GMU Dance Company - Displaced

GMU Dance Company - Raw Jubilation

GMU Dance Company - Absent in the Present

I enjoy photographing the dance concerts at the Kennedy Center. The combination of the lighting and the dance movements can make for some interesting pictures IMHO. This is particularly why I enjoyed shooting the George Mason University Dance Company during their concert at the Kennedy Center last Sunday. In the first of their six dance performances called "Absent in the Present", the GMU Dance team preformed in front of images representing those who were lost on 9/11.

A Dandelion Sunset

East and West - une métissage

This post is for my friend ACC (hint Anderson Computing Complex). The photos are from Friday's "East & West" performance at the Kennedy Center. The vocal performer was Lola Jung Danza, une métisse, half Korean half American.

Photographing Lighting

85mm 30sec f/16 ISO 200

I took this photo the other night and particularly special as it is my first exposure ever taken of lighting. Lighting can be a challenge to photograph because you never know when and where it will exactly hit. Of course you need to use a tri-pod and shot your camera at a slow shutter speed. After about an hour of being outside on the roof of my apartment building, this was the best exposure I was able to get. I used the Washington National Cathedral as a point to frame the photo.

The Arrival of Spring at the "Flagship House"

It has been about a month now since the arrival of spring. Washington can be a very pretty place in spring, certainly on the Mall at Tidal Basin with the Cherry Blossom trees. However, these beautiful trees can be found elsewhere in DC. Moreover, one can easily appreciate the beauty of springtime in Washington in other areas of the city such as the neighborhoods of Northwest. With that said, there is one street in my neighborhood of NW Washington with a house that I have admired since I moved back to DC. I call it the "flagship house". IMHO, this house has a certain character compared to other houses on the block. Such a character is further amplified by the changes of the seasons. I have photographed this house on a number of occasions throughout the year. However for this post I would like to show what the impact the season of spring has brought to this house in the evolution of one month. The first photo was taken on March 19 and the last photo was taken today, April 18th. All photos were taken with my Nikon 12-24mm lens with the aperture values between f/8-f/11.

3/19

3/26

4/1

4/3

4/4

4/6

4/11

4/15

4/18