Posts filed under ‘The City’
ComeUnityNow Festival Tomorrow!
ComeUnityNow:
10am-10pm
Downtown Raleigh in City Plaza
Free Music, Dance, & Entertainment
Also available, VIP Musical Tickets $10
Benefiting those families affected by Tornados
Learn more: ComeUnityNow.com
Come out to support our community!
Forever Young Photography will be there donating time & photography services to support the event. I hope to see you there!
Planet Earth Celebration & K9 3K Dog Walk today!
Great events are happening today in downtown Raleigh. These events are Rain or Shine so bring your raincoat and rainboots and enjoy the spring weather!
Planet Earth Celebration
Saturday, April 16, 2011
11am-5pm
Downtown Raleigh in & around the Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones St, Downtown Raleigh
Planet Earth Celebration is a free event. Connect with 100+ local organizations making a difference, Sh0p art and eco friendly products at the Green Bazaar and the Burt’s Bees Tent Sale, create earth-friendly art and music with the Scrap Exchange and Trash March, local cuisine & music, talk to green experts and more!
To Learn more: Check out the Planet Earth Celebration Website & the Lineup of Events.
K9 3K Dog Walk
Festivities start at 10am, Walk Starts at 11am, events through 2pm
SPCA Dog walk in downtown Raleigh to raise money for homeless pets.
To learn more: SPCA K9 3K Dog Walk
Here is the Event Map and more details
Earth Hour Tonight (3/26) at 8:30pm
Hope you plan on participating in this years celebration of Earth Hour at 8:30 (your local time). Forever Young Photography will be supporting Earth Hour. Have a great day!
Spring PhotoFieldtrips
It’s that time year for Forever Young Photography’s Spring PhotoFieldtrips! Sign up for your 2 hour PhotoFieldtrips to local parks, cemeteries and/or other historical capital city sights around Raleigh. PhotoFieldtrips are hands-on learning experiences, jammed packed with photo tips, tricks, and techniques from a pro to really get your creative juices flowing. Learn how to capture the best photograph in natural settings and get the most out of your camera’s functions. Tired of trying to interpret your camera manual? Get on the fast track to learning what your camera can do for you from a pro.
All PhotoFieldtrips are for beginner to advanced or sign up for a personal one on one instruction lesson with Maranda Young of Forever Young Photography. Trips are available for Point & Shoot and DSLR users.
2 hour PhotoFieldtrips take place during the week for am or twilight Fieldtrips and on Sunday Afternoons trips. PhotoFieldtrips are limited to 8-10 or less people per trip. Most local PhotoFieldtrips are $125 for the two hour class. A Private Instruction Lesson (1 person) is $250 an hour. Stay tuned for more information on Day PhotoFrieldtrips to the Beach as well. 
Contact me to sign up for an upcoming class or pre-register here.
Susan and Bryan’s Sneak Peek
Here is a little sneak peek of Susan and Bryan’s wedding.
Are you friends or family of Susan and Bryan? Anxious to see more photographs, check out their gallery and request to be notified when the gallery is live.
Watch for a future posting to see more from Susan and Bryan’s wedding…
Earth Hour Pics – Downtown San Francisco
Justin and I headed downtown to watch the lights go down in the city. It was chilly, but worth the wait. We stood on a pier to see both the city view and the Golden Gate Bridge. Check out the results.
For safety reasons, all of the lights on the bridge could not be turned off, but it is still a rare view to see without the towers lit up.
Not exactly total darkness in the city, but you can see these structures dark: Coit Tower (to the left) and Palace of Fine Arts (bottom right). If you look closely you can also notice other lights that were shut off in various buildings and the glow in the haze around the city was diminished slightly.
Afterward we headed downtown to Market Bar – a restaurant participating in Earth Hour – for a candlelit dinner and some live music powered by people riding stationary bicycles.
Earth Hour – March 28th 8:30pm (in your time zone)
If you haven’t been hiding under a rock you have heard about Earth Hour happening tomorrow at 8:30pm. Here is a blurb from the Earth Hour Website explaining how Earth Hour started:
“Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square all stood in darkness.
In 2009, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote. Unlike any election in history, it is not about what country you’re from, but instead, what planet you’re from. VOTE EARTH is a global call to action for every individual, every business, and every community. A call to stand up and take control over the future of our planet. Over 74 countries and territories have pledged their support to VOTE EARTH during Earth Hour 2009, and this number is growing everyday.”
Have you signed up yet? Pledge to participate in Earth Hour here.
Coconut Palace – Manila Reception
Here are some photographs from the reception at the Coconut Palace finishing up with some portraiture. Enjoy.
A Friendly Game of Musical Chairs to Win the Bouquet
Down to 2 ladies…who will it be??
Fireworks to End the Evening
