For the second year running, 540 Cycling, founded and directed by former pro cyclist Larry Byvik, returned to Vint Hill, VA for the Vint Hill Classic. 540 Cycling is ‘Dedicated to the promotion and growth of bicycle racing in the Mid Atlantic region’, according to the website. So, why I am interested in this? First,...
The rock star news anchors have moved on to new assignments. Here in the states, the round-the- clock news coverage has been replaced by domestic political news and riveting coverage of White House party crashers. Across America, a new season breeds a new crop of judges and would-be American Idols, as they line up by...
On Sunday morning, October 25th , the DC Street Photography Workshop will ‘launch’ in Georgetown following a shot of caffeine at Dean & De Luca on M Street. ‘Launch’…appropriate term, considering some of the images here, from the South Street Seaport in New York City. I could have added more, but they seemed off topic...
It began as a typical day with the family at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. But this had to be one of the clearest skies and brightest days in months. So I decided to use the outing as practice for shooting in harsh light with no shade. You never know when you’ll be in...
I grew up admiring the images of photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Andre Kertesz and Alfred Stieglitz, among others. I am also a huge fan of the American realist painter Edward Hopper, who had the uncanny ability to transform the simple, the everyday and the ordinary into thoughtful, compelling and often haunting images, not without...
