I saw this four-car accident at 17th and Constitution NW between my classes today. I ran a few blocks to get there and snap some shots before it disappeared. I asked the salvage truck driver if I could hop on the truck for elevation. The police officer didn't hear me ask permission.
Tonight was my first color photography class with instructor Kim Kirkpatrick. We looked at some slides of examples for our first assignment tonight. I am sure this class will help me with my own digital photography.
For the most part fine art photographers seem to think about taking different pictures in different ways than most photojournalists. These are all fine art photography students in the hall at the Corcoran. The ability to use unadulterated creativity is their advantage over photojournalism students.
Some people put shoes on their dog's feet when it snows. I saw this dog leading his owner up 16th St near Meridian Hill Park.
Today I walked through the snow to the Corcoran Gallery to see the "Common Grounds" exhibit for the second time. The exhibit displays artwork spanning the last 150 years from communities around the world. I walked down to the WWII Memorial with my friend Don Starr to take some photos while there is snow. We tried walking across the reflecting pond by the Declaration of Independence Memorial: walked home with frozen pant legs.
I spent 12 hours trying to get my computer to start up. Instead of having a fuzzy screen I had no screen.
I was happy that I finally had my first class of the semester three days after schedule. The harbinger of no class for the first couple days this semester was the inauguration ceremony.
Bar Pizza
Rick use to work at Swing's coffee shop. Today was his last day. So we carried out a ceremonial good bye. First we stopped at The Big Hunt, they only have 1 pool table -- next stop Kokopooli's.
Today I looked out my window down onto 16th St NW to see a parade of thousands of inauguration protestors parading down the center of the road. I grabbed something to eat and took a shower in time to catch up with the parade a few blocks down the street.
Good thing my class was canceled and I decided to go somewhere with a view. Also it was lucky I had my recently-purchased star filter attached.
Today I had the idea to purchase a used starburst filter. I got it at Pro Photo on "Eye" Street for the great price of $15. This photo reminds me of my birthday last year (early morning Jan 16) when I drank too many rum and Cokes and couldn't remember.
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day I left my apartment and walked down to Lafayette Park aka "The Peoples' Park." The wind blew all the clouds away. The view of the White House was blocked by the Inauguration Booth and the Media Scaffold. The park grounds are covered with several different types of security fences.
Veteran of Non-Violent Protest
This is Concepcion or "Connie" feeding the animals that surround her throughout the day at Lafayette Park. She is originally from Northern Spain. She has been protesting the United States' (and the World's) use of Nuclear Weapons since the Reagan Administration. She has been here, outside the White House nearly every night since August 1981. The four-story media stand for the Presidential Inauguration can be seen behind her.
