Pocket track turnouts on the Washington Metro, near Stadium-Armory station and RFK Stadium in Northeast DC.

Photographed: October 26, 2005

Notes: This is a pocket track turnout similar to the Farragut North pocket track, where a derailment occurred on February 12, 2010. Unlike at Farragut North, however, a derailer is not present at the Stadium-Armory location.

Balcony railing covered in snow approximately 14 hours after the snow started falling during the North American blizzard of 2010.

Photographed: February 6, 2010

Notes: This is, as you may have gathered, the balcony railing at my apartment. More information on the storm: North American blizzard of 2010.

A woman shivers after running into the Chesapeake Bay during the Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge event at Sandy Point State Park, near Annapolis, Maryland.

Photographed: January 30, 2010

Notes: For more photos from this set, see Maryland Polar Bear Plunge 2010 in Photography.

Interior of Amtrak Acela Express coach.

Photographed: May 9, 2009

Notes: This photo was taken while Matthew Tilley and I were touring the Acela Express during the National Train Day event at Union Station.

Five Guys restaurant in the old Shorty's Diner building on Route 250 in Staunton, Virginia.

Photographed: December 30, 2009

Board-up on a Safeway store in Wheaton, Maryland after closing for reconstruction.

Photographed: December 27, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this shoot, see Something tells me that they're closed in the Journal.

A woman holds a sign saying, "Out of the closets! Into the street!" at the National Equality March in Washington DC.

Photographed: October 11, 2009

Notes: More photos from this event can be found at the Journal entry about the National Equality March.

Sign proclaiming "The Place In Town To Take A Leak" outside an automotive service shop in Chews Landing, New Jersey.

Photographed: September 25, 2009

Large "OBAMA HATES BORF" message painted above other graffiti on the Vision Lighting building in Washington DC. This message replaced an earlier message saying "BUSH HATES BORF" in early 2009.

Photographed: December 12, 2009

Notes: The original "Bush Hates Borf" message was the Photo Feature on February 15, 2007.

The first snowfall of the season comes to the Washington DC region, seen here in a neighborhood in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Photographed: December 5, 2009

Participants in the Marine Corps Marathon race up the northbound lanes of the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: October 25, 2009

A union picket blocks the street in front of the Hilton Crystal City, accused of unfair labor practices by labor union UNITE HERE.

Photographed: June 20, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this set, see UNITE HERE Picket.

Leaves on the Women's Memorial fountain outside Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: October 25, 2009

Headstone of a soldier killed in action in the Iraq War, at Arlington National Cemetery.

Photographed: October 25, 2009

Notes: This particular headstone, that of Lance Corporal Jason C. Redifer, was not selected at random. I specifically chose to photograph Redifer's headstone due to some personal significance. Redifer was from Stuarts Draft, Virginia, went to school with my sister, and died in Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded. The bridge that carries Route 608 over Interstate 64 in Fishersville is named in his honor.

3000-Series Washington Metro rail car on the D Route bridge in Northeast Washington DC.

Photographed: October 26, 2005

Sand castle at Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Photographed: August 27, 2008

The Roanoke Star, atop Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia, prior to being lit for the evening.

Photographed: January 7, 2003

Notes: This photo is heavily retouched. It was taken in early afternoon in daylight, and then processed to give it the orange evening-like appearance. Kinda cool looking, though, no?

A participant in a pink-and-black bloc surveys her surroundings at the National Equality March in Washington DC.

Photographed: October 11, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this event, see the Journal entry about the National Equality March.

A woman shouts during the Funk the War 8 anti-war demonstration in Washington DC.

Photographed: October 7, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this event, see the Journal entry about Funk the War 8.

Protest sign attached to an American flag at the Taxpayer March on Washington.

Photographed: September 12, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this set, see Taxpayer March on Washington.

Fish market in the Chinatown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: September 25, 2009

The North Portico of the White House, in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 30, 2009

A man sells political buttons relating to historical and current events at the Taxpayer March on Washington.

Photographed: September 12, 2009

Notes: It is rare that I actually refer to this event by its formal name, "Taxpayer March on Washington". I more commonly refer to this event as the "teabagger march". For more photos from this set, see Taxpayer March on Washington.

Washington Metro work car at Branch Avenue Yard, in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Photographed: May 9, 2009

Notes: This was taken during Metro's 2009 Rail Rodeo.

Dark clouds cast a shadow over the sands of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Photographed: August 27, 2008

Cliffs along the Shenandoah River in Page County, Virginia.

Photographed: July 25, 2009

Notes: This photo is part of the photo shoot that became the Tubing the Shenandoah River photo set in Life and Times. This photo was not used in the set.

Headstone in a 19th-century cemetery in a forest near Haymarket, Virginia.

Photographed: August 22, 2008

Rainstorm on the Shenandoah River in Page County, Virginia.

Photographed: July 25, 2009

Notes: This photo is part of the Tubing the Shenandoah River photo set in Life and Times.

A worker applies paint to the exterior of a balcony on the Turnberry Tower building in Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: October 4, 2008

Pink Zipper slide at the closed Shenandoah Acres resort in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.

Photographed: May 3, 2009

Front of Washington Metro rail car.

Photographed: May 9, 2009

Anti-Scientology banner held during an Anonymous protest outside the Founding Church of Scientology in Washington DC.

Photographed: June 13, 2009

Washington DC and Barack Obama-themed souvenirs for sale on a street vendor's cart near the Ellipse in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 30, 2009

A group of people sits in the street with arms locked as part of a civil disobedience action during a UNITE HERE picket outside the Hilton Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: June 20, 2009

Notes: For more photos from this set, see UNITE HERE Picket.

Clouds float past the roof of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 30, 2009

"Ethical people don't assault" is written in chalk on the sidewalk in front of the Founding Church of Scientology in Washington DC following an alleged attack by Scientologists on an Anonymous protester.

Photographed: June 6, 2009

Two men play a chess game in Dupont Circle, in Washington DC.

Photographed: August 3, 2005

Notes: This photo is part of the Shades of Gray Photography set.

A masked woman strikes a contemplative pose at the end of an anti-war march in Crystal City, Virginia.

Photographed: March 21, 2009

Notes: This photo is part of the March on Crystal City photo set.

A Mennonite choir sings hymns in Dupont Circle in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 9, 2009

Reflection of the Roanoke Star off of the rain-soaked boards of the M. Carl Andrews Overlook in Roanoke, Virginia.

Photographed: May 3, 2009

A tulip in Dupont Circle, in Washington DC.

Photographed: April 26, 2009

Concrete fragments and other debris cover the ground following the demolition of an office building in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: November 2, 2008

Anti-war demonstrators provide food to a homeless man that the group encountered along their march route.

Photographed: March 21, 2009

Notes: This photo is part of the March on Crystal City photo set from 2009 in Life and Times.

"Exorcist Steps" at the west end of the Georgetown neighborhood in Washington DC.

Photographed: June 13, 2008

Notes: For more information about these steps, see Washingtonpost.com's Going Out Guide. See also The Exorcist (film) on Wikipedia.

Tables and chairs on a rooftop patio in downtown Washington DC.

Photographed: August 6, 2008

Code Pink banner outside an office building in Crystal City, Virginia, during ANSWER Coalition's March on the Pentagon.

Photographed: March 21, 2009

Notes: This photo is part of the March on Crystal City photo set from 2009 in Life and Times. This caption was written was before I came up with the more accurate "March on Crystal City" title.

Demonstrators converge on the Dupont Circle fountain at the end of Funk the War 7, an anti-war protest sponsored by the Washington DC chapter of Students for a Democratic Society.

Photographed: March 19, 2009

Notes: This photo is part of the Funk the War 7 photo set from 2009 in Life and Times.

Paving tiles at the former location of the Journalists' Memorial, at Freedom Park in Arlington, Virginia.

Photographed: September 7, 2008

Notes: This photo goes with a Journal entry made in September 2008, where I discovered that all of the exhibits at Freedom Park had been removed.

Glenmont station, eastern terminus of the Red Line of the Washington Metro.

Photographed: March 7, 2009

Three American flags fly outside Union Station in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 17, 2008