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7th & E NW – DC Street

I should have taken a photo of the frozen yogurt I got today at Tangysweet.  It was, indeed, tangy and sweet.  Instead, I sat all creepy-like at the corner of the store and photographed people crossing the street.  I'm a little bit of a baby about street photography.  Okay, I'm a big baby about street photography.  I don't want to bother people, though I do want to get the shot.  It's a source of conflict for me.  Here are a couple photos from my spot behind the window.

Bethany Beach

Let me tell you: this beach trip took a lot of planning.  When 12 "young professionals" try to plan a weekend trip together, there are going to be inevitable conflicts.  I am amazed how busy we all are.  But in the end, fully half of us were able to make it to Bethany Beach this weekend.  The weather was amazing, especially considering the horrible heat waves we've been experiencing this summer.  It was very pleasant. We had a riotous good time playing board games, cooking and drinking far too much.  Within 10 minutes of arriving at the beach house, shenanigans were already well under way.  Here's the boys attempting to get the cork out of a huge bottle of red wine.  No one had thought to bring a corkscrew. The next day, we hit the beach.  I'm not much for sitting around in the sand, but I did swim in the Atlantic for the first time ever.  Later, we came back for more drinking/board games and Sara's birthday cake: Colin baked that cake.  He's something of a cake whiz. Ocean City, Maryland has to be somewhat famous for its mini-golf courses.  It was really quite exciting to see so many varieties - vikings, galaxies, dragons, dinosaurs - really, anything you can think of.  We chose Indian Jones golf.  I tied for second-to-last place with this good man. It was fun, but in the way of most vacations, I'm glad to be home.

Shooting the “About Amber” photos

It's too late for you this year, but yesterday was Free Chili Dog day at Hard Times.  George and I went but naturally there was a wait.  We took a walk around Old Town Alexandria and I noticed some really beautiful light falling on this brick wall. Earlier, I had realized that not a single one of the self-portraits I've done over the years are right for this website, so I handed my camera to George and hoped for the best.  And it wasn't so bad! I love these photos because it proves that photography is all about seeing light.  Even though George snapped the shutter, I totally claim these photos as my own.  He would never have chosen this spot to photograph - that's what skill is all about in this business.  Also, we're still working on getting our definitions of aperture lined up.  He's big into astronomy and it makes talking about photography a bit difficult with him. Also, big shout out to Jonathan Thorpe who edited the photo on the left to get rid of the nasty signs (you can see one in the pic on the right).