People ride the escalators at the south entrance of the Dupont Circle Metro station in Washington DC.

Photographed: December 9, 2007

Snow covers the bare branches of trees in a neighborhood in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Photographed: December 5, 2007

Notes: This photo was actually taken off my balcony, and you're viewing the vacant lot next to my building.

A natural gas-powered Orion VII bus operated by Ride On arrives at the Shady Grove Metro station, near Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Photographed: June 22, 2005

Headlights illuminate the sign marking the Blue Ridge Parkway's junction with US 60 in Amherst County, Virginia.

Photographed: November 23, 2007

Various graffiti artists' tags cover a wall at the Consolation of Ruin art show in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 26, 2007

Notes: This photo is part of the Consolation of Ruin photo set in Life and Times.

Farm in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.

Photographed: September 8, 2007

Police lights illuminate the street in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington DC during an anti-globalization march.

Photographed: October 19, 2007

Notes: For more photos from this event, see October Rebellion in Life and Times.

Pediment of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia.

Photographed: April 21, 2007

Hundreds crowd the streets during a protest against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington DC.

Photographed: October 20, 2007

Notes: For more photos from this event, see October Rebellion in Life and Times.

Participants in an anti-war march pass by the Washington Convention Center, which was at the time hosting the Washington Auto Show.

Photographed: January 27, 2007

Notes: For more photos from this day, see J27 Anti-War Demonstration in Life and Times.

Water cascades over stones in a fountain at Crandal Mackey Park in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: September 29, 2007

Notes: For more photos from this weekend, see Weekend with Katie in Life and Times.

The postmodern Riverfront Plaza twin towers stand tall against a clear sky in Richmond, Virginia.

Photographed: March 10, 2003

Notes: For more photos from this set, see An Urban Comparison, Richmond in Photography.

Members of RCDC, a Washington-based radical cheerleading squad, perform a cheer at an anti-war demonstration.

Photographed: September 15, 2007

Notes: For more photos from this day, see September 15 Anti-War March in Life and Times.

Cattle stare at a scene outside their pasture in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.

Photographed: September 8, 2007

The western portal of the Blue Mountain Tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: May 2, 2006

A very old sign adorns the area in front of a restaurant in Breezewood, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: May 2, 2006

Apples sit for sale in a basket at the Roanoke City Market.

Photographed: March 14, 2003

A woman stares at the sea as waves break around her feet.

Photographed: August 11, 2004

Notes: This photo was taken with the Virginia Beach 2004 photo set. This was the photo feature displayed when the Web site went down due to a server failure on July 18, 2007. The photo feature was temporarily suspended during the subsequent site redesign in order to display site restoration information in the space. This feature enjoyed a second run following the photo feature's reinstatement on August 25.

Activist David Barrows, in costume, poses in front of a line of flares while holding a sign saying, "Do you smell the Bill of Rights burning?"

Photographed: January 23, 2007

Notes: For more photos from this event, see the Journal entry on the 2007 State of the Union Address.

A woman holds up her hands, marked with blue Xs.

Photographed: November 20, 2002

Notes: This photo was taken at an LPCM event during my days at JMU.

The sun shines from behind a cloud over Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Photographed: August 11, 2004

Notes: This image is from the Virginia Beach Vacation photo set in Life and Times.

Demonstrators gather outside the Hotel Washington at the end of a march, as part of the Million Worker March.

Photographed: October 17, 2004

Notes: For more photos from this day, see Million Worker March in Life and Times.

"Borf" graffiti, part of the Consolation of Ruin art show in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 26, 2007

Activist David Barrows, in costume, poses with a sign saying "Splurge on my Surge" at a demonstration during the 2007 State of the Union Address.

Photographed: January 23, 2007

Construction signs warn passersby against continuing beyond their location in Mill Mountain Park in Roanoke, Virginia.

Photographed: April 22, 2007

A chain-link fence surrounds the site of the Watha T. Daniel branch library in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington DC. The facility has been closed since 2004.

Photographed: May 8, 2007

Flowers grow on a tree in springtime on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Photographed: April 2, 2003

Notes: This photo is part of the Springtime Blossoms set in Photography.

Various writings and drawings on the Community Chalkboard on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Photographed: March 7, 2007

A woman waits as a train arrives at the Fort Totten Metro station in Washington DC.

Photographed: April 24, 2007

The Rotunda, at the head of the University of Virginia's academical village.

Photographed: April 21, 2007

Notes: For more information on the "academical village", see UVa's site.

A radical cheerleading group does a cheer in front of the headquarters of the AFL-CIO in Washington DC.

Photographed: October 17, 2004

Notes: For more photos from this particular day, see the Million Worker March photo set in Life and Times.

Foamhenge, a full-scale replica of Stonehenge made completely out of styrofoam, on a hill in Natural Bridge, Virginia.

Photographed: July 1, 2006

Notes: For more photos of Foamhenge, see Foamhenge in Photography.

Fountain on the north lawn of the White House in Washington DC.

Photographed: July 18, 2006

A cell phone sits open on top of a table in a coffee shop.

Photographed: March 22, 2007

A group of people, forming part of the black bloc at the March 17 anti-war protest, poses for a photo.

Photographed: March 17, 2007

Notes: I was not the person whose camera the group was posing for. The photographer that this group was posing for was out of frame to the left.

Washington Tower, a signature building of the Pentagon City neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: August 3, 2005

Notes: For more photos like this, see Shades of Gray in Photography.

A woman writes a message on the Community Chalkboard on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Photographed: March 7, 2007

Notes: The person writing in the photo is my friend Katie, whom I've known since 2004.

A man and a woman enjoy lunch together at the edge of Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington DC.

Photographed: March 1, 2007

A snowman stands on the street on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Photographed: February 14, 2007

Writing on the Community Chalkboard, a monument to free speech on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Photographed: February 14, 2007

Notes: For more information on the Community Chalkboard, see the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.

The phrase "BUSH HATES BORF" is painted on a wall above other graffiti on a building in the Takoma neighborhood of Washington DC.

Photographed: February 12, 2007

Notes: For more information on Borf, see Borf on Wikipedia.

A woman takes a moment to catch a few winks during a late night ride on the Metro in Washington DC.

Photographed: February 12, 2007

Lights from a nearby building illuminate the sand, while the lights of the Virginia Beach fishing pier glow green in the distance.

Photographed: August 22, 2005

Notes: More photos like this can be found in the Virginia Beach 2005 photo set in Life and Times.

Security lighting illuminates the lower branches of two trees at McIntire Park in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Photographed: December 25, 2003

Notes: The security lighting appeared orange in the original photo, and has been recolored blue.

A red light shines from a traffic signal on M Street NW in Washington DC, near Georgetown.

Photographed: December 18, 2006

A group of activists marches up to the United States Capitol during an anti-war protest in Washington DC.

Photographed: January 27, 2007

Notes: For more photos from this event, see J27 Anti-War Demonstration.

A sofa sits directly in front of a door on the front porch of a house on Old South High Street in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Photographed: November 20, 2002

Notes: This photo is part of the Third Walk photo set in College Life.

The Shops at Georgetown Park, an upscale shopping mall in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington DC.

Photographed: December 18, 2006

Notes: Viewers of the movie First Kid may be familiar with this area as the location of the climactic scene.

A cigarette lays discarded on the brick sidewalk of Charlottesville's Downtown Mall.

Photographed: December 25, 2006

A woman speaks in front of a row of cameras at an anti-Bush rally in Upper Senate Park in Washington DC.

Photographed: January 4, 2007

Notes: This photo illustrates my biggest complaint about this rally, sponsored by World Can't Wait. Unlike most demonstrations, where participants get the best seats, in this rally, the media got the front row seats, right in front of the stage. Therefore, it was difficult for others to see the speakers at the podium.