Believe.
2 sitting close, one with space between. notice on both sides, people are coming up the stairs with smiles on their faces. I liked being on these stairs most for people watching last weekend.
Showing posts with label Washington D.C.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washington D.C.. Show all posts
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Colorful Expression
Believe.2 sitting close, one with space between. notice on both sides, people are coming up the stairs with smiles on their faces. I liked being on these stairs most for people watching last weekend.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
To Love
I love watching people. I love seeing the people who stand out as more daring than I am, who express themselves differently than I do. This picture was taken in D.C. and is posted for Love Thursday.-----
Last night, we had a wonderful visit with my grandparents' best friends. It was so wonderful to see someone from home. We enjoyed drinks at a brewery near Seth's work, and then took them to Brooklyn to enjoy some delicious Italian food at one of our favorite restaurants. It was such great fun, and I definitely understand why my grandparents love these two so much!
By the way, today is the first day of my spring break and I'm Overly Happy. It was nice to wake up calm and relaxed, wonderful to see the morning sunlight fill our apartment. I'm off to have lunch with Seth, and then to explore the city for the afternoon. This evening, we are joining Alissa's family for their Jewish Passover dinner. It'll be a new experience for me, considering I didn't have any friends who celebrated Jewish holidays before moving to New York. I'm excited to be a part of it!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Sight Seeing in D.C.
Like I mentioned before, I took so many pictures in D.C. last weekend. And the best part of it is, I'm in love with so many of them that I'm having a hard time trying to decide what to post!!
Saturday morning we started off by going to the White House. I have to say it was weird to actually see it. I always had a perception of it in my mind, and of course, it was different in real life. It's kind of like my idea of how big the Statue of Liberty is. Before NY, I thought it was Huge. And it is Huge, just not as Huge as I thought, especially compared to the City.
The White House was beautiful. I wish I could go into it... I cannot imagine living there, where many Presidents of the past have also lived.
After the White House we were on a mission to find milk shakes (Seth and I have been on a shake kick, eating them for dinner a few nights in a row about a week ago...). We ended up at Potbelly's and definitely enjoyed our delicious shakes!
Milk shakes in hand, we headed for the Washington Monument. We had gotten a great view of the monument on Friday night after we arrived. I got a few night shots that I'll have to post soon.
Saturday was so windy, especially up near this monument. Aisha nearly got blown away!
The flags around the monument with the most beautiful blue sky (Something I really don't see in NYC!).
After the monument, we made our way to the cherry blossoms. There were SOOO many people under the trees, so we only stayed for a moment before heading to the Lincoln Memorial.
This one was definitely one I wanted to get up close to. I was shocked by its size, so massive and huge. This monument definitely makes Lincoln have a powerful presence. I think I liked this memorial the best. I loved the view from the stairs looking out over the reflecting pool and onto the Washington Monument with the Capital building in the background. I loved sitting and people watching. After enjoying this monument for the longest time, we headed towards the monument for the Korean War Memorial.
The Pool of Remembrance at the Korean War Memorial
Following the Korean War Memorial, we headed back towards the Cherry Blossoms and wondered along the water towards the FDR Memorial.
A rough economy.
As we finished the FDR Memorial, we headed around the water to find our way to Georgetown to meet up with another friend for dinner (actually met this friend a weekend when Aisha was in NYC and it was so wonderful to see him again, in D.C. instead). I love the way the sun was shining across and I could capture both of these monuments.
And here's one of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial as the sun was setting on D.C. We didn't make it up into the memorial. Yet, we still enjoyed its beauty from a distance.
Watch for more pictures to come! I have some great street photographs to share! Loved the street photography in D.C. I already want to go back for more!!!
Saturday morning we started off by going to the White House. I have to say it was weird to actually see it. I always had a perception of it in my mind, and of course, it was different in real life. It's kind of like my idea of how big the Statue of Liberty is. Before NY, I thought it was Huge. And it is Huge, just not as Huge as I thought, especially compared to the City.The White House was beautiful. I wish I could go into it... I cannot imagine living there, where many Presidents of the past have also lived.
After the White House we were on a mission to find milk shakes (Seth and I have been on a shake kick, eating them for dinner a few nights in a row about a week ago...). We ended up at Potbelly's and definitely enjoyed our delicious shakes!
Milk shakes in hand, we headed for the Washington Monument. We had gotten a great view of the monument on Friday night after we arrived. I got a few night shots that I'll have to post soon.
Saturday was so windy, especially up near this monument. Aisha nearly got blown away!
The flags around the monument with the most beautiful blue sky (Something I really don't see in NYC!).
After the monument, we made our way to the cherry blossoms. There were SOOO many people under the trees, so we only stayed for a moment before heading to the Lincoln Memorial.
This one was definitely one I wanted to get up close to. I was shocked by its size, so massive and huge. This monument definitely makes Lincoln have a powerful presence. I think I liked this memorial the best. I loved the view from the stairs looking out over the reflecting pool and onto the Washington Monument with the Capital building in the background. I loved sitting and people watching. After enjoying this monument for the longest time, we headed towards the monument for the Korean War Memorial.
The Pool of Remembrance at the Korean War MemorialFollowing the Korean War Memorial, we headed back towards the Cherry Blossoms and wondered along the water towards the FDR Memorial.
A rough economy.
As we finished the FDR Memorial, we headed around the water to find our way to Georgetown to meet up with another friend for dinner (actually met this friend a weekend when Aisha was in NYC and it was so wonderful to see him again, in D.C. instead). I love the way the sun was shining across and I could capture both of these monuments.
And here's one of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial as the sun was setting on D.C. We didn't make it up into the memorial. Yet, we still enjoyed its beauty from a distance.Watch for more pictures to come! I have some great street photographs to share! Loved the street photography in D.C. I already want to go back for more!!!
Washington Monument
Here's one image from the monuments this weekend. You can see from the water that the wind was really blowing. Up against this monument was the worst of the wind! A little wind with wonderful weather is perfectly fine though.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Photographer in D.C.
I've been sitting at my computer for hours this evening looking through this weekend's photos of my D.C. adventure. I love them all. I want to post them all. But there are probably too many (over 700...) so it will take me a few days to sort through, process, and upload my favorites.
It was nice to get out of the city but weird at the same time. I'm wondering when I got used to tall buildings and so many people... I'm wondering when that became normal? It was interesting to realize how my perceptions have changed. Had I visited D.C./Virginia area from Kansas, I would have thought it was busy at all moments... So much around me... but coming from the City, I had many moments where I caught myself thinking, Where are all the people? Wow! I can really see far! (Of course this wasn't during the peek times of Saturday and Sunday when I was exploring the most popular places of D.C... those areas, of course, were quite full of people!)
By the number of pictures I took, you can tell I love to use my camera. A weekend trip had me over-excited about the new photo opportunities I would have. I can feel myself becoming more daring, more brave, less afraid of being a photographer. Pushing myself as a photographer means going outside of my comfort zone, talking myself out of my fear. I want to photograph people. I want to photograph people I know. I want to photograph people I don't know. I want to capture them in moments when they know and are okay with me capturing them. I want to catch them in moments when they are oblivious to my lens. I want to create art behind my camera... Yet, when it comes to people, I'm a bit scared. Scared of being caught, scared of not being successful, scared of... I don't know. Just scared. But I'm getting comfortable in these photographer shoes I've been trying on. I'm starting to feel like the pants are fitting and the camera is feeling like a normal piece of me, of my vision.
This weekend, I did work on becoming less fearful. I Played Photographer, as Shutter Sisters put it in today's post. I snapped a few pictures of the people I was with (here's another, my friend's cousin was happy to let me snap a few pictures of her as I practiced), after spending a few hours getting comfortable with my surroundings. I got right up close to practice street photography, capturing some of my favorite moments while people watching in D.C. I almost, almost asked strangers to let me take their pictures. I wanted to. I am going to. I just didn't do it this weekend. I will make it my goal to be at the point of asking for others' photographs by the time I return to D.C. for another trip.
(I kind of wish I lived closer to home, where I could make my friends and family victim to my photo practicing needs... for now, if you know anyone who might be daring enough to let me hang out and shoot them from behind my camera, let me know!)
O... and a few things I am enjoying today...
It was nice to get out of the city but weird at the same time. I'm wondering when I got used to tall buildings and so many people... I'm wondering when that became normal? It was interesting to realize how my perceptions have changed. Had I visited D.C./Virginia area from Kansas, I would have thought it was busy at all moments... So much around me... but coming from the City, I had many moments where I caught myself thinking, Where are all the people? Wow! I can really see far! (Of course this wasn't during the peek times of Saturday and Sunday when I was exploring the most popular places of D.C... those areas, of course, were quite full of people!)
By the number of pictures I took, you can tell I love to use my camera. A weekend trip had me over-excited about the new photo opportunities I would have. I can feel myself becoming more daring, more brave, less afraid of being a photographer. Pushing myself as a photographer means going outside of my comfort zone, talking myself out of my fear. I want to photograph people. I want to photograph people I know. I want to photograph people I don't know. I want to capture them in moments when they know and are okay with me capturing them. I want to catch them in moments when they are oblivious to my lens. I want to create art behind my camera... Yet, when it comes to people, I'm a bit scared. Scared of being caught, scared of not being successful, scared of... I don't know. Just scared. But I'm getting comfortable in these photographer shoes I've been trying on. I'm starting to feel like the pants are fitting and the camera is feeling like a normal piece of me, of my vision.
This weekend, I did work on becoming less fearful. I Played Photographer, as Shutter Sisters put it in today's post. I snapped a few pictures of the people I was with (here's another, my friend's cousin was happy to let me snap a few pictures of her as I practiced), after spending a few hours getting comfortable with my surroundings. I got right up close to practice street photography, capturing some of my favorite moments while people watching in D.C. I almost, almost asked strangers to let me take their pictures. I wanted to. I am going to. I just didn't do it this weekend. I will make it my goal to be at the point of asking for others' photographs by the time I return to D.C. for another trip.(I kind of wish I lived closer to home, where I could make my friends and family victim to my photo practicing needs... for now, if you know anyone who might be daring enough to let me hang out and shoot them from behind my camera, let me know!)
O... and a few things I am enjoying today...
- This wonderful song by Jose Gonzales (I found it on this wonderful wedding blog, Green Wedding Shoes - I love the wedding blog, even though it's been 9 months since our wedding! I think it's the wonderful wedding photography. I'd love to be able to capture the love and beauty of marriage through the creative art shared on the blog.)
- What A Day by Greg Laswell, a song Seth and I heard tonight on the season finale for season 3 of Numb3rs. What a season finale too... I cried, and I'm still kind of sad. (Funny, we started at season 3 on accident and have been watching it for quite a while! Love Netflix Instant Play, even if it lead us to season 3 before 1 & 2.)
- Love the blog i live here: SF. The photographer is amazing and talented. Her pictures are beautiful and inspiring. I also Loved the recent post on Melissa. It's a wonderful and inspiring post. I want to go to San Fransisco!
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