Jan. 2008: Tampa, FL - David Anderson participated in the largest-ever
Imaging USA conference.
May 2007:
David Anderson received the highest vote total among all
candidates and was reelected to the City Council for the City
of New Carrollton (pop. 13,000+).
Oct. 2006:
David Anderson finished training as a Community Emergency
Response Team (CERT) member. He continues to receive training
under other Dept. of Homeland Security programs.
January
2006: Richmond, VA - David Anderson will assist
international photography speaker and teacher, Greg Stangl, with
a 4 day program for the Virginia Professional Photographers Association.
May 2005: David Anderson was selected
by his peers to serve as City Council Chairman for the City of
New Carrollton (pop. 13,000).
January 2005:
New Orleans, LA - Photographer David Anderson participated
in the world's largest photography trade show and exposition at
the Ernest C. Morial Convention Center.
March
2005: David Anderson organized a full-day photography
workshop that was attended by photographers from 5 states. The
workshop was held at the Annapolis Country Inns and Suites.
May
2004: David Anderson was re-elected to the New Carrollton
City Council. He ran unopposed, and will serve his second two
year term.
May 2003: David Anderson
appointed as Vice Chairman of the New Carrollton City Council.
March
2003: The Professional Photographers of Greater Annapolis
celebrated the organization's 5th Anniversary at the place
where it all began. The club members, who actually hail from all
over the eastern portion of Maryland, and the District of Columbia,
enjoyed food and drink at David Anderson Photography in Annapolis.
Photographer David Anderson founded the organization in 1998,
and it has been going strong ever since.
July
2002: Atlantic City, NJ - The Board and Council
of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA), the
world's oldest and largest photography association, awarded David
Anderson the prestigious Photographic Craftsman degree.
This designation, which honors significant achievements in education
and service to the profession, was awarded at Imaging USA in
Atlantic City.
May 2002: David Anderson,
owner of David Anderson Photography, was elected to the City Council
for the City of New Carrollton. Although active in the community,
this is Anderson's first venture into public service, and he was
pleased to have received the highest number of votes among any
of the City candidates. Council Members are elected to two year
terms.
November 2000: 
The
Scarborough Plan - Maximizing the Power of Your 401K
hit the bookshelves. Fully illustrated with David Anderson's
photography throughout the book, it is written by J. Michael Scarborough,
CEO of the Scarborough Group, Inc. The book has received rave
reviews (5 out of 5 stars on Amazon.com), and is available at
Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, etc.
October
2000: FujiFilm Professional awarded Grand Prize
to David Anderson for his entry in the Prof Photographers of Greater
Annapolis annual "Shoot Out" competition for professional
photographers. Anderson also won Third Place in the contest.
September
1999: 
U.S. Sen. John McCain,
a front runner for the Republican nomination in the 2000 Presidential
race, made his first formal announcement confirming himself as
a candidate on September 27, 1999 from the grounds of the US Naval
Academy. Using the popular television program, Good Morning
America as his pulpit, McCain and his wife, Cindy, announced
his candidacy shortly after 7:00 a.m. Immediately after a quick
breakfast, they met Annapolis photographer, David Anderson, for
a prearranged family portrait session.
Wanting to use the grounds of the academy as the backdrop, Anderson had set up outdoors, but needed to quickly move to a porch of the Academy Superintendent's residence when rain began to pour. Nonetheless, he was able to take several exposures of the Senator, his wife, and four children, before they had to catch a plane to New Hampshire for a big rally.
The family portraits were primarily used for the McCain's Christmas cards ... 25,000 of them ... as well as for personal family gifts. Rights to use the photograph were also requested by several news organizations, and it was published and broadcast worldwide, and was used in campaign materials produced by the McCain 2000 committee.
Anderson has previously photographed
several other presidential candidates (see related story below),
and has also photographed President George Bush, First
Lady Barbara Bush, and former Vice President Dan Quayle
on several occasions. Although it seems he has been asked
to photograph more Republican politicians than Democrats, Anderson
maintains that he is non-partisan, and is in fact registered as
an Independent.
March 1999: David
Anderson Photography was chosen to photograph Presidential candidate,
Elizabeth Dole, at a recent Washington event. Dole, a Republican
candidate for President in 2000, was accepting the Eagle award
from ARCS, a national non-profit scholarship organization.
The black tie event, held at the Four Seasons Hotel, was also
attended by other many other dignitaries, including Supreme Court
Justice Anthony Kennedy.
March 1999:
The National Academy of Photography (NAP) announces
that David Anderson, owner of David Anderson Photography in Annapolis,
has been appointed to serve on its Board of Directors. NAP is
a recently-formed organization with goals to educate professional
and aspiring professional photographers to improve their artistic,
technical, and business skills. Anderson joins other industry
leaders, as well as representatives from financial, legal, and
government organizations.
NAP is preparing to play a major
role in the revitalization efforts of downtown Silver Spring,
Maryland, and is currently in negotiations to lease approximately
19,000 sq. feet of commercial space. That location will house
classrooms, exhibit space, and studio training facilities where
students from all across the country can learn from top professionals
not only in photography itself, but in marketing and business
practices as they relate to professional photography.
March
1999: The Professional Photographers Society of Greater
Washington (DC) presented David Anderson with a PPA National
Merit for his service to the photography profession. Anderson
was instrumental in helping the Society to design and implement
their internet website.
August 1998: David
Anderson was one of over 6000 people attending PPA '98 in New
Orleans, La. This 5 day long annual convention offered many educational
opportunities, a giant trade show, and internationally-known speakers.
May 1998: The Winona
International School of Professional Photography announced
today that Annapolis photographer, David Anderson, will teach
a nationally sanctioned course to photographers in August, and
again in November. The course, entitled "Easy Web Site Publishing
for Photographers", will be a part of Winona's national "Super
Monday", which features over 100 class instructors on-location
all across the country.
Winona International School of
Professional Photography has been educating professional photographers
for over 75 years, and has long been recognized worldwide as "The
School of the Pros". At Winona, students learn from photographic
instructors who are all working professionals. Based in Atlanta,
Georgia, the PPA/Winona Continuing Education System also has twenty
one affiliate schools sponsored by regional and state affiliates
of the Professional Photographers of America.
April 1998 PPOGA Elects Anderson President:
David Anderson, Founder of the Professional Photographers
of Greater Annapolis (PPOGA), was elected as its first President
at the April 7th. Randall Rainey will join Anderson as the group's
Vice President, and Monica Clayton will serve as Secretary-Treasurer.
March
1998 Photographers Form New Organization: Annapolis photographer,
David Anderson, saw the need for a local organization that could
offer more personal support to area photographers than what can
be given by the large state and national association. He made
a basic outline of what he thought the group should be, and quickly
set about organizing the first meeting. Thirteen people showed
up for that first meeting, which was held at Dewberry's Cafe in
Heritage Harbour. For further information, view the PPOGA
web site. 
December
1997: Annapolis photographer, David Anderson, was again
commissioned to provide cover photography for a book being published
by Rowman and Littlefield. The book, Who's Afraid of Human
Cloning, is due to appear in bookstores in the spring
of 1998.
August 1997 Annapolis studio announces
new personnel: Monica Clayton, comes to us after more
than 3 years as Asst. Manager for Expressly Portraits in the Annapolis
Mall. She is initially working as a Production Assistant, but
will also assist with some of the photography. Eventually, she
will also be taking on some of the smaller studio portrait sessions.
Monica lives on the Eastern Shore with her three teenage sons.
Monica joins Al General and Skip Harwood, who photograph and assist
at weddings and other events.
April 14, 1997
Local Photographer chosen for Random House book
Publishing giant, Random House,
recently selected a photograph by Annapolis photographer David
Anderson to illustrate a new book called, Riding the Bull.
The book, authored by Paul Stiles, is loosely based on his experiences
as a stockbroker on Wall Street.
Anderson's photographs will be used not only to illustrate the
book jacket itself, but will also be used for promotion of the
book nationwide.
David
Anderson Photography announced today that one of its photographs
was chosen for a new book entitled, The Perfect Baby.
After shopping around at several national stock photo agencies,
publishing company Rowman and Littlefield just couldn't find a
photograph that they thought best illustrated the book's title.
Finally, someone at the company remembered Anderson's Christmas
card from the previous year that featured his daughter coming
out of a gift box. They asked to see a copy of it, and lo and
behold, they decided that it was the photo to illustrate
the cover.
The book, written by Glenn McGee, focuses on the complex
territory of genetic medicine and offers new insights for individual
decisions and public policy. It has received outstanding reviews
from the medical community and bioethicists, and is being distributed
worldwide by National Book Network.
