Before graduation ceremonues. VERY dark room, no flash.
Dr. Benjamin Carson has written over ninety neurosurgical publications. He has been awarded 24 honorary degrees and numerous national citations of merit. Carson has written three best selling books, Gifted Hands, Think Big. and The Big Picture. Currently, Benjamin Carson serves as the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 1987, he gained world-wide recognition as the principal surgeon in the twenty-two hour separation of the Binder Siamese twins from Germany.
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Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel and Tom Kean, former Republican governor of New Jersey and chair of the 9/11 Commission, share a laugh before commencement ceremonies.
Two days, four graduation ceremonies. I'm exhausted, and a but sun-stroked. Graduation Week is too big for one guy, so we also hired an excellent freelancer and his assistant. Given that, I tried to shoot a little crazy, low-yield stuff that would look different than what they were getting. Case in point, turning the flash off in an extremely dark room.
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Students from TC's Deaf Education program wave their hands to applaud the masters ceremony's student speaker, who was deaf.
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Smiles captured, and meta-captured.
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The President speaks at commencement, framed against the Alma Mater statue's welcoming arms.
Even though I'm not posting full-size images, I am reconsidering the wisdom of posting material here before it's on the College's site. But here's one that, though I love it, we won't be publishing. At the big commencement, someone had the bad idea to place a giant ivy-covered railing in front of the podium, obscuring the seal, the name, and -- from most angles -- the people getting the awards. It was fun to see the photographers scrambling to angle around it, but I decided to work with it.
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