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Since 1998 CFLP.com, the online division of Chip Feise Location Photography, has provided "digital" photographic content for online publication and limited print usage.

Starting in 1998, CFLP.com pioneered the showcasing of  corporate, philanthropic and other special events on the web using digital cameras for image capture and web publication for global display. Please read my "about" section then have a look around my site as numerous samples of my work are displayed.

Questions? Contact me  at cflp@att.net (703) 525-4730 (USA).

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                                                       Welcome to Washington D.C.

                        "Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein*

                   Again a big welcome to all you visitors from around the world. Glad you could stop by for a while!

                                                                      Statue - 360

08/16/10: Looking for a new way to photograph statues at museums? Try this...take front, side & back photos of the statue keeping the same distance away and then combine them into one image using PhotoShop®. You can also make a cool animated GIF if you have GIF creation software.

                                                                   (Original images captured with a Nikon Cool Pix 900 digital camera)

                                                 Retro Digital - Nikon Cool Pix 100

You don't need more mega pixels-higher ISO-tons of image software, built in HD video, etc in order to produce cool images! You just need to use your imagination. Ever heard of that?? Camera manufactures and software engineers hope not otherwise they couldn't sell you all the junk they do.

The above images were captured by the "ancient" Nikon Cool Pix 100 digital camera which was introduced over 10 years ago. The images were edited in a "dinosaur" version of PhotoShop 7® running on an old Sony Vaio® computer with OS of Windows XP®. Mega imagination trumps everything else every time. 

                                                                 Polar White House 

                                                           ©2010 Chip Feise/CFLP

                                  To view a gallery of Polar Projects like the image above, click the banner below.

                   Photographing The New Black Panther Party*...An Ugly Encounter!

07/18/10: Recently with all the national news headlines concerning the New Black Panther Party*, the US Justice Department*, and alleged voter intimidation, I started to remember my "ugly" encounter with the NBPP* while I was covering a Pro-Palestinian march in Washington DC (April 2004). Here is my story...

I have photographed many political marches/ events in Washington DC over the last 30 years. Many have been peaceful while others have turned ugly and violent. Equipment wise I use  predominately a wide angle lens to get close into the action followed by a 80-200mm zoom lens. For coverage of this event I mostly used a 20mm f2.8 lens on a Nikon D1 digital body. 

While marching on the street, the Panthers appeared to adopt a quasi-military style of dress and movement which I capture with the 80-200mm lens.

The signage they carried showed their support for Usama bin Laden* and condemnation of others which I captured with the 20mm lens.

Upon reaching their destination next to Freedom Plaza, the Panthers formed a line as they engaged in sometimes heated discussions with other marchers.

As all of this was occurring, I was trying to get in closer to the Panthers when all of a sudden several Panthers charged me and took me down to the street, held me for about a minute or two  and told me that next time they would not go so easy on me. Wow talk about a public assault.  And...the best part was that all of this took place about 20 feet in front of a police line that was blocking entrance onto 14th Street by the J.W. Marriott* and Willard* Hotels.

Why did they assault me?? I guess I was getting way to close with the 20mm lens. Or perhaps they used me as an example to show other media photographers that they didn't want to be photographed. Perhaps they just don't like "white" photographers "getting in their face." Interestingly, while I was prone on the ground several marchers came by and told the Panthers to "beat my ass" and a couple even spit on me. Lesson 1 I learned is that there is no love for professional photographers at a protest march. No one came to my rescue.

After the assault, I approached the DC Metro Police* in line and asked why they had not intervened on my behalf. I was told by several offices that they did not see the assault and that they were under strict orders to not break the police line. Yet a few minutes later when the Panthers decided it was time to go, the police opened up the line and allowed the Panthers to come through and march up 14th Street. Afterwards the police closed ranks and did not allow anyone else to pass onto 14th Street. I guess they also had orders to not provoke a confrontation with the Panthers? And so I took off to photograph more marchers along the parade route. 

Unexpectedly, I ran into then Police Chief Charles Ramsey*, to whom I related the Panther assault on me and the fact that his officers did nothing to stop the assault or even investigate it. He seemed genuinely concerned but stated clearly that he needed specific names and badge numbers of the officers involved before he could investigate. I had neither so that was that.

So, the only thing that came of this incident was the lesson I learned about photographing New Black Panther Party* members on the street. Be prepared to be assaulted!  

                                             (All images above ©2004 Chip Feise/CFLP  All images captured with a Nikon D1)

                                                         Miss Rodeo Virginia 2010*

                  Click on the banner above to see all the images captured during & after both historical blizzards.

                                                                         "Edgewood To The Edge Of The World"

               Washington DC's largest art mural was created. Click on the pano above to view the artists that created it !