May 31, 2011

May 31, 2011
Self – Portrait: Carpe Diem
Isle of Palms (South Carolina)

“Life is short, God's way of encouraging a bit of focus.”
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May 30, 2011

May 30, 2011
Self – Portrait: Pedro!
South of the Border, Memorial Day

“All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.”
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May 29, 2011

May 29, 2011
Self – Portrait: Duty
Pennsylvania War Veterans Memorial
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge
– Harrisburg, PA

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. ~William Penn
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May 28, 2011

May 28, 2011
Self – Portrait: Looking at the names on the glass wall memorial w/ city skyline reflection
Virginia War Memorial, Richmond, VA

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! ~Maya Angelou
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May 27, 2011

May 27, 2011
Self – Portrait: Shutter – priority mode
60-second exposure – painting with light

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. ~James Thurber
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May 26, 2011

May 26, 2011
Self – Portrait: [Sock] Monkey Business
Gravelly Point

“Ultimately, aren't we all just talking monkeys with an attitude problem?”
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May 25, 2011

May 25, 2011
Self – Portrait: Airplane Spotter!
Gravelly Point Boat Ramp

“Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.”
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May 24, 2011

May 24, 2011
Self – Portrait: Iconic
Pier Six Pavilion (Inner Harbor of Baltimore)

“Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.”
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May 23, 2011

May 23, 2011
Self – Portrait: Exposure!
60 seconds/Shutter-Priority mode – painting with light (for 60 secs)

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
~Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
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May 22, 2011

May 22, 2011
Self – Portrait: FRAMED!
Gravelly Point – end of Reagan’s runway 1/19

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”
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May 21, 2011

May 21, 2011
Self – Portrait: End of days?
(According to a 2011 end times prediction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_21,_2011 )
Shenandoah National Park – Skyline Drive

“Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its picture.”
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May 20, 2011

May 20, 2011
Self – Portrait: Optimism (Sold out, dropped & broken, re-twisted)
Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse – Baltimore Harbor

“Tomorrow always comes, and today is never yesterday.”
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May 19, 2011

May 19, 2011
Self – Portrait: Fine line
National Gallery of Art – Exterior b/w the East & West Buildings

“It's terrifying to see someone inside of whom a vital spring seems to have been broken. It's particularly terrifying to see him in your mirror.”
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May 18, 2011

May 18, 2011
Self – Portrait: Perfection
Rob Fischer’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
(steel, mirror, glass, paint and lightbulb)

“Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.”
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May 17, 2011

May 17, 2011
Self – Portrait: No paronomasia
United States Capitol

“Capital punishment: The income tax.”
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May 16, 2011

May 16, 2011
Self – Portrait: Props
Steps behind the Lincoln Memorial on Ohio Drive, SW – Washington D.C.

“If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.”
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May 15, 2011

May 15, 2011
Self – Portrait: Mirrors
Eastern Market on Capitol Hill

"You can drink pickle juice and imitate gorillas and do silly dances and sing stupid songs and wear funny hats and be as imperfect as you please and still be a good person."
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May 14, 2011

May 14, 2011
Self – Portrait: WINNING!
2011 National Police Week 5k / Washington D.C.
http://www.policeweek.org/

“Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.”
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May 13, 2011

Friday, May 13, 2011
Self – Portrait: Superstitious (not me)
Shutter – Priority (30 seconds)
James Turrell’s Milk Run – Hirshhorn Museum

“Superstition is the weakness of the human mind; it is inherent in that mind; it has always been, and always will be”
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May 12, 2011

May 12, 2011
Self – Portrait: Step 1
The Awakening - Foot

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
~Dr. Seuss
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May 11, 2011

May 11, 2011
Self – Portrait: Holga-ish
Rock Creek Park Trails (along the W. Potomac)

“In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information.”
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May 10, 2011

May 10, 2011
Self – Portrait: Hands on.
The Awakening (sculpture)

“The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.”
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May 9, 2011

May 9, 2011
Self – Portrait: Fedora
National Harbor, Maryland

But the moment you turn a corner you see another straight stretch ahead and there comes some further challenge to your ambition. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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May 8, 2011

May 8, 2011
Self – Portrait: Something borrowed
Georgetown Waterfront

To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. ~William Shakespeare
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May 7, 2011

May 7, 2011
Self – Portrait: Photo opp!
SooperDooperLooper, Hershey , PA

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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May 6, 2011

May 6, 2011
Self – Portrait: 1st Amendment
Activism on Constitution Avenue

“Against abortion? Don't have one. “
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May 5, 2011

May 5, 2011
Self – Portrait: The edge of the Chesapeake Bay’s Potomac River
Rock Creek Park, Thompson Boat Center

“I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
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May 4, 2011

May 4, 2011
Self – Portrait: sEPtIC
Outside the Smithsonian Institution’s Air & Space Museum
I found it amusing that there was a row of portable toilets outside this colossal museum

“How long a minute is, depends on which side of the bathroom door you're on.”
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May 3, 2011

May 3, 2011
Self – Portrait: MONUMENTal Souvenir Cherry Blossoms cup!
National Mall, Washington D.C.

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
~T.S. Eliot, 1943
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May 2, 2011

May 2, 2011
Self – Portrait: Solitude
National Gallery of Art – Exterior b/w the East & West Buildings

“Only in quiet waters do thing mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.”
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May 1, 2011

May 1, 2011
Self – Portrait: Human Nature
James Turrell's "Milk Run," an installation consisting of what first appears to be an almost pitch-black room at the Hirshhorn Museum, where I like to go when it’s raining outside. I sat in this exhibit for over an hour and watched people come and go and watching their initial reactions and their eyes adjusting to the light were an experience in itself.

“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.”
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