Photo Feature Archives
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A group of activists marches up to the United States Capitol during an anti-war protest in Washington DC.Featured: January 28, 2007Photographed: 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.Featured: January 24, 2007Photographed: 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.Featured: January 17, 2007Photographed: 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.Featured: January 14, 2007Photographed: 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.Featured: January 8, 2007Photographed: 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. |
"Disarm" is stenciled in paint on the sidewalk of the Key Bridge over the Potomac River, between the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia and Georgetown in Washington DC.Featured: January 3, 2007Photographed: December 18, 2006 |
A woman reaches out to select a purse from a street vendor's cart on North Moore Street in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia.Featured: January 1, 2007Photographed: December 27, 2006 Notes: My sister makes another appearance on the photo feature, going purse shopping as part of our December 27, 2006 DC trip. |
The marquee for the Paramount Theater on the downtown mall in Charlottesville, Virginia.Featured: December 28, 2006Photographed: December 25, 2006 Notes: For more information about the Paramount Theater, visit theparamount.net. |
Fire hydrant on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia.Featured: December 26, 2006Photographed: December 25, 2006 |
A multi-colored apartment building adds color to a block of M Street NW in Washington DC, near Georgetown.Featured: December 23, 2006Photographed: December 18, 2006 |
The Whitehurst Freeway, an elevated highway over K Street NW, along the Georgetown waterfront in Washington DC.Featured: December 21, 2006Photographed: December 18, 2006 |
Gold-domed PNC Bank building, formerly the home of Riggs Bank, in Washington DC's Georgetown neighborhood. 2006Featured: December 19, 2006Photographed: December 18, 2006 |
Empty press room in the old News Virginian building in downtown Waynesboro, Virginia.Featured: December 13, 2006Photographed: April 27, 2006 Notes: The News Virginian moved up the street to a new facility in 2005. The newspaper is now printed at The Daily Progress's facility in Charlottesville. |
Pine needles grow from a branch of a tree along the Blue Ridge Parkway.Featured: December 9, 2006Photographed: October 9, 2006 |
A woman speaks into her cell phone on the steps in front of the Washington Convention Center, where tryouts for American Idol were underway.Featured: December 3, 2006Photographed: August 18, 2004 |
A Washington Metro train waits for passengers at the Pentagon City station in Arlington, Virginia.Featured: November 26, 2006Photographed: November 21, 2006 |
Trains take their mid-day siesta between the morning and evening rush hours at Metro's New Carrollton Yard in Prince George's County, Maryland.Featured: November 22, 2006Photographed: June 6, 2006 Notes: More photos of this yard can be found on the page for New Carrollton Yard at The Schumin Web Transit Center. |
The First Union Tower, in downtown Roanoke, Virginia.Featured: November 20, 2006Photographed: March 14, 2003 Notes: Not long after this photograph was taken, when First Union's merger with Wachovia became effective in Virginia, this building was renamed the Wachovia Tower, and the First Union logo at the top of the building was replaced with Wachovia's logo. |
A couple takes in the view of Roanoke, Virginia from a picnic table in Mill Mountain Park.Featured: November 13, 2006Photographed: March 14, 2003 |
Skyline of Richmond, Virginia, as seen from a bridge over the James River.Featured: November 11, 2006Photographed: March 10, 2003 |
The Wayne Theatre, an historic theater in downtown Waynesboro, Virginia.Featured: November 5, 2006Photographed: April 27, 2006 Notes: For more information on the project to restore the Wayne Theatre, see the Wayne Theatre Project, at waynetheatre.org. The messages on the theater marquee state "The 40 Year Old Virgin Mary", as this photo was taken while downtown Waynesboro was dressed for the filming of Evan Almighty. |
A CSX truck drives along the railroad tracks at Greenbelt station in Prince George's County, Maryland.Featured: November 2, 2006Photographed: October 26, 2006 |
The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, a four-story shopping mall in Arlington, Virginia.Featured: October 30, 2006Photographed: February 8, 2003 |
Tires adorn the flat roof of a building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Featured: October 27, 2006Photographed: October 18, 2003 Notes: For more photos from the same event that this came from, see Pittsburgh with LPCM in College Life. |
Potomac Hall, a dormitory on the campus of James Madison University.Featured: October 24, 2006Photographed: September 20, 2003 Notes: Information about my life and times during three years living in Potomac Hall can be found at College Life. |
Headlights illuminate a sign marking the Buena Vista overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.Featured: October 22, 2006Photographed: October 9, 2006 |
One of Metro's newest rail cars, made by Alstom, at Branch Avenue station.Featured: October 18, 2006Photographed: October 11, 2006 Notes: More photos of the Alstom cars may be seen at The Schumin Web Transit Center, on the page about Alstom cars. |
Multiple mountain ridges are visible from the 20-Minute Cliff overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.Featured: October 16, 2006Photographed: October 9, 2006 |
Water cascades over rocks at Yankee Horse Ridge, along the Blue Ridge Parkway.Featured: October 12, 2006Photographed: October 9, 2006 |
A fire engine enters the University of Virginia grounds with lights flashing.Featured: October 8, 2006Photographed: February 23, 2005 |
A school bus sits parked in the parking lot of Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro, Virginia, while its passengers are playing at a nearby playground.Featured: October 6, 2006Photographed: April 27, 2006 |
The balconies of the Washington Circle Hotel in Washington DC tower over the street.Featured: October 4, 2006Photographed: March 28, 2006 |
People enter and exit the Washington Metro via the Q Street entrance to the Dupont Circle station.Featured: September 30, 2006Photographed: September 20, 2006 |
My Mercury Sable wagon returns to the road once again, good as new.Featured: September 28, 2006Photographed: April 18, 2006 Notes: This photo feature was a response to my getting the Sable back from the body shop today, with the new grille in place, and all the dents from an accident with a deer repaired. And yes, I realize that this photo is from before the accident, but I don't have any new photos yet. |
A woman reads a book while leaning against a tree in Dupont Circle in Washington DC.Featured: September 25, 2006Photographed: September 20, 2006 |
Participants in a black bloc prepare to enter the lobby of the St. Gregory Hotel in Washington DC while protesting during the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.Featured: September 21, 2006Photographed: April 22, 2006 Notes: This photo is from the Night March Life and Times photo set. |
The steeple of the National City Christian Church towers over Thomas Circle in Washington DC.Featured: September 17, 2006Photographed: August 17, 2006 |
A woman crosses her legs while sitting on the floor of the Washington Metro's Rosslyn station.Featured: September 13, 2006Photographed: September 12, 2006 |
A woman talks on a cell phone while smoking a cigarette outside Union Station in Washington DC.Featured: September 10, 2006Photographed: May 29, 2004 Notes: Unlike most photo features, this photo was taken with my cell phone camera, rather than Big Mavica. |
The entrance to Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Virginia at night.Featured: September 5, 2006Photographed: August 30, 2006 Notes: After previously being chewed out by a mall security guard for photographing the same location in daylight on my April 8 trip, I carefully made sure that there were no security personnel anywhere to be found this time before snapping a few shots. I believe I was likely in the public right of way (making the security guard 100% in the wrong if that was the case) on April 8, but nonetheless, I decided not to pursue the matter any further with them, because mall security guards aren't worth arguing with. |
Statue of General George Henry Thomas in the center of Thomas Circle in Washington DC.Featured: August 27, 2006Photographed: August 17, 2006 |
The water in the fountains at the United States Navy Memorial appears blue due to the presence of algae-fighting chemicals.Featured: August 23, 2006Photographed: August 17, 2006 Notes: For more information on the whole thing, see Princess Sparkle Pony's Photo Blog. |
Snow still covers portions of the topmost deck of the North Garage at the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metro station a day after a January 19 snowfall blanketed the area.Featured: August 19, 2006Photographed: January 20, 2005 Notes: This is the final photo that I shot as part of the Counter-Inaugural photo set. |
Signs hang from the fronts of buildings in the Corner District in Charlottesville, Virginia.Featured: August 16, 2006Photographed: July 2, 2006 |
A motorcycle is parked along the side of University Avenue in the Corner District of Charlottesville, Virginia.Featured: August 13, 2006Photographed: July 2, 2006 Notes: The blue lights on the motorcycle are highly illegal, as it turns out. In fact, when I came by, the Charlottesville Police were speaking with the owner of this motorcycle and a second motorcycle with similar lighting in red. I said, "I didn't think those lights were legal!" and the police officer said, "They're not. That's why we're here." So there you go. |
A manhole cover carries the logo for the Washington Metro in its center.Featured: August 9, 2006Photographed: March 15, 2006 |
Bicycles sit in a rack under a light dusting of snow at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.Featured: August 5, 2006Photographed: February 6, 2003 Notes: The building shown here is Potomac Hall at James Madison University. This photo was chosen for an August date in an attempt to "think cool" during a heat wave that the area where I was living was experiencing at the time. |
A picnic bench is illuminated by security lighting in Mill Mountain Park in Roanoke, Virginia.Featured: August 2, 2006Photographed: March 14, 2003 |
A black bloc demonstrator waves a flag over 14th Street NW in Washington DC during an anti-war demonstration.Featured: July 26, 2006Photographed: April 12, 2003 Notes: This photo originally ran with the A Protest Against the War Photography set. |
Participants in a Code Pink demonstration give the peace sign on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House.Featured: July 21, 2006Photographed: July 4, 2006 |