December 25th, 2011 | by
Chris Mackler | published in
Blog, Events
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.
We hope you and your loved [...]
November 1st, 2011 | by
Chris Mackler | published in
Blog, People
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
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chris@macklermedia.com
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October 25th, 2011 | by
MacklerMedia | published in
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Last Thursday, Cape Girardeau’s Main Street reopened. Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., along with local Cape Girardeau city and business officials, reopened Main Street after being closed to the public since March in order to reroute the road around the casino site. Said Cape Girardeau Mayor Harry Rediger, the street closing “was a tremendous inconvenience [...]
October 10th, 2011 | by
Chris Mackler | published in
Blog, Recent News
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 [...]
September 8th, 2011 | by
Chris Mackler | published in
Blog, Events
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, [...]
June 7th, 2011 | by
Chris Mackler | published in
Blog, Events
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.
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chris@macklermedia.com
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May 5th, 2011 | by
Chris Mackler | published in
Blog, Events
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 [...]
April 29th, 2011 | by
Chris Mackler | published in
Blog, Events
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 [...]
April 28th, 2011 | by
Chris Mackler | published in
Blog, Events
For more flood coverage, see An Afternoon at 1207 North Main
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 [...]
April 27th, 2011 | by
Chris Mackler | published in
Blog, Places
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 [...]