May 2011 Calendar Wallpaper: World War II Memorial

The May 2011 calendar wallpaper is here! This month’s calendar wallpaper features the World War II Memorial, which is one of my favorite Washington, DC memorials, not only for my personal fine art photography work, but also for engagement photography sessions.

Download the calendar wallpaper here, in a resolution appropriate to your computer monitor. [...]

More Fountains, Lilies & Other Beauties at Longwood Gardens

A week ago, I posted photos of the amazing Longwood Gardens Fireworks & Fountains performance. There’s still one more show left (in September) for the year, so you might want to see if you can catch it.  You won’t be sorry!  When we drove up to Longwood Gardens, we arrived in the afternoon, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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Great Falls Sunset: Vision Doesn't End with the Click of the Shutter

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

I’ve been contemplating the image-creation process this week, as I work on a series of images of Great Falls.  I thought I’d share some of my musings about the three essential steps to great image-making:

Step 1: Defining your vision [...]

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Ganvie, Benin, with some 3,000 stilted buildings and a population of 20,000-30,000 people, may be the largest "lake vllage" in Africa. In Ganvie, the population lives exclusively from fishing, building houses on stilts in and next to Lake Nokoue. Because the Dan-Homey religion prohibited attacks on communities living in the water, the village [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 6: Zion National Park

View from the Watchman Trail at dusk, Zion National Park, Utah