Photo Feature Archives
The Photo Feature was launched on the main page on March 12, 2005 as part of a main page redesign, replacing the quote article. Images run on the main page with a description as well as the date that they were photographed. They are run at 350×467 resolution at that location if vertical, and at 600×450 if horizontal.
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A Boeing 737-800 operated by Southwest Airlines prepares to land at Baltimore–Washington International Airport.Featured: January 5, 2020Photographed: December 31, 2019 |
A Wheelock 7002T fire alarm horn/strobe stands watch over a Habitat for Humanity thrift store in Chantilly, Virginia.Featured: December 29, 2019Photographed: May 21, 2019 |
The Simpson Tower in Toronto, viewed from the intersection of Queen and Bay Streets.Featured: December 18, 2019Photographed: April 15, 2019 |
Cans of beans for sale at Roots Market, a specialty grocery store in Olney, Maryland.Featured: December 11, 2019Photographed: December 4, 2019 |
Speed camera on Olney Laytonsville Road (Route 108) in Olney, Maryland.Featured: December 3, 2019Photographed: April 6, 2014 |
Subway restaurant sporting a newer store design at the Arundel Mills shopping mall in Hanover, Maryland, photographed after closing.Featured: November 23, 2019Photographed: August 13, 2018 |
Milk cartons for sale at a Walmart store in Frederick, Maryland.Featured: November 12, 2019Photographed: October 16, 2019 |
Rolled ice cream treat from a dessert shop in Baltimore, Maryland's Highlandtown neighborhood.Featured: November 5, 2019Photographed: July 9, 2019 |
Coffered arch at Ballston-MU station in Arlington, Virginia.Featured: October 25, 2019Photographed: September 29, 2019 |
Corridor in the Chemistry Building at the University of Maryland, College Park.Featured: October 13, 2019Photographed: October 2, 2019 |
The Adaire, an apartment building in Tysons Corner, Virginia.Featured: October 6, 2019Photographed: September 25, 2019 |
Entrance to Rosedale, a station on the Toronto subway's Yonge–University Line.Featured: September 25, 2019Photographed: April 15, 2019 |
Dome on the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, a Catholic church in Altoona, Pennsylvania.Featured: September 13, 2019Photographed: August 21, 2019 |
Signs warning potential visitors to stay out, citing potential dangers, at the entrance to the Graffiti Highway in Centralia, Pennsylvania.Featured: September 7, 2019Photographed: October 15, 2018 Notes: For more photos from this visit, see "Adventures up north..." in the Journal. |
New Flyer D40LF bus, operated by MTA Maryland, parked at the intersection of North Charles Street and East University Parkway in Baltimore, Maryland.Featured: August 26, 2019Photographed: August 20, 2019 |
"One Way" sign at the intersection of West 130th Street and Broadway in New York City's Manhattanville neighborhood.Featured: August 17, 2019Photographed: August 13, 2019 |
Yellow Line train at Huntington, a Washington Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia.Featured: August 5, 2019Photographed: March 21, 2009 Notes: This photo was taken as part of the March on Crystal City photo set, though not part of the set itself. |
Ballston-MU station in Arlington, Virginia in the late evening.Featured: July 25, 2019Photographed: March 10, 2004 |
Wheelock MT fire alarm horn/strobe mounted on a pole on the roof of a parking garage in Washington, DC.Featured: July 18, 2019Photographed: October 19, 2017 |
A discarded bottle of 5-Hour Energy in a parking lot in Glenmont, Maryland.Featured: July 4, 2019Photographed: November 1, 2018 |
Sign for Ward Plaza in Winchester, Virginia, named for a Montgomery Ward store that once existed there.Featured: June 20, 2019Photographed: June 11, 2019 |
Speed bump warning sign on Sudbury Street in Toronto, Ontario.Featured: June 4, 2019Photographed: April 13, 2019 |
A girl dressed as the Statue of Liberty carries a toy machine gun at an anti-war demonstration in Washington DC.Featured: May 25, 2019Photographed: September 24, 2005 Notes: This photo, taken as part of the September 24 Protests photo set, previously ran in this space on September 25, 2005. My technique was different back then, as was my processing. So I tried my hand at processing it again from the original, seeing how I might do it today. This was the result. The caption is the same as the original. |
The Washington Monument, photographed at night, undergoing restoration work to repair damage following an earthquake in 2011.Featured: May 13, 2019Photographed: November 9, 2013 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Shrouded in Scaffolding" in Photography. |
Sign for Wolky's, an independent gas station on Route 924 in East Union Township, Pennsylvania, near Hazleton.Featured: May 1, 2019Photographed: October 15, 2018 Notes: For more photos from this adventure, see "Adventures up north…" in the Journal. |
Hudson's Bay and Saks Fifth Avenue store at Yonge and Queen Streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Featured: April 21, 2019Photographed: April 15, 2019 Notes: This is the store where scenes from Today's Special were filmed. This shot is intended to be similar to the establishing shot at the beginning of "Our Story Part 1". |
Transmission tower in a field in Montgomery Village, Maryland.Featured: April 1, 2019Photographed: March 26, 2019 |
Empty store at the Cromwell Field shopping center in Glen Burnie, Maryland.Featured: March 22, 2019Photographed: March 3, 2015 |
Interior of a frozen food case at Bottom Dollar Food in Gaithersburg, Maryland.Featured: March 14, 2019Photographed: December 30, 2011 |
Humorous message on the sign for the Animal Hospital of Stuarts Draft, in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.Featured: March 2, 2019Photographed: November 23, 2017 |
Wheelock AS horn/strobe at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia.Featured: February 18, 2019Photographed: February 7, 2018 |
Kia Soul covered with snow following a winter storm.Featured: February 7, 2019Photographed: March 5, 2015 Notes: This photo was selected in honor of the one-year anniversary of my Kia Soul's untimely demise in a fire. |
Vintage sign for Giant Food in Laurel, Maryland.Featured: January 31, 2019Photographed: December 12, 2013 |
East Village Avenue in Montgomery Village, Maryland, the night after a snowstorm.Featured: January 25, 2019Photographed: January 14, 2019 |
"Milk glass" exit sign at Privacy World Apartments in Glenmont, Maryland.Featured: January 18, 2019Photographed: September 20, 2014 |
Sign and marquee for the Old Greenbelt Theatre in Greenbelt, Maryland.Featured: January 10, 2019Photographed: January 8, 2019 |
Alarm switch at White's Ferry in Poolesville, Maryland.Featured: December 23, 2018Photographed: July 18, 2018 |
Handwritten message reading "I'm Hungry For You" on the Community Chalkboard in Charlottesville, Virginia.Featured: December 8, 2018Photographed: September 3, 2014 |
Lamp on a dresser.Featured: November 28, 2018Photographed: July 13, 2014 Notes: This is the shell lamp that originated with my 2014 trip to the Outer Banks, shortly after I completed it. I thought about this lamp today as I bought a filler for a fourth lamp of the same design to place in the living room on a recently-completed end table. |
Cranberry sauce from a can.Featured: November 20, 2018Photographed: November 26, 2015 Notes: This photo is from the "Cranberry sauce. From a can." Journal entry. Happy Thanksgiving! |
A sea gull flies past a building in Ocean City, Maryland.Featured: November 9, 2018Photographed: October 17, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal. |
Vintage wooden railroad crossbuck on Cedar Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania.Featured: November 2, 2018Photographed: October 14, 2018 |
Fire alarm pull station at an office building in Morgantown, West Virginia.Featured: October 26, 2018Photographed: October 8, 2018 Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A visit to Morgantown…" in the Journal. |
Sign assembly at an intersection in Marathon, New York.Featured: October 17, 2018Photographed: October 13, 2018 |
Weenie Beenie, a local fast food restaurant in Arlington, Virginia.Featured: October 9, 2018Photographed: October 1, 2018 |
Foam treatment at a car wash in Winchester, Virginia.Featured: September 29, 2018Photographed: July 18, 2018 |
Flame from a gas stove.Featured: September 18, 2018Photographed: April 4, 2014 |
A sea gull flies over Hatteras Inlet in Hyde County, North Carolina.Featured: September 8, 2018Photographed: May 31, 2017 Notes: For more photos from this outing, see "Outer Banks 2017" in Life and Times. |
Traffic signal on 7th Street SW in Washington DC, at the intersection with a large pedestrian path on the National Mall.Featured: September 1, 2018Photographed: May 2, 2018 |
Coins in a jar filled with water at a store in Richmond, Virginia.Featured: August 25, 2018Photographed: June 1, 2017 Notes: This photo is part of the "Outer Banks 2017" photo set in Life and Times. |