Opening Day

Opening day at Nationals Park. I shot mostly game action, but wandered around a bit for features before it started.

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State of the District

DC Mayor Vincent Gray gave his first "State of the District" address on Monday night.

Anything but a podium.... please.

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Cherry Blossoms

Was assigned to shoot all things cherry blossoms for the paper over the weekend.

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Portrait

For a story about a Libyan-American man who has family in Tripoli.

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Rockstar

This kid had me laughing...

6th grader Nikita Snejnevski rocks out on the keyboard as his Capital City Charter School band plays a song for members of the Blue Man Group who stopped by their school to visit with them.

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Party

Over the weekend I shot an Indian family engagement party for a friend of a friend. Here a few frames from the bonanza. I believe this is the first time ever that some strobe action has appeared on this blog.

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Practice

Trying to make something interesting after being assigned to shoot open practice for the NCAA tournament.

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First Assignments

I just started my new job at The Washington Times. My first assignments were an Ash Wednesday service and then a Congressional hearing on the radicalization of Muslims in America.

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A Portrait and a President

This was my last week with the NYTimes. It was a wonderful experience - big thanks to my editors in NY and Doug Mills and Steve Crowley in DC for the great guidance.

Here's my favorite photo from my last week. Former President George W. Bush was at the Capitol for a ceremony for former Majority Leader Bill Frist. Here's a little moment prior to the photo op.

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