Thanks to the Maryland Governor’s Office for this photo. (If you’re ever at an event with the gov or the lieutenant governor, be sure to check the photo website for photos.)

This is me at the Chesapeake Executive Council, which is an annual meeting of Chesapeake-region governors, the head of the EPA and a state lawmakers’ group. They set the tone for the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort, so I always cover it.

Here I am in the hot Richmond heat, balancing notebook and camera, trying to get a shot of Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (a Democrat) and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (a Republican) … and I am also apparently ruining the shot of O’Malley’s photographer! Sorry!