Hillary's Jagged Aura
Hillary Rodham Clinton aint no Bill Clinton. He's all charm, compassion and intellect; Hillary, on the other hand, has a severe edge to her intellect. Isn't that so typical in marriages--the good cop and bad cop? The question is do you want a bad cop to run America? Will she know the right words to calm our fears or cheer us on at stellar moments?
Hasn't anyone told her about it? Doesn't she watch herself on video? There's this dragon beside her that won't go to sleep. The mudslinging doesn't help because she seems to really enjoy putting in the screws and insinuating things. Baracks progressive victories since Super Tuesday must bring much angst to the Democratic candidate that was supposed to be the shoe in.
Maybe some image consultant did come in for a day and that's where she decided tears would make her appear caring, vulnerable or womanly. It didn't.
Does she confer with Bill? Can't he tame his dragonlady? She has those great pant suits, that fresh hairstyle and wonderful accessories. She just has to work on her inside.
Barrack seems to have a wife with a dragon not too far away from her as well. Yes, Michellle can go there like Hillary. His saving grace is he's the candidate and Michelle is the doting wife who can be relegated to the silent, smiling wife at his side when need be.
Dragons aside, Hillary and Barack have America awake and hopeful. Thanks Hillary.
Labels: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, digital images, Hillay Clinton, Michelle Obama, politics, Super Tuesday
Peterkin in Focus
Lem Peterkin is the tall, burly photojournalist whose work is seen in many New York City publications. Peterkin says the New York Times, New York Newsday, New York Post and every African-American newspaper use his photos. Peterkin was surprised that anyone knew his first name because his photo credit has become consistently photograph by Peterkin. Rather than fight the name drop, he capitalizes on it. His business card reads, “Photographs by Peterkin.”
In his forty years in photography he’s stayed in step with each advance in image technology. These days his mobile office includes a Canon EOS 30D digital camera, a ZiO CameraMate Card Reader to store his shots from the camera, a Dane Electric zMate Golf Flash drive for his documents and a Sony VAIO laptop computer. The HP Photosmart C4180 All-in-One printer is in his office at Restoration Plaza. This printer also scans and copies.
His life in photography began in grammar school. For the fourth grade science fair, his project was “Photo Micrography.” Peterkin used a microscope and a manual Kodak Hawkeye camera. He shot photographs of such life form as amoeba and paramecium. He’s a proponent of citizen reporting in that he’s championed the reality of everyone owning a camera. Says Peterkin, “Everyone should have a camera. You don’t know what you’re going to see.” While cellphone cameras are making this possible, Peterkin prefers a stand-alone camera. He says, “cell phone cameras don’t have sufficient resolution for a quality picture. Adobe Photoshop or any other image editing software can’t enhance the sharpness.”
Labels: digital images, legend, media, newspaper, photography
