Working from home this afternoon, I decided to treat myself to some cookies (well I probably would have done that whether or not I was working or not but that’s beside the point).  Has been a while since I’ve had Pecan Sandies, but they sure were good.  What is your favorite cookie? (Mine is Oreo, but these were calling my name!) Nikon D300s, Nikon 17-55, processed in NX2 with Color Efex... 

The February Penn Camera photo contest subject is snow, so I found my two favorite snow pictures from this past year to submit.  The prizes are Penn Camera gift cards, which are quite useful!  There are lots of great entries, so we’ll see — wish me luck!  I should know early next week if I’ve won a prize Manassas Battlefield Cannon, Nikon D300s, Nikon 18-105VR Melting Snow,... 

Last year I went on a couple photowalks that took place in Washington DC at night.  Here are a few shots from those photowalks — hopefully there’s another one this year!  The first was in March, the second was taken in June, just before the skies unloaded on us! Nikon D80, Nikon 18-105VR Nikon D80, Nikon 70-300VR  Read More →

The DC area is being hit by some more snow (we’ve already had about 20-24 inches) — some areas will get at least another foot. So being stuck at home, watching the news, and keeping an eye on things, I figured I’d take a shot of what’s keeping me warm (coffee and donut) as well as what’s keeping me from going stir-crazy (iPhone with Facebook, Twitter, and the new Google... 

Meet Mr B, a 5-week old little boy who just loves to be photographed!  After feeding seems to be the best time as he falls right to sleep — but he did wake up when his outfit came off.  Luckily I got many of them in before he did wake up, but some of the ones with his eyes opened turned out great too, I think. All were shot with a Nikon D300s body and Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S lens except the... 

Every now and then I get in the mood for some black and white photography. Since I’ve been busy with my new son (and busy napping!), I haven’t had as much photo time as I’d like. Yesterday I went to a nearby park in Vienna, VA and took some shots there, then went to the main drag for a bit.  When I got home, I processed them all in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2which makes it super... 

I know several of my fellow photogs (well not just photographers I guess, but lots of people I know!) are big coffee drinkers.  After Christmas when my son was born, I made use of my Keurig B30 Mini Brewer as well as frequent trips to 7-11 for coffee.  While sitting in the hospital room, playing with the [awesome] Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home I bought from someone on Fred Miranda, I noticed my... 

As the weather stays bitter and cold, and many of us long for warmer days, I thought I’d share a warm looking image from last April.  During a photowalk (the same one that I got my Washingtonian Magazine winner), I captured these cherry blossoms overlooking the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC.  In the background is the Washington Monument, framed by the beautiful cherry blossoms. Shot with a... 

The weather the last couple of days has been miserable!  Very cold, very windy — and did I mention miserable?  Pulled a few of my recent “cold weather” images to share.  One is from around Thanksgiving, when it was cold and rainy.  The rain was hanging off the ends of the branches just right!  It was featured on RedBubble in the Rain Drops & Water Art and Split Tone Black... 

We had a great Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and even today we have things going on! Hopefully everyone had a great day (and days!) as well It’s been fun to see what people are doing by watching their twitter and facebook feeds. I wanted to share some of the things I gave my sister for Christmas.  First is a family portrait I took of them earlier in the year in a little park here in Manassas....