PAJAMARAMA: This Sunday 12/7/14 7am-10am

I'll be shooting free portraits of those of you (and your loved ones) that arrive at the studio in your PJs this Sunday morning 7am-10am as part of Old Takoma's annual Pajamarama.  See the photos from last year here.  Besides getting a memorable portrait for your holiday cards (and family history!) Bobbi will also have artwork and jewelry at special PJ discounts that morning.  My in-stock panorama prints will be discounted as well…Discounts and portraits are only available if you are in your PJs (that's the deal).  The studio is located at 7056 Carroll Ave., 2nd floor, Takoma Park, MD.  The portraits will stop at 10am but we'll have the studio open until 2pm for those shopping for artwork gifts.

Transit Spurs Urban Redevelopment Success Story: 10 Years of Metro in NoMa

NoMa, rapidly taking it's place as one of the premier work/live neighborhoods in DC, is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of it's Metro station, the first added "in-fill" station to the Metro system.  As reported in the informative pull out section published in the 11/14/14 Washington Business Journal, "Success Built on Transit: 10 Years and Growing," the development of NoMa's Metro station is "notable and exemplary" because, "it led to the rapid redevelopment of a blighted former industrial area …into a thriving neighborhood of modern "green" buildings, hotels, and highly desirable new residential buildings."

I have photographed and witnessed this amazing transformation as the principle contract photographer for the NoMa Business Improvement District (NoMa BID) over the past 3 years.  Take a look at the publication for interesting insights about this urban redevelopment success story.  Most of the photographs accompanying the articles, including the cover, are images I shot on assignment for NoMa BID.

NoMa BID utilizes my architectural, cityscape, and lifestyle images in many ways, including banner images for it's website, photographs accompanying reports about the neighborhood, and banners sprinkled over the many construction fences in the area.  Here are several banners that can be seen from the Metro Red Line as one approaches or passes just south of the NoMa-Gallaudet station towards Union Station.

2014 Service to America Award Winners

I am honored to have photographed the 8 outstanding winners of the 2014 Service to America Awards. I have coordinated multi-city shoots around the country and have made portraits of the annual winners since the inception of the program in 2002.  Find out more and read the profiles of these amazing public servants here.

Formal Panorama

I don't usually wear a coat and tie to shoot a panorama, but when you're at the State Department it's probably helps.  Photo by my dear friend and colleague Ralph Alswang.

Art Hop in Takoma This Weekend

Come to Takoma Park this weekend and hop around to see tons of artwork and our quirky, nutty, fun, and more and more happening downtown Takoma Park.

Bobbi and I will have the studio open on Sat. and Sun. from 11am-5pm…We both also have artwork in the window at The Big Bad Woof's (BBW) Takoma store…there will be a reception at BBW at 5:30pm Sat. and a blues band downstairs from our studio on Sunday afternoon from 3-5.

The photos I put in the BBW window are 5 newly shot panos from this winter…including Sligo Creek in the snow and some tasty rooftop views of the Capitol and Mall…Bobbi has some very cool new pieces...Pics and more details soon.

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