Category Archives: Washington DC

Musician writes about Abraham

When shooting around the monument I met Peter Lerman and his friend Cindy. He’s a local Virgina musician that was putting together a video for his latest song “Abraham.” He picked the right place to do the video. At first they tried to scoot out of camera view and I asked them to “stay in...

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The National Catherdral

Jerry Hayes of flickr asks: “Hey Ferrell, how many exposures and what spacing did you use… if you don’t mind me asking.” Hey Jerry, HDR was made for scenes like this. It’s high contrast; a single image was not even close to capturing the full dynamic range. The anti-HDR photographers would have never been able...

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Dale Chihluly

Can you believe it, Chihluly got rid of all his bad glass in this pond and two fisherman pulled it in. Actually:

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Arboretum

The US Capitol has scaffolding around the top. There is always some sort of construction project going on – fences, trailers and cranes are always around the building. With those jack hammers going all day how does anyone get anything done? Hmmmm………..

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Washington DC (hey, ya got any change?)

I took a walk through Washington DC and ended up at the Corcoran. Here’s what’s coming: Anne Leibovitz October 13 – Jan. 13, 2008 A photographer of American Pop Culture, Annie Leibovitz began as the chief photographer for Rolling Stones in 1973 then Vanity Fair and then Vogue. She’s done advertising work for American Express,...

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