05/01/09 Early Friday morning, I had a shoot downtown covering the board meeting of a charitable foundation and I produced pix that would only be of interest to the client – folks sitting around a large conference table and a few grip and grins. I spent a couple hours back at my office photo editing and catching up on email, etc before returning downtown to drop off a CD with the images to the client. Then I sauntered a block or two over to an event sure to produce some compelling images. Here’s an excerpt from the press release I read the night before . . .

MEDIA ALERT/ PHOTO OPPORTUNITY –

The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel Hosts Traditional Indian Wedding Complete with an Elephant Procession WHO: Washingtonians Shilpa Maheshwari and Neil Agarwal will be wed at The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, and will have a traditional Baraat ceremony with the groom arriving on an elephant as he and his family proceed down DeSales St. NW.