The weather was actually pretty warm Saturday as participants braved the 46 degree water of Lake Boutin in Trail of Tears State Park to raise money for Special Olympics Missouri. Filled with great costumes and fun people, the event raised over $39,000 to support a great cause!
~ Chris Mackler
chris@macklermedia.com
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Well this isn’t something you see every day! As part of a Washington, D.C. holiday tradition, Santa, along with his elves and reindeer, braved the frigid waters while putting on a water show on the banks of the Potomac River in National Harbor on Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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We’re very happy to release our first blurb book, Gopal and & Jo’s Hindu Wedding Ceremonies! Feel free to order your own copy today and take home their big day!
Gopal & Joanna by Chris Mackler
~ Chris Mackler
chris@macklermedia.com
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Let’s face it – the whole journalism industry, for better or for worse, is dramatically changing. If you are a journalist who is fortunate enough to be currently employed at a newspaper, it’s just a matter of time before you will be laid off. Reality check – it’s not a matter of IF you [...]
My best friend Gopal recently married his longtime girlfriend Joanna in Northern Virginia. Gopal, coming from a traditional Indian family, had several days worth of beautiful and elaborate traditional Hindu ceremonies leading up to the traditional American wedding ceremony on Saturday. I have been fortunate enough to have photographed a traditional wedding in India before, [...]
After recently purchasing iPhones (Verizon, of course!), Kristin and I have been experimenting with photography apps left and right. I downloaded and shot with the Hipstamatic app while we were exploring Mississippi and Ohio river flood recovery efforts in Southern Illinois on May 21, 2011.
~ Chris Mackler
chris@macklermedia.com
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011.
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks here in Southeast Missouri, but Mississippi River flood waters seem to be receding (at least temporarily) in Cape Girardeau’s Red Star District, as well as Cape Rock Park. According to Red Star District resident Peggy Benaivdz, the Mississippi River floodwaters have receded at least two [...]
The second day shooting the powerful flooding in the Southeast Missouri area proved to be eye-opening. Literally just a two-minute drive from my home stands 1207 North Main Street – currently surrounded on all sides by four feet of water and climbing hourly. A mountain of sandbags and barriers are all that protects the four-year [...]
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Our apartment began flooding on Easter, alerting us to the gravity of the flooding situation in the Cape Girardeau and Southeastern Missouri areas. Due to weeks of stormy weather, the area rivers and other bodies of water have swelled, leaving countless of people struggling to [...]
The big news in Cape lately has been the construction of the $125 million Cape Girardeau casino complex. Passing by the site on an almost daily basis, I have witnessed first-hand the swift construction progress so far – at one specific point in time I returned from grocery shopping only to discover a gas station that [...]
