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Panhandling Hobos, 17th Street
Traveling To Montana I love all the ironic details of this image – the modern-day hippies panhandling with their massive shisha pipe and their puppy dog, in front of a bank and the Sysco truck (“People...
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Dupont Circle Evening, in Black & White
Violinist, Dupont Circle Guitarist, Dupont Fountain The first two were shot on Kodak Tri-X, developed in Rodinal 1:25. I was actually kind of hoping to get sandpaper-y grain with that combination, but...
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Transportation
Old Harley Motor Harley 103 V-twin Whoever thought a Vespa could look Bad-ass? Capitol Bikeshare Wet Bike Seat Capital Bikeshare No real words, just some pics of two-wheeled transportation.
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Silver Gelatin Printing- a Personal Refresher, With Experimentation
I’ve gotten back into doing a little sliver gelatin printing and enlarging since I’ve been shooting the Rolleiflex like a madman. I wanted to try something out with my printing, so I was doing split...
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The Colors of Twilight in DC
This is an exploration of twilight into dusk in and around the 14th Street and U Street corridors in Northwest Washington DC. All these shots were taken in the same evening, and are within walking...
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Portraits of a friend, and street photos
Here are two portraits I took of my friend Wanchuk, who is co-owner with Sam Huang (photo posted previously) of Mad Momos Restaurant & Beer Deck. I’ve known Wanchuk for nearly a decade. He’s from...
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More Columbia Heights
Here are the outside shots of Mad Momos Restaurant and Beer Deck. This is the entrance, as viewed from under the awning. When they bought the building, the structure was partially renovated with the...
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Neighborhood Wanderings, and an Experiment
For wont of anything better to do on Sunday afternoon, I went out for a stroll in the 90+ degree heat (what was I thinking!!!) with the Rolleis for company. I wanted to do a little film and development...
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Neighborhood Walkaround, in Color
Here are some color shots I took on my neighborhood walk around, last weekend. I noticed a theme of small businesses in the shots I was taking, so I decided to make a grouping out of them for this...
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More Street Photos, In The Neighborhood
I was out walking around in the late afternoon and found these. I like the simple graphic compositions they inspired, combined with the long shadows being cast. They’re remnants of the old industrial...
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Neighborhood Walkabout
It “snowed” here in DC on Tuesday, and we got the day off for what amounted to a little more than a dusting that rapidly turned into slush and never really interfered with traffic or public...
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Keeping With the Snow Theme
… but this time in color. I caught the sunrise reflecting on the windows of the houses at the top of my alley, and tinting the sky. Sunrise, Snow, My Alley That inspired me to set back up at twilight...
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New exhibit and upcoming reception
I have eight of my color night photos up on the wall as part of a group show of large format photographs at the River Road Unitarian Church. The show will be hanging through Sunday May 4, when we (the...
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Panoramas with a Rolleiflex
A long time ago, I saw this interesting little gadget sitting in the used equipment case at my local camera store. It was a panorama adapter for Rolleiflex cameras that enabled you to shoot up to a...
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July 4th – Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Every year at the end of June/beginning of July the Smithsonian Institute puts on the Folklife Festival down on the National Mall. They bring in craftspeople from various cultures around the globe to...
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Bikeshares – riffing off the Public Transit theme
For rather obvious reasons, most of these are of the bikeshare here in Washington DC. I will be shooting more in other cities where I find them – I’m going to try New York the next time I’m up there,...
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Portraits of Ordinary Objects
I was out doing some more street shooting in my neighborhood and found a couple more “ordinary objects” that cried out for portraits. I’ve included some of my past ones here to provide some context for...
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Neighborhood Wanderings – People
I went out on one of my neighborhood walkabouts and found these scenes. I’m still not good with getting people’s faces in street photos because when I try for a portrait, it inevitably becomes...
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Neighborhood Walkabout – Surviving Gentrification
The signs of gentrification, both good and bad, abound in my area. Funky old shops in decrepit buildings are being forced out and razed to be replaced by condos and market-rate rentals at prices I...
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Neighborhood Walkabout – Graffiti
Another sign of change and transformation is the ebb and flow of graffiti. My latest find was this: Any Make or Model (Black is Beautiful) I loved the serendipitous juxtaposition of the advertisement...
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