Got to see three great fireworks shows – National Mall on July 4th, Rehoboth Beach on July 6th, and Alexandria’s 275th birthday on July 13th.

I usually take a lot of photos of graffiti as seen from the Amtrak train between New York and Philadelphia, but this ride I took photos of other scenes:

One photo from each month of 2017 (not including photos of protests, which are in a separate post)

One photo from each month of 2016. I chose these not because they were my “best” photos of the year, or the most meaningful (that would be my photos of protests and rallies, which really belong in sets), but just photos that I like for various quirky reasons. January February March April May June July…

On the second day of the DNC, I went up to Philadelphia to see the action surrounding the Convention. Here’s what I saw: Bernie Sanders rally There was a large Bernie Sanders rally at Thomas Paine Plaza, across the street from City Hall, which went on for most of the day. Around the city There…

Recently I’ve being going to some meetups which combine cosplay and photography. It’s been a fun challenge to learn how to photograph cosplayers in ways that bring out their characters.  Here are photos from a shoot in the Library of Congress with  Anastasia and her father Tsar Nicholas and Elsa from Frozen, and then Resident…