Towards the end of the night we played with an underwater camera, and though it was too dark and we didn’t quite understand all the camera settings, we had a lot of fun doing the shoot.

Thanks to Michael and Alan for allowing us to hold the event at their lovely home with a beautiful backyard with pool, hot tub, and kitchen area. If you fell in love with their backyard and pool yourself, here’s the link to make it your own for an afternoon or evening! Thanks also to Chase Williams, former student of Michael’s, who brought not only two guests but some barbecue as well, helped us setup everything, and helped shoot some of the underwater scenes at the end of the night. And everyone who complimented my vegan potato salad and tofu scramble, I thank you!

Note on pics below: We had people showing up throughout the evening, but we took our still cameras out only during the early part of the evening so apologies to our guests who came later who did not get into the photos! Pics by Ben Ko, Video by Emily Orsini, Underwater group photo by Chase Williams.

And stay tuned for our next events: Legal Talk with Scott Brown on September 25, 2025 (In-person Columbus, also on Zoom) and Financial Planning with Mythri Padival on October 16, 2025 (In-person Columbus, also on Zoom).

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• commercial stills from longtime pros like Eric Wagner and Jon and Olivia Ciotti
• amazing hair and makeup artistry by Brittan White
• wedding photography by newcomers Autumn and Ning
• boxing photos by Chase Kingsley Williams
• concert and fashion photography by Audrey Smith and Darius Smith
• macro photography by Kyle Bennet Clayton

Film was ably represented as well.

• Elvis Funes showed a reel of his commercial DP work
• Matt Reese shared a clip from a work-in-progress documentary
• Kahlil Newton sneak peeked a short feature that was debuting on YouTube later that week
• Domenic Zanghi shared some high octane work he did for ESPN.
• Donnie Seymour closed the night out showing the projection mapping work he’s done at Pacemour Creative

While also snacking on these images, we also wolfed down 8 pizzas! Thanks to our hosts, Jon and Olivia Ciotti of The Nomad Circle

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For a written summary of the talk and links to further information, see Ben’s substack post

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The panel includes people who played a key role in the law’s passage: Kirsten Estose (Legislative Analyst in Columbus City Council’s Legislative Research Office); Eric Thurm (National Writers Union, Freelance Solidarity Project); and Taylor Dorrell (Freelance writer, photographer, local organizer for Freelance Solidarity Project).

Don’t have time to watch the video? Read this detailed summary, which contains some additional points not fully covered in the talk plus suggested

Further Reading. https://benkophoto.substack.com/p/new-protections-for-freelance-workers

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Don’t have time to watch it?  Read the detailed summary of the discussion with links for further reading:

https://benkophoto.substack.com/p/takeaways-from-asmp-ohio-valleys

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