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Besides the bombardment of Santa Claus and holiday fever, the last week before Christmas I found myself getting handed a lot of portrait assignments. Our sports department picked its male and female athlete of the year, a couple of local city employees were retiring at the end of the year and students from local high schools were signing commitment letters to play baseball in college. All of these assignments required a portrait to be shot of the subject. I have really been enjoying this part of my job lately. It has given me a lot of opportunities to practice and experiment with on location lighting which is something that I feel has been a weaker point in my photography. I had a lot of fun with these.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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