February 8th, 2012 | by Chris Mackler | published in Blog, Events
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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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 [...]
October 25th, 2011 | by MacklerMedia | published in Blog, Events
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 [...]
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.
~ Chris Mackler
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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 [...]
February 4th, 2011 | by Chris Mackler | published in Blog, Events
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PhotoShelter & Pulitzer Prize-winning photo editor Stella Kramer recently teamed up to hold a webinar, Building a Better Online Portfolio. A very informative session, I’ll be changing how we display our portfolios here on [...]
December 25th, 2010 | by Kristin Eberts | published in Blog, Events
Every year before Christmas, my mom and I designate a day for a holiday baking extravaganza. We spend the entire day making an absurdly vast array of sweet treats. There are a handful of signature items that we repeat annually: buckeyes, truffles, chocolate covered pretzels, church windows, butterscotch haystacks, and chocolate jam bars. We usually [...]
