Multimedia on Warrior Games 2010 By Stacy Pearsall

F8PJ & Charleston Center for Photography

Multimedia: Warrior Games

By Stacy Pearsall

The competition is open to military members and veterans with bodily injuries as well as mental wounds of war, such as post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. The Defense Department announced in January that about 200 disabled service members and veterans are allowed to participate.

Typical adaptive sports competitions hosted by the military and the Department of Veterans Affairs are open to anyone. The Warrior Games, however, are expected to be highly competitive because of the selection process. Independent panels have been reviewing applications since January to determine who will represent each of the military services.

The U.S. Olympic Committee will host the games, and events will include shooting, swimming, archery and wheelchair basketball, to name a few. Since 2003, the U.S. Paralympics Committee has worked in partnership with VA, providing adaptive sports therapy to veterans. The Warrior Games is not a Paralympics qualifying event.

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Clay Patrick McBride is Coming to Charleston

F8PJ & Charleston Center for Photography

World class rock-star photographer, Clay Patrick McBride, will be giving a workshop at the Charleston Center for Photography July 27-29, 2010.

Register before June 30th and receive a 10% early bird discount! Simply use the promo code: SLP Tweet when you register online or over the phone.



In this workshop, you will explore the uses of various lighting systems, lighting combinations, styles and techniques for today's editorial marketplace. Working with models and a variety of equipment, you will focus on producing magazine-quality images that incorporate fashion, beauty and portraiture. Students will be encouraged to go beyond the technical and explore the aesthetic aspects of their subjects. This hands-on studio course incorporates lectures, demonstrations and assignments.

Read more about Clay Patrick McBride....

He began his visual training in the South of France, where he spent his late teens and early twenties studying painting and art history. He eventually turned his focus to photography, and moved to New York City in the early 1990s to attend the School of Visual Arts. While earning his BFA, McBride developed a style of portraiture that celebrated and empowered the subject with humor and honesty. His arresting portraits of top athletes and musicians like LeBron James, Allen Iverson, Norah Jones and Kid Rock have appeared in the pages of countless magazines, including Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Maxim and XXL. Clay’s commercial work includes dozens of album covers for Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Elektra Records, in addition to print campaigns for Coca-Cola, Boost Mobile and Chevy 1.