A Bee Photo
One day we were relaxing on the balcony and for hours, there was a bumble bee that would rest on the balcony railing for minutes at a time, fly off, and return. It was the most peculiar thing so, eventually I figured I could get close enough to take some interesting shots:
Pandas, Gorillas, and Orangutan Vomit, Oh My!
I wandered around and snapped a few shots of the animals. While the pandas were amusing as usual, even more entertaining were the gorillas and an orangutan who spent hours entertaining crowds through a window by regurgitating his half-digested food, placing it on the window, and then licking it back up.
Cherry Blossoms and Bad Light
So, the weather during this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival was just nasty. I brought my camera to work on a day that was actually really nice but by the time I made it down to the Tidal Basin to snap some shots of the cherry blossoms, the weather turned back to crap. It was cold, [...]
Ocean City, MD and Assateague Island
Lindsey and I hit up the beach for Labor Day weekend, taking a trip to Ocean City, MD for the day. Late that afternoon, we decided to drive down road to Assateague Island National Seashore and see the wild ponies. Assateague is easily one of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever been to. Unfortunately, all [...]
Satchel: Dog? Gremlin? The World May Never Know.
A few weeks ago, we were kind enough to dogsit a rambunctious Boston Terrier named Satchel. Here are some shots from that adventure. Note: I woke up several times in the middle of the night with this face staring me down:
Arlington National Cemetery
I guess I probably should have posted these for Memorial Day but it didn’t occur to me until now that I could have been more timely in getting these up:
The President’s House
A few weeks ago we got to tour the White House gardens. Here are a few shots from that day:
I took some photos at the Cherry Blossom Festival but I’m not really happy with any of them.
The light was pretty flat and I did not bring my A game.
Adventure!
A couple weekends ago, fellow (and much more talented) photographer Chris Radcliffe and I photographed the Odyssey EFIX 2 Day Adventure Race in the New River Gorge are of West Virginia. Here are a few shots from that race. To view and purchase many more photos from that race, check out our Zenfolio page at [...]
2 Protests in 1 Day (Part 1)
While we had decided to meet some friends at Eastern Market in downtown DC, we heard that there was going to be an anti-war protest at the White House and I thought it would be a great opportunity for some photos. I was correct. Ralph Nader spoke while a pretty diverse group of people protested [...]
National Botanical Gardens (Part 1)
Lindsey and I took a trip into the District today and decided to check out the orchid show at the National Botanical Gardens, cameras in hand. I ended up getting some pretty good shots despite the rare shafts of good light. Here’s the first batch:
New lens plus awesome dinner
So, this weekend I invested in a Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens and it came yesterday so of course I spent some time playing with it. It’s a pretty awesome lens for the money. No, it’s not an L-series lens but I’m just not making that kind of money so this is the next best thing. [...]
Grungy photo day
I took some photos today on my walk home from the metro and I decided to capture the grungy feeling of the walk – dirty snow banks still lingering around, cloudy day, train tracks, and a power plant billowing smoke, etc.. I also got really grungy with the editing which was fun.