November 30, 2011

November 30, 2011
Self – Portrait: In the season
National Harbor, MD
Christmas Tree (Awakening statue)

“I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.”
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November 29, 2011

November 29, 2011
Self – Portrait: Pier 6 Concert Pavilion
Baltimore Inner Harbor

“For the cause that lacks assistance, the wrong that needs resistance, for the future in the distance, and the good that I can do.””
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November 28, 2011

November 28, 2011
Self – Portrait: Crossover
Whites Ferry (Potomac River)

~ Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose. ~
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
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November 27, 2011

November 27, 2011
Self – Portrait: Creeping in ...
Annapolis, MD

"One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do."
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November 26, 2011

November 26, 2011
Self – Portrait: Headless
Design House at Lucketts Antiques

"Worry less about what other people think about you, and more about what you think about them."
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November 25, 2011

November 25, 2011
Self – Portrait: Bench Reflection
Boulevard Park, Pasadena (MD)

“He who reflects too much will achieve little.”
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November 24, 2011 (Thanksgiving!)

November 24, 2011
Self – Portrait: Thanks sunset
Atlantic City, NJ (North Atlantic Ocean)

"It's not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving."
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November 23, 2011

November 23, 2011
Self – Portrait: The Awakening statue & Christmas Tree '11
National Harbor, Maryland

"We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine."
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November 22, 2011

November 22, 2011
Self – Portrait: Simplicity
The Old Lucketts Store

To be simple is to be great.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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November 21, 2011

November 21, 2011
Self – Portrait: Cinemascope effect
The Old Lucketts Store

"You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall."
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November 20, 2011

November 20, 2011
Self – Portrait: Scale
The Old Lucketts Store


"We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series."
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November 19, 2011

November 19, 2011
Self – Portrait: A+ for effort
Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walk 5k - Washington Capitals, mascot Slapshot and Washington Nationals, mascot SCREECH

"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential."
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November 18, 2011

November 18, 2011
Self – Portrait: Shutter Priority (30-second exposure)
Lincoln Memorial steps overlooking Ohio Drive

"To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can."
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November 17, 2011

November 17, 2011
Self – Portrait: OCCUPY Baltimore!
Baltimore Inner Harbor

"When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest."
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November 16, 2011

November 16, 2011
Self – Portrait: Benched again.
East Potomac Park

"You can't get rich sitting on the bench."
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November 15, 2011

November 15, 2011
Self – Portrait: (Ars longa, vita brevis.)
Gravelly Point Boat Ramp - Potomac River

(Art is long, life is short.) "A picture can become for us a highway between a particular thing and a universal feeling."
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November 14, 2011

November 14, 2011
Self – Portrait: Childhood revisited
Alvin & the Chipmunks

"The events of childhood do not pass but repeat themselves like seasons of the year."
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November 13, 2011

November 13, 2011
Self – Portrait: Framed
The Old Lucketts Store

"God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different."
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November 12, 2011

November 12, 2011
Self – Portrait: Round
The Old Lucketts Store

"Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty."
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November 11, 2011

November 11, 2011
Self – Portrait: Veterans Day
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
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November 10, 2011

November 10, 2011
Self – Portrait: Autumn
East Potomac Park towards SW Waterfront

"It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top."
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November 9, 2011

November 9, 2011
Self – Portrait: Shutter Priority (30-second exposure)
Lincoln Memorial Circle

"The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."
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November 8, 2011

November 8, 2011
Self – Portrait: Rooftop
Artisphere building overlooking Rosslyn

"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."
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November 7, 2011

November 7, 2011
Self – Portrait: D.C. Party Animal (White Elephant)
Adams Morgan, DC

"It is the little things that fret and worry us; you can dodge an elephant, but not a fly."
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November 6, 2011

November 6, 2011
Self – Portrait: They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Corcoran Gallery of Art

"She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short."
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November 5, 2011

November 5, 2011
Self – Portrait: Shutter Priority (30-second exposure)
FOTOWEEK DC – Participated in “Nightvisions” (shot on Ohio Drive overlooking the Potomac River)

“My thoughts by night are often filled with visions false as fair: For in the past alone, I build my castles in the air.”
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November 4, 2011

November 4, 2011
Self – Portrait: Shutter Priority (30-second exposure)
On the steps overlooking the Potomac River, view of Arlington Memorial Bridge

"Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness."

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November 3, 2011

November 3, 2011
Self – Portrait: Fishbowl effect
Georgetown Park, view of the Kennedy Center

“I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we are secure in our own soul.”
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November 2, 2011

November 2, 2011
Self – Portrait: Reflection
National Harbor, MD (but it felt like we were in the Orient)

“The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.”
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November 1, 2011

November 1, 2011
Self – Portrait: Shutter – priority (30 - second exposure)
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial circle overlooking the Potomac River and Ohio Drive traffic.

to be nobody but yourself- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. ~ e.e. cummings
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