"Max Daniels collects his thoughts while portraying former President Abraham Lincoln during a presentation entitled "A Sunday Afternoon with the Lincolns" at McHenry County College Conference Center in Crystal Lake, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. The 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday is Thursday, Feb. 12th."
Here in the "Land of Lincoln" I've been shooting plenty of assignments, three to be exact, to commemorate the birth of our 16th President. It has been a pretty big deal around these parts and I've been happy to be part of the process.
Sunday before last I had the privilege to shoot Max and Donna (not pictured) Daniels portray dialogue between Honest Abe and his wife. I had my reservations about shooting a performance on stage because most of the time there isn't much of a picture to be made because all the moments are set up for you. All you have to do is keep the subject in focus and push the button. Thankfully there were nice clean backgrounds to work with and I also brought the 300 along to try something different.
Although from a photographic stand point I got what I was expecting I was however pleasantly surprised with the performance. The Daniels' have been portraying the famous couple for nearly twenty years and from what little I know about them did quite a fantastic job. Usually I'm in-and-out of these types of assignments in 15 minutes but it was so interesting that I stayed for the entire hour-long performance.
I probably wouldn't decide to attend something like this on my own but as usual one of the greatest things about my job is that I get to experience new things everyday I go to work. I really enjoy what I do.
-JCE
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