Stock Photography 4 - bill chizek

I wanted to shoot cherry blossoms in Washington, DC so much that I didn't care about the weather. Plus, I really don't like sunny days for shooting... When I arrived at the National Mall, the Tidal Basin was flooded near the Roosevelt Memorial toward the Jefferson Memorial. This photo kind of summed up the atmosphere. Thanks to:

- Susie at Facty.com for using this photo in her April 11, 2019 article, "Things to Avoid in Washington, DC."

- Andrew Giambrone of DC Curbed for using this in his article, "Famed D.C. cherry blossoms face long-term risks from high tides" on April 4, 2019.

- Jennifer Billock at Stacker.com for using this photo for position #9 (District of Columbia) in her May 8, 2019 article entitled, "States with the highest risk of flooding."

- Patrick Sisson at Curbed.com for using this in his article, "National Trust’s list of 11 Most Endangered Places includes Music Row, National Mall: ‘America’s Front Yard,’ musical landmarks, and a postmodern marvel are all at risk" on May 30, 2019.

If there's one site in DC I should have spent more time shooting it's the US Supreme Court building. Every time a court ruling happens, the court goes in session, or one of the justices makes the news, there is a demand for photos. Almost all of my Supreme Court photos sell... Many thanks to:

- Angela Brown at CareerTrend.com for using this in her December 20, 2018 article, "Job Description for a Supreme Court Justice."

- Consumer Affairs and Sarah D. Young for her June 24, 2019 article, "Supreme Court agrees to review insurers’ lawsuit over Obamacare payments."

- Jonathan Ellis of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader for his June 24, 2019 article, "Freedom of Information Act: Read the Supreme Court decision in Argus Leader vs. Food Marketing Institute.

- Salon and Steven Rosenfeld for their June 29, 2019 article, "The GOP is embracing more ruthless power grabs in the face of huge political challenges."

-Shira Tarlo and Salon.com for their article entitled, "Supreme Court rejects challenges to gun silencer laws days after Virginia Beach massacre" on June 10, 2019.

- Ray Hamel at Slate.com for his February 22, 2019 "Slate News Quiz: Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories."

- The Greek website, Anixneuseis, for using this photo in their February 15, 2019 article, "What Exactly Is a National Emergency? Here's What Trump Is Mulling" reprinted from Fortune.com.

- Elizabeth Slattery wrote two articles using my photos, the first is at the Heritage Foundation called, "Here Are 3 Cases to Watch at the Supreme Court" on October 29, 2018. The second is over at The Daily Signal entitled, "Supreme Court Is Back in Session. Here’s What’s on the Docket" on March 19, 2019. Very cool that she used this photo for two articles!

One of the great things about living 20 away from DC was the ability to shoot subjects like the White House in different weather conditions. Washington DC is such an amazing place, I'd love to live there again almost as much as I'd love to live in Italy again. For some reason, putting "stormy" in to the photo's metadata helps this one sell. Weird... Thank you to:

- The German magazine Der Spiegel Online for using this in their article, "US-Präsident Trump verteidigt Truppenabzug: Kämpfen, wo es uns nützt" or "US President Trump defends troop withdrawal "Fight where it benefits us" on October 7, 2019.

- Joel Mathis at The Week for using this in his May 23, 2019 article entitled, "Pelosi's words suggest she knows it's time to impeach Trump. Will she act?" I'm glad they credited me on this photo because I probably wouldn't have recognized it, it's got a lot of effects and has been horizontally flipped.

- James A. Harhish and Ministry Matters for for using this in your September 10, 2018 article, "A Birthright for a Mess of Politics."

One of the earliest photo here, from 2013 and taken with a Canon T3i! I learned so much on the T3i that I'm considering one for my daughter as I'd think they'd be a steal at this point. It's a decent camera, durable, plus takes the Canon's EF and EF-s lenses. This was taken on an empty beach in Calabria, Italy in the month of May before the tourists came. Thanks to the Polish travel site Onet Podróże for using this in their June 8, 2018 article, "In Italy you can also reach the seashore via a paid beach."

Let me say upfront, I have no control over the fact that these folks didn't credit me with this photo; however, it turns up in a reverse Google image search as mine plus this one would be nearly impossible to duplicate, I'm 100% sure it's mine. I loved living near Washington, DC because it allowed me to experiment with my camera. For every one of these photos that looked pretty cool, I've 30 or 40 that didn't work at all. The nice thing was I could just go back later and try again! Even though they didn't credit me, I'd still like to credit and thank:

-David French at the National Retail Federation for using this in his February 1, 2019 article, "The state of the union? Closing again isn’t an option."

- Susan Reda, also at the National Retail Federation for her July 17, 2017 article called, "Everything you think you know about lobbyists is probably wrong."

- Andrew DePietro for using this his article at Yahoo Finance, "How American Finances Have Changed in the Trump Era" on January 22, 2019.

- Deal Expert Anika Maiberger at Travel Zoo for an upcoming DC travel deal in 2019, "$119 & up – Weekends in DC: Hilton Stay w/Breakfast."

I was in Norfolk, VA a couple of years ago and had a couple of days to kill. Since I was by myself, I could get up early to shoot and not wake everyone up, the goal was common items. While door stops may not be common in America, they were very common years ago... Many thanks to:

- Reader's Digest for using this photo at their website for a June 2018 article by Taylor Markarian called "13 Haunted House Mysteries No One Can Explain."

- Jen Babakhan, also at Reader's Digest for using this photo in her February 2018 article, "16 Things Sleep Doctors Never Do During Daylight Saving Time."

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