Visiting Washington, DC
Places to Visit
- Washington Monument
- Library of Congress
- National Gallery of Art
- National Museum of Natural History, especially the Hope Diamond
- Constitution Gardens
- National Portrait Gallery
- Eisenhower Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial – Dedicated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on April 13, 1943, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial stands in a straight line with the White House. Architect John Russell Pope, influenced by Jefferson’s taste in classical architecture, echoed the style seen in Jefferson’s two most famous buildings – Monticello and the University of Virginia Rotunda.
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- American Red Cross National Headquarters
- The First Public Statue of Abraham Lincoln
- The Phillips Collection
- U.S. National Arboretum
- Dumbarton Oaks
- Capital Jewish Museum
- Smithsonian National Postal Museum
- Art on Call
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
- Anderson House
- International Spy Museum
- Mount Vernon
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center – Displays thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including the Space Shuttle Discovery, a Blackbird SR-71, and a Concorde, in two large hangars near Dulles Airport.
- National Building Museum
- Self-Guided JFK Walking Tour in Georgetown
- Peabody Room, Georgetown Public Library
- Tudor Place, Georgetown
- Decatur House
- Gravelly Point Park, Arlington, Virginia
- Planet Word
- American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
- Oxon Run Park
- Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
- Montgomery County, Maryland
Learning About Washington
- Destination DC
- Have Camera Will Travel
- Travel Guide to Washington by Vito L. Tanzi, a talented local photographer
- Vintage Images of Washington
- The White House Historical Association
- Guides to Georgetown
- Amateur Traveler Podcast – Episode about Washington
- Trip Hacks DC Podcast
- Everything You Think You Know About the (Nonexistent) Georgetown Metro Stop Is Wrong
- Trust for the National Mall
Places to Stay
Four Seasons: Best Hotel in Washington
Events and Activities
- National Park Service Calendar of Events – District of Columbia
- Washington Post Going Out Guide
- Washington, DC Events
- Washingtonian Events Calendar
- Axios D.C. – Things to Do
- National Cherry Blossom Festival
- Washington Open (Summer Tennis Tournament)
- Washington Photo Safari
- Joe Yablonsky – A local photographer who operates photo tours and classes.
- Art with Tosca – Washington Art Tours
- Off the Mall Walking Tours – “Get Off the Mall to explore the deep history of the Nation’s Capital”
- DC Design Tours – Historical and Architectural Guided Tours of Washington DC
- Trip Hacks DC – Private and public tours
- StreetMeet DC – Meetups for photographers
Last updated: November 3, 2024
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Candid Photography
The great majority of my works are candid, meaning I don’t ask people for the photo nor do I tell them that I took their photo. I do this because I want to keep the moment pure as I saw it. The moment a person knows they are being photographed, they either get self-conscious or their behavior becomes more exaggerated than normal human behavior allows. It’s all about capturing that ‘unguarded moment’ and trying to make the people in the photos look as true to that moment as possible.
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‘A Touch of Magic’
My goal is to document the ordinary moments of life that we too often take for granted that are simply part of the human condition. I try to capture not only the authenticity of the ordinary moment, but the precise moment when the ordinary has a touch of magic associated with it.
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On Intimacy
Maybe it’s just me but the more time I spend online the more I enjoy consuming content from people who are not afraid to share content in a very honest and sometimes vulnerable way. People who share without an agenda, people who share because they think it’s important to communicate both the ups and the downs of this shared experience we’re all going through called life.
Why Photograph?
Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.
— Anonymous
Source: Sam Benari.
What Makes Paris Special
There are few things more beautiful in life than sensuality, with the word being used in its’ most elegant sense-and of all of the cities in the world, few offer such splendor more than the omnipresent scenes of daily life in Paris.
Being a Friend Means Being Truthful
You can’t be a friend if you are not willing to tell the truth. This doesn’t mean that you are right. Being right and being honest are not necessarily the same thing.
Source: Annie Mueller
Constantine Manos - A Great Street Photographer
Constantine Manos (1934-) is among the great street photographers of his time. I was a student in one of his workshops in Maine and learned so much about composition. He offered his students candid and fair critiques. Manos was born in Columbia, South Carolina of Greek immigrant parents. This video does a nice job of summarizing his work.
A Peek Inside Patek Philippe
SWI:
Together with Rolex, Audemars Piguet and Richard Mille, Patek Philippe is one of the “Big Four” watchmakers, the four independent brands that generate around half the profits of the Swiss watchmaking industry.
Founded in 1839 and owned by the Stern family since 1932, Patek Philippe employs around 3,000 people worldwide, including 2,050 at its Geneva headquarters. It is run today by Thierry Stern, who joined the family business in 1990 and took over as its president in 2009.
Unlike the directors of Rolex, a watchmaking company that has based its success on the cult of secrecy, Stern regularly speaks out in the Swiss and international press. SWI swissinfo.ch met him at the recent Watches and Wonders trade fair in Geneva.
We have a complete manufacturing facility and 95% to 98% of our added value is produced in-house. Of course, we purchase screws and straps from external suppliers and, for safety reasons, we duplicate certain production lines – dials, for example – with outside companies.
But I don’t see the point in outsourcing more, because the best way to control quality from A to Z is to do everything in-house, even if it is more expensive. We go so far in terms of craftsmanship, development and research that we really can’t contract these tasks out.
Since our founding in 1839, we have consistently produced watches and maintained an unchanged strategy: making Swiss watches entirely in-house. Our customers and retailers, who have known us for several generations, bear witness to this constancy.
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C'est la grève - Guide to Strikes in France
I just learned that there is a site for keeping track of strikes in France. I added it to my guide for visiting Paris. The site lists strikes throughout France and is only in French but is easy to translate within your web browser.
PopClip Leaves the Mac App Store
The last released version of PopClip on the Mac App Store is v2023.9. This is the final update that will be available through the store. You can continue to receive PopClip updates by migrating to the Standalone edition.
See also, Michael Tsai’s Tech Blog.
I’ve been using this useful app for years.
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