in Loudon County, VA can be lonely work. Thank goodness the chill in the air has passed. Viewers respond to beauty shots.
C&O Skating in DC
It’s not often cold enough, long enough to freeze the C&O Canal in DC to the point of allowing ice skating, but that benchmark has been achieved a few times this winter. It seems the opportunity will last a while longer as we await another blast of extreme cold this week. Makes for good photos.
Family History/Genealogy/ Videos An Emerging Niche Market
Genealogical research is a popular hobby all over the world and the Web has made the research easier, faster and more accessible. It’s a rewarding process, but hobbyists and professionals can find themselves overwhelmed by the bulk of information gathered, and how best to condense it into a palpable and transferable package. I’ve been involved in the research of my own family history for nearly 20 years. I’ve traveled to distant locations to explore the places my ancestors lived, worked and died. On these trips I always take photographs and video, and through the years I’ve compiled a good deal of material. Of course, the problem becomes, what do you do with this material once you have it? And how do you share it with family members?
Many people are turning to video professionals such as myself to compile their research into long or short form videos. The video may take on a documentary look, as if Ken Burns has finally set his sights on your family history with interviews of living family members recounting family lore; or, simply pictures set to music with graphics. Most valuable are the words and memories of elderly relatives who can recount the early days of their lives. If these stories aren’t recorded in some fashion, they may be lost with the passage of time. I know this all too well. Back in 2000 I scheduled a visit with my 92-year old grandfather in Wheeling, West Virginia to talk to him about his memories of his early life in Ohio and West Virginia. Sadly, he fell and broke his hip several days before my visit and died a day after the surgery to repair the break. The memories and stories were lost.
Video is a great way to share and preserve the information that you’ve spent years gathering for this generation and those to come. If you would like to pursue a video project of this sort, please give me a call. I would love to help you. You don’t have to live in the DC area to use my services. It makes a great gift, too!
Amy Linn Doherty 
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