Autumn in Washington DC

A Beautiful Autumn Evening on the Grounds of the US Capitol in Washington DC

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Library of Congress

Library of Congress at Dusk taken from the US Capitol East Plaza 

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DC Area Heat and Humidity

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

Lincoln Memorial and WWII Memorial

From the Base of the Washington Monument

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Cherry Blossoms Washington DC Panorama

Tidal Basin   Washington DC

Cherry Blossoms    Panorama
Washington Monument   Jefferson Memorial

Spring Evening in Washington DC

View from the Jefferson Memorial at Sunset

I've been shooting the Cherry Blossoms in DC now for quite a few years.  I never get tired of it but it can be challenging to produce images that are not just a repeat of previous years.  Typically I go down pre-dawn and shoot as mentioned in this Popular Photography Article.  This year I decided to make my way through the mass humanity and go down in the afternoon - it was great and I was certainly successful - but I still like the early morning hours better.  Of all I shot that day this might be one of my favorite images - and it's not even of the Cherry Blossoms.  I just got a Canon 8-15mm f/4L and this is one example of what it does

Postcard from this Week

Muddy Creek Falls

Garrett County, MD

Cape Henlopen DE

Washington DC Blossoms

Stumbled upon this nice scene recently - Magnificent Magnolia Tree near the US Capitol.  Actually this tree is in front of The Library of Congress and I might never had seen this perspective if I hadn't taken a break to park my bike in the shade.  This tree seemed almost perfectly formed to frame the Capitol Dome and offer a nice pleasing composition 

Washington DC Architecture

EPA East Building Walkway

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We've been fortunate to enjoy a lovely string of beautiful early Fall weather here in Washington DC -  Wonderfully pleasant afternoons with exquisite light.  I've been taking the opportunity to get out - Walk the Earth - and add new Washington DC Images to my Collection of Washington DC Photography for my upcoming book project as well as my online archive of Washington DC Photographs.  Here's an image from one such beauteous afternoon - a view from President's Park South (commonly referred to as the Ellipse) of the First Division Monument with the Old Executive Office Building.

National Gallery of Art Rotunda

The interior domed rotunda of the National Gallery of Art - West Building was designed in 1937 by architect John Russell Pope. Composed of pink Tennessee marble this neoclassical interior space was modeled after the Pantheon in Rome and at the time was considered the largest marble structure in the world.  Mr Pope later went on to design the Jefferson Memorial also in Washington DC.

Cherry Blossoms Washington DC

Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom with the Jefferson Memorial at sunrise while walking along the Tidal Basin in Washington DC

Spring in Focus Opening Reception

View the original article @ K Street Magazine

The Spring in Focus Show Opening Reception at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery Thursday Night was a great success.  I am told by FotoDC that 1000+ people made their way through the space during the course of the evening.  Thank you to all who attended and especially Sonya Gavankar for her interest in my work and including this nice little piece in K Street Magazine.

Washington DC Architecture

Feel free to view more Images of Washington DC Architecture here in my Washington DC Architectural Elements Gallery.

National Building Museum / HDR

It's taken me a while but have finally discovered HDR Photography - or at least how I might apply it to my work.  I've basically avoided using HDR until now mainly because most examples I have seen appear a bit overdone and perhaps a little to cartoonish for my taste.  I guess I shyed away from using it thinking that some of this HDR look might be faddish and appear dated in a few years.  But - I've seen other work by a few photographers that have used it tastefully - so I've given it a try with the idea of applying HDR and hopefully maintaining a somewhat "real" look.  Here's a sample of my first attempt using HDR - one of my favorite interior spaces in Washington DC - The National Building Museum.  You can see more images from this shoot towards the end of my Washington DC Architecture Gallery included in my Collection of Washington DC Photography.

Winter returns to Washington DC

“Look round and round upon this bare bleak plain, and see even here, upon a winter's day, how beautiful the shadows are! Alas! it is the nature of their kind to be so. The loveliest things in life, Tom, are but shadows; and they come and go, and change and fade away, as rapidly as these!”  - Charles Dickens

iPhonography

iPhone w/ Hipstamatic

Urban BBQ / Sandy Spring, MD

DC Photos: US Capitol from the Steps of the United States Supreme Court

US Capitol Washington DC