Arsenal of Democracy Flyover Images
Honoring the veterans of WWII, the Arsenal of Democracy flyover was held on the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe day. The once-in-a-lifetime event featured dozens of different aircraft flying over Washington DC is a variety of formations. I was fortunate to have a slightly different, but excellent, angle on the planes as they flew […]
Images from the 2015 DC Funk Parade
The 2015 DC Funk Parade was held on May 2nd and featured a huge variety of performances and activities. It was one of the most fun celebrations of community I’ve been able to attend in DC. I spent time at the incredibly high energy performance by local favorite, The Junkyard Band, and then walked the […]
Photography This Week: Shooting Sports
After the lengthy piece earlier this week on triathlon photography, I thought I’d cover some more sports shooting ground with some of the better general articles I found doing that research. We’ll get some sage advice from very experienced and accomplished photographers, look at how we can set our entry-level equipment up to best meet […]
Smithfield Sprint 2015 Triathlon Photography
Triathlons are pretty awesome. It takes a heck of a lot of endurance and coordination to complete three different sports in a row–swimming, biking and running (note that the order is most-to-least-likely to die). [Show slideshow] 1 2 3 ► Doing a tri can take anywhere from about 60 minutes to several hours, depending […]
Photography This Week: City Tourism Photography
Much of my photography happens in cities. I live in a pretty big one, and frequently travel to cities for both work and personal activities. There’s some really special stuff you can capture in a densely-packed, brightly lit metropolis with the proper techniques and approaches. Take care to note that there’s a focus on exposure […]
Early Morning at the 2015 Cherry Blossom Festival
[Show slideshow] Photography teaches you a lot of things. You learn to be patient, and you learn to use your feet, and you learn that the unexpected can be your best friend, and you learn that you don’t need nearly as much sleep as you thought you did. As such, I found myself at the […]
Help These Kids Send Their Play To #GlobalFinals15
Do you remember, back in high school, the Odyssey of the Mind (OM) competitions? The yearly challenge was a huge deal in my school, though I was usually neck-deep in putting on a show when it came time to form the team for OM. It appears Odyssey of the Mind is now Destination Imagination (DI), but […]
Photography This Week: Opening Day Edition
In celebration of baseball season, let’s take a look this week at a bunch of different perspectives on grabbing images at the game. Despite going to as many as 30 Washington Nationals games each year, I rarely bring any camera gear because how restrictive major league parks can be. The below items largely focus on […]
5 Famous Baseball Photographs
This week, as baseball season opens, we mark the end of the dark abyss of sports apathy (and winter) that we’ve endured since the end of the morally-complicated college football season. This week, we finally embrace our locally venerable “boys of summer” and all that is great about sun, heat, humidity and outdoor stadiums (where baseball […]
Photography This Week: Spring Finally Freakin’ Springs
With spring finally deciding it’ll amble on through the door here, I suspect we’ll all be planning on snapping a bit more. We start off with some general tips, cover some creative poses for engagement season (somehow I feel like this is one of those things where the client isn’t tired of the same old poses, it’s […]