MWSS 272 Birthday Ball

Every year around November I have the honor of photographing Marine Corps units attending the Marine Corps Birthday Ball. Don’t get me wrong, it is a lot of work and I drink a lot of monster while doing them, but these events are always among my highlights for the year. This year I was able to photograph the MWSS 272 Ball at the Wilmington Convention Center. There was nothing about the Ball or the venue that did not scream “Excellence” From the precision of the Honor Guard to the staff working the event, each person knew their job and did it well. For me, it was exciting to be able to photograph an event with close to 750 couples attending. It was inspiring to see all 1500 people standing for the national anthem. I was fortunate enough to have TK Edens helping me with such a large event. And now for a few pictures…