Such Great Heights

I've recently fallen in love with the National Cathedral. Walking up Massachusetts Avenue, past embassies and mosques and the woods of Rock Creek Park, I feel like I'm taking a walk through history. I pass the Naval Observatory, where some swanky event was taking place …

Gateway

I sometimes wish there was a way to manifest the flow of my creativity as a physical object. A tap that I could turn on or off when needed, when convenient.

As of late, I find myself inevitably seeking creative inspiration and finding none. And strangely enough, I …

Sunward Bound

After wandering through a new exhibit featuring art from Pompeii at the National Gallery of Art, Sara and I exited by the glass pyramids between the two Gallery buildings.

Now that the cold weather has scared most of the tourists off of our turf, it was much easier …

Four Square

Another visit to the Hirshhorn, another series of re-appropriated art.

Photographing Sara in front of a projection. Our eyes didn't see what the camera did - the rapidfire flashes of color that made up the muted skintone of the film.

One room featured a blue glow, …

Signs of Fall

Fall is easily my favorite season. Not only is it the birthday of one of the greatest men to ever grace this little blue planet (me), but the crisp air and warm colors always bring me back to growing up in the foothills of the Appalachians. While the city is no …

In the airport

Sara and I returned from a bit of a vacation to Florida, visiting my best friend from college. It was a weekend of

New Directions

After two months of settling, I'm glad to have rediscovered routine. I've begun a new job, I've settled into a new home, and I'm finally able to refocus on the more calming aspects of the everyday.

I shot this series today while wandering back from a long walk to the …

Solace

It is hard for me to look at the next two months and not be intimidated. It's as if I've been floating above it all, watching myself scurry around, picking up puzzle pieces and frantically find the place for each before arriving at the next.

I'll find the Calm soon …

The Case of the Floating Purple Man

Before thinking too much about the above image, allow me to explain both it's backstory and the reason why I am the greatest person alive.

First, the backstory. I was at Sara's apartment waiting for a Craigslist stranger to come by and buy her computer. Because …

Framework

Sara and my mom at the National Portrait Gallery. It's not strong from a compositional standpoint, but I like the lone moment that it grabs; each of them distracted by the surrounding artwork, tucked away in unseen corners.

Eve

After getting some new brushes for light and watercolors installed, I played with the new tablet a bit more. I really need to use that thing more.

Chinatown Cleopatra

DC's Times Square

Chinatown in DC is often swarming with tourists, fancy cars, and teenagers going overboard showcasing the latest fashion trends. Lights blaring, cars honking, and advertisements plastered between name brand stores create a rather stark sensory overkill.

The stores …

The Recollecting Expanse

I've been uber busy lately, with big life changes on the way, hence the lightness of posting.

This is another picture taken on that fine Summer evening a couple weeks ago at the World War II Memorial. Actually, it's several pictures, stitched together through …

Kong

I spent some time this weekend playing with my new(ish) Cintiq tablet. I had the idea when making dinner that it would be fun to re-imagine famous movies in a simplistic style, similar to that found in many book covers. "Kong" is the first of at least a couple more to come.

Memories of explosions

There are times when I forget how magical D.C. can be.

They Can't Take That Away from Me

I get a lot of my photo titles by searching my iTunes for a key theme or object found within the picture. Oftentimes a song name comes up that fits the image perfectly.

I can't remember what I searched for to arrive at this title, but the song is the same name as …

Memories of Hobbes

I've got a lot of photographs from the last couple days that I'll be posting. It has been one of my most genuine summer-feeling summers, albeit a busy one.

Like most kids, I had a radio flyer wagon. My brother and I would take turns dragging each other around in …

Eve's descent

I particularly like this photo I took while wandering through the National Zoo last weekend with my brother.

The Hectic Life of Ozzy the Cat