December 25, 2011

December 25, 2011
Self – Portrait: Christmas Day!
National Harbor, Potomac River

"Let's dance and sing and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year."
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December 22, 2011

December 22, 2011
Self – Portrait: Reflective
Arlington Memorial Bridge, Potomac River

"Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is difficult to achieve, especially in these trying times. It takes reflection and contemplation and self-discipline."
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December 20, 2011

December 20, 2011
Self – Portrait: X-Process
Potomac River, Rosslyn skyline

“Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.”
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December 19, 2011

December 19, 2011
Self – Portrait: Sunset skies
National Harbor, Potomac River

“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.”
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December 12, 2011

December 12, 2011
Self – Portrait: View
Harpers Ferry, WV

“Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance”
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December 9, 2011

December 9, 2011
Self – Portrait: Silhouettes
National Harbor (MD) sunset time

“The dark-veiled silhouette that solitary form patrolling without visible strain or vainglory a demented dreamland of fearful potential.”
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December 1, 2011

December 1, 2011
Self – Portrait: 1st sunset in December
National Harbor, MD

“If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.”
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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 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 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 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 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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October 23, 2011

October 23, 2011
Self – Portrait: Travelocity Roaming Gnome
National Harbor sunset

“We must like what we have when we don't have what we like.”
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October 4, 2011

October 4, 2011
Self – Portrait: Waterfront
West Potomac Park, Rosslyn skyline

“The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.”
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September 13, 2011

September 13, 2011
Self – Portrait: Moving on
Oronoco Bay Park

“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.”
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September 11, 2011

September 11, 2011
Self – Portrait: Remembering (9.11.01)
National Harbor (MD)

“Few of us ever live in the present, we are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.”
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August 28, 2011

August 28
Self - Portrait: I'm here
Eastern Market

"From mirror after mirror, No vanity's displayed: I'm looking for the face I had. Before the world was made."
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August 21, 2011

August 21, 2011
Self – Portrait: Knowledge
Lincoln steps overlooking Ohio Drive, Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. – Lao-Tzu
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August 19, 2011

August 19, 2011
Self – Portrait: Reflection
Great Falls National Park – Potomac River

“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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August 16, 2011

August 16, 2011
Self – Portrait: Self knowledge.
West Potomac Park

“Sometimes a person has to go back, really back-to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them-before they can go forward.”
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