September 2010 Wallpaper: Light & Motion Abstract

A combination of photography techniques called "focus blur" and "zoom blur" are used to transform the lights of the ferris wheel into abstract designs at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

A few weeks ago, I taught a Light & Motion photography workshop at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair.  I headed back to [...]

Light and Motion Abstracts

During my photography workshop last week on Light and Motion: Photographing the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair last week, I wanted to focus on my students, so I didn’t do any of my own shooting.  However, I did get the chance to catch two hours of the fair on the last day this past weekend, before [...]

How-To: The Blues Club on Bourbon Street

Last week, I posted a photo of Troy Turner, Ike & Tina Turner’s nephew, singing away the blues at the Blues Club on New Orleans’s famed Bourbon Street.  One of my students saw the post and asked me how I made the shot, so I thought I’d tell you here on my blog.  So here [...]

Fireworks & Fountains at Longwood Gardens

My flight leaves from New Orleans back to DC in just a few hours.  I’ll go away with a lot of satisfaction and the distinct belief that New Orleans is an incredible, wonderful city.  I’m also utterly exhausted, though, from all the walking (in the heat too!), so at the same time, I’m glad to [...]

DC Memorials at Night: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and World War II Memorials

The fountains of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC are encircled by large granite pillars engraved with the names of the states.

I’ve been so busy with portraits and weddings this summer, then I’ve only just gotten around to processing the photos I shot at my DC Memorials at Night photography workshop [...]

Student Work: DC Memorials at Night

A few Fridays ago, I ran an intermediate/advanced workshop on “Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night.”  Here is some student work from John and Barry, two of my four students.  Didn’t they do a great job, doing a teacher proud???!!!  (Students: You’ve all received an invitation to view a private lightbox with these [...]

July 2010 Wallpaper: Sunset Over Great Falls

The summer sun sets in glorious colors over Great Falls in Potomac, Maryland.

July wallpaper is ready for download – click on the links below for the resolution and aspect ratio that best match your computer screen:

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WORKSHOP: Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night

A group of visitors to the Lincoln Memorial spontaneously hold up a sign saying, "I Still Have a Dream."

I’m super excited about a new 1/2-day photography workshop that I’m putting together for Monday, July 5th on Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night. One of the things that students at my last workshop [...]

Shenandoah Valley Hot Air Balloon & Wine Festival

A few days ago, I blogged about my new Stock Photography-Image Archive site by Photoshelter. Photoshelter’s been updating their features, and I now have the option to easily embed slideshows on my blog and other websites! How cool is that??!!! I’ve been working hard to upload my full image archive to my [...]

June 2010 Wallpaper: Painting Peace at the Vietnam Memorial

Here’s my June 2010 wallpaper for download – click on the links below for the resolution and aspect ratio that best match your computer screen:

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Once you download it, if you have Windows 7, just right click on the file [...]