Looking out, what we see in other’s windows: A Boy and His Photog in Baltimore 21201.

As Lisa Douglas sang, in Green Acres,
“I just adore a penthouse view.”

Looking out of our 26th-floor windows, we have great views of Baltimore’s ever-changing urban theatre. We see sky shows with helicopters, bi-planes, and blimps soaring around—sometimes, seemingly, at near eye-level. We watch and listen to, concerts below courtesy of the Downtown Partnership. We see storm clouds headed our way an hour before the first raindrops begin to fall. We see flags and fountains.

Baltimore Session 1

And day and night, we see all sorts of different people doing all sorts of different things in hundreds of different windows.

Now and then we are treated to a special, more intimate show.

Baltimore Session 2

Nude photoshoots in hotels seem to be very innocent—often comically funny events to catch a glimpse of. It can take a quite long time for the photographer to get all of his”living props” where they should be.

Baltimore Session 3

Highrise urban living is simply the best photo op ever. And yes, to take these photos I used a longer lens than usual. And I plan to keep it handy.

By Stephen Brockelman

As a Sr. Writer at T. Rowe Price, I work with a group of the best copywriters around. We belong to the broader creative team within Enterprise Creative, a part of Corporate Marketing Services. _____________________________________________ A long and winding road: My path to T. Rowe Price was more twisted than Fidelity’s green line. With scholarship in hand, I left Kansas at 18 to study theatre in New York. When my soap opera paychecks stopped coming from CBS and started coming from the show’s sponsor, Proctor & Gamble, I discovered the power of advertising and switched careers. Over the years I’ve owned an ad agency in San Francisco; worked for Norman Lear on All in the Family, Good Times, Sanford and Son, and the rest of his hit shows; and as a member of Directors Guild of America, I directed Desi Arnaz in his last television appearance— we remained friends until his death. In 1988 I began freelancing full time didn’t look back. In January 2012 my rep at Boss Group called and said, “I know you don’t want to commute and writing for the financial industry isn’t high on your wish list, but I have a gig with T. Rowe Price in Owings Mills…” I was a contractor for eight months, drank the corporate Kool-Aid, became a TRP associate that August, and today I find myself smiling more often than not.

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