Patrick McDermott | Visual Journalist

A few days ago I was assigned to spend the afternoon with Unified Light-Welterweight Champion of the World Amir Khan as he toured some of the historic landmarks of Washington, D.C. It definitely felt like a welcome back to the world of Washington, D.C. editorial photography after spending the past four years either traveling or living in California and New York. These are a few that I found as I started to work up my second edit from the day…the top photo once again proved to me why it is a great idea to shoot dual jpeg and raw while on assignment. And it is great to be back working in DC!

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On Tuesday, I was assigned to cover the media workouts for the upcoming Amir Khan v Lamont Peterson fight on December 10, 2011 in Washington, D.C. I did my best to make a tough situation caused by extremely low light into photographs that were unique. Had to reach deep into my bag of secrets for this one! Here are a few of Khan and Peterson…

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At a little past 3:20 a small group of half-awake members of the press were lead to a small conference room in a law firm on 5th Avenue near Central Park to hear what we all thought was the announcement that we had been waiting for the past 149 days: the NBA lockout was over. At a little past 3:40 am on Saturday November 26, 2011 NBA Commissioner David Stern, NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, San Antonio Spurs owner Peter Holt, Former Executive Director of the NBA Players Association Billy Hunter, Derek Fisher, and Maurice Evans broke the good news to us. About half way through the press conference, I noticed Billy Hunter smile and wink at me after he recognized that I was once again the one behind the lone still camera there (besides the official NBA photographer). I’ve clearly spent way too much time around these men! Here are a few photographs from the announcement. I will be working on posting a “behind the scenes” look at what it was like to cover the labor talks through a collection of photographs I took with both my iPhone and regular camera over the past month or so. Should be up hopefully by the end of this week. Enjoy!

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The last three weeks have felt like a whirlwind between the NBA labor talks, lots of football, and Coach K’s 903rd win at Madison Square Garden. But this past weekend I set aside a few hours in my crazy schedule to photograph the Philadelphia Marathon where my friends Jake Krong and Andrea North were trying to qualify for the 2012 USA Olympic Marathon Trials. They both had amazing races with Jake finishing in 13th overall and Andrea in 12th for the women. Great job guys!

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