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Are you only using $200 worth of the features of your $1000 camera? If yes, then this safari is for you! Learn to get the most out of your camera.
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Photo Safari at the Law Enforcement Museum
Twenty years in the making, the National Law Enforcement Museum opened in October of 2018 and offers 55,000 square feet of exhibits that demonstrate the tactics used and the achievements of law enforcement in the United States since its founding. The $103 million Museum was financed by private donations. It was designed by Davis Buckley Architects and Planners, the firm that also designed the adjoining National Law Enforcement Memorial, a ” Vietnam Wall” listing the names of all law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty since 1789.
Among the very photogenic exhibits are the National Park Service helicopter that responded to the Air Florida flight 90 crash into the Potomac River in 1982, memorabilia related to the investigation by federal agent Eliot Ness and his team of Untouchables in Chicago in the 1920s, the bulletproof vest from 1930 that was used by gangster Al Capone, a costume from the 1987 film RoboCop , and DC sniper task force evidence related to the investigation and trial of Beltway Sniper attacks in 2002 . There is also a simulated crime scene session which makes for good action photography.
Our DC photo tour begins with an orientation by architectural photographer and Washington photo Safari director E. David Luria on museum photography in order to achieve good exposure, composition, and white balance in low-light situations such as the one found in this underground Museum.
We will then proceed from one exhibit to the next, taking pictures that demonstrate what is going on in each exhibit. Clients will be pleased to see that most of the exhibits are behind Museum glass, which has very low reflectance and glare.
The price of this photo safari includes the admission fee to the museum.
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- Camera
- Lenses
- Extra memory cards
- Extra charged battery
- Accessories such as filters, remote release
- Weather appropriate clothing
*We suggest for this Safari that clients bring a DSLR or mirrorless camera body with fast lenses such as a 50 mm F 1.4 or F 1.8, or a 35 mm F 1.8 lens for low light handheld photography. Smartphones also do an excellent job on photography in this Museum. No tripods.
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Meet at the National Law Enforcement Museum at 444 E Street NW, Washington DC. It’s the Judiciary Square Exit on the Metro Red Line. Here is a map!
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E. David Luria is founder and director of the Washington Photo Safari, which has trained 35,000 amateur photographers – an average of 5 people every day, 365 days a year, since it was founded in 1999. Trained in Paris by a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mr. Luria is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers and the Society of Photographic Educators and has had his images of DC appear in over 100 publications, calendars, and postcards and on 30 magazine covers.