Can I get your vote?
My picture of Holgate Glacier in Kenai National Park in Alaska is a finalist in the Washingtonian's March Photo Contest. Can I get your vote? Click here for the poll. Thanks!
When your photo is blurry…
Time to make a painting out of a photo! So I loved the colors in this orchid, but when I got it home realized it wasn't as sharp and in focus as I would like. So rather than tossing it I used Topaz adjust's new preset of Venice painting to make it look more like...
New design
For awhile now I've been meaning to update the look of my blog to focus on my photography more since that's become the main focus of this blog. Yesterday, while catching up on my blog reading, I came across a new one by Scott Kelby that talked about this wordpress theme from Elegant Themes. I...
The Command Module
I promise we're almost through all the photos from my little Saturday morning excursion to the Smithsonian last weekend. Today's photo is of the command module from the Apollo Space Missions.
Day at the Smithsonian
Visited the Natural History and Air & Space museums today to take some photos and to see the Nature's Best Photography exhibition. If you're able to get to the museum before May 2 definitely check these pictures out. They were amazing. The colors were so rich, the shots really drew you in and I was...
HDR Daisy
I am becoming a tad bit obsessed lately playing with HDR and various post-processing techniques. But up until now I had only played with it on landscapes so I wanted to try it with a plant. This is one I did of a daisy in the bouquet of flowers I recently bought. First time using...
Trey Ratcliff Presentation at Google
I'm a huge fan of Trey Ratcliff and his site Stuck in Customs. I not only enjoy his absolutely beautiful images, but how he helps bring photographers together. Recently he gave a talk at Google's author's series on his new book, A World in HDR which you can watch below. I highly recommend it if...
Happy (Lunar) New Year
Yesterday Marc Benton hosted the first photowalk in a long time (since September I think) in DC. First we hit up the National Archives who on the 24th is banning all photography in the building. Couldn't get very many shots in there at all due to the no flash, no tripod rule but always fun...
Happy President’s Day
In honor of today's President's day I went through the Katie archives and found a picture I took a long time ago - around age 13 - during the first of many family camping trips we used to take every summer. This is of Mount Rushmore. It's a scan so quality isn't the best, but...
Jefferson Memorial
After all of this snow DC got I really wanted to get down to the Tidal Basin to take some photos of the Jefferson Memorial. The snow was pretty deep in places - at least up to my knees - but others had been there before me and cleared a little bit of a path....
I need your vote
If you have a moment I would really appreciate your vote for my snowy Capitol picture at FamousDC's photo contest. Voting goes until 3pm Eastern today and you can vote here. I'm number 4. Thanks!