washington dc imf conference 2002 MP unit commander

Why is this Lt. Colonel laughing? He probably just saw a white kid with dreadlocks!

 

Great portrait by the way.

I was the only civilian in the immediate area and my hair is pretty much how it was when I was in the Army.

 

Thanks for the compliment. Unfortunately, I didn't have my big flash on me so I had to use fill flash in photoshop to bring out the detail in the gentleman's face.

 

He was very nice, we chatted for a while about what was going on in other parts of DC and thanked him for the portrait shot.

 

To bad his fingers didn't make it in the shot.

Sorry Tom, I didn't neccessarily mean you. The Lt. Colonel is probably DC National Guard and has seen just about every flavor and stripe of demonstrator imaginable. And to put it in another perspective, as stupid as a white kid looks in dreadlocks, you should see the uniformed DC police in their beaded cornrows and designer shades looking like so many Stevie Wonders with a badge. That is just another reason why I love this town; the theater of life never ends. If you are ever out this way again send me an email...