The balconies of the Washington Circle Hotel in Washington DC tower over the street.

Photographed: March 28, 2006

People enter and exit the Washington Metro via the Q Street entrance to the Dupont Circle station.

Photographed: September 20, 2006

My Mercury Sable wagon returns to the road once again, good as new.

Photographed: April 18, 2006

Notes: This photo feature was a response to my getting the Sable back from the body shop today, with the new grille in place, and all the dents from an accident with a deer repaired. And yes, I realize that this photo is from before the accident, but I don't have any new photos yet.

A woman reads a book while leaning against a tree in Dupont Circle in Washington DC.

Photographed: September 20, 2006

Participants in a black bloc prepare to enter the lobby of the St. Gregory Hotel in Washington DC while protesting during the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Photographed: April 22, 2006

Notes: This photo is from the Night March Life and Times photo set.

The steeple of the National City Christian Church towers over Thomas Circle in Washington DC.

Photographed: August 17, 2006

A woman crosses her legs while sitting on the floor of the Washington Metro's Rosslyn station.

Photographed: September 12, 2006

A woman talks on a cell phone while smoking a cigarette outside Union Station in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 29, 2004

Notes: Unlike most photo features, this photo was taken with my cell phone camera, rather than Big Mavica.

The entrance to Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Virginia at night.

Photographed: August 30, 2006

Notes: After previously being chewed out by a mall security guard for photographing the same location in daylight on my April 8 trip, I carefully made sure that there were no security personnel anywhere to be found this time before snapping a few shots. I believe I was likely in the public right of way (making the security guard 100% in the wrong if that was the case) on April 8, but nonetheless, I decided not to pursue the matter any further with them, because mall security guards aren't worth arguing with.

Statue of General George Henry Thomas in the center of Thomas Circle in Washington DC.

Photographed: August 17, 2006

The water in the fountains at the United States Navy Memorial appears blue due to the presence of algae-fighting chemicals.

Photographed: August 17, 2006

Notes: For more information on the whole thing, see Princess Sparkle Pony's Photo Blog.

Snow still covers portions of the topmost deck of the North Garage at the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metro station a day after a January 19 snowfall blanketed the area.

Photographed: January 20, 2005

Notes: This is the final photo that I shot as part of the Counter-Inaugural photo set.

Signs hang from the fronts of buildings in the Corner District in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Photographed: July 2, 2006

A motorcycle is parked along the side of University Avenue in the Corner District of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Photographed: July 2, 2006

Notes: The blue lights on the motorcycle are highly illegal, as it turns out. In fact, when I came by, the Charlottesville Police were speaking with the owner of this motorcycle and a second motorcycle with similar lighting in red. I said, "I didn't think those lights were legal!" and the police officer said, "They're not. That's why we're here." So there you go.

A manhole cover carries the logo for the Washington Metro in its center.

Photographed: March 15, 2006

Bicycles sit in a rack under a light dusting of snow at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Photographed: February 6, 2003

Notes: The building shown here is Potomac Hall at James Madison University. This photo was chosen for an August date in an attempt to "think cool" during a heat wave that the area where I was living was experiencing at the time.

A picnic bench is illuminated by security lighting in Mill Mountain Park in Roanoke, Virginia.

Photographed: March 14, 2003

A black bloc demonstrator waves a flag over 14th Street NW in Washington DC during an anti-war demonstration.

Photographed: April 12, 2003

Notes: This photo originally ran with the A Protest Against the War Photography set.

Participants in a Code Pink demonstration give the peace sign on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House.

Photographed: July 4, 2006

Various boxes and bags surround a trash can along University Avenue in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Photographed: July 2, 2006

Sidewalk in front of 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington DC.

Photographed: March 28, 2006

The west front of the United States Capitol glows in the afternoon sun.

Photographed: February 15, 2006

Thirteen-tier Italian Renaissance-style fountain at Malcolm X Park in Washington DC.

Photographed: July 6, 2005

Notes: More photos from this particular day as well as a second trip to Malcolm X Park can be found in the Malcolm X Park Photography set. This is also the first photo feature to run with a horizontal image, made possible by a Main Page redesign capable of accommodating both a horizontal photo and a vertical photo. The previous Main Page only had the space to handle vertical photos.

Sign for Bodo's Bagels in the Corner District in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Photographed: July 2, 2006

Foamhenge, a full-scale replica of Stonehenge, atop a hill in Natural Bridge, Virginia.

Photographed: July 1, 2006

A Washington Metro train departs Franconia-Springfield station at night.

Photographed: June 28, 2006

Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk on Connecticut Avenue in Washington DC near Dupont Circle.

Photographed: June 20, 2006

A man repairs the sign for Graffiti Audio-Video on Connecticut Avenue NW near Dupont Circle in Washington DC.

Photographed: June 20, 2006

Row houses line the east side of 8th Street NW in Washington DC's Shaw neighborhood.

Photographed: March 28, 2006

Notes: The original caption that ran on the main page with this photo erroneously identified the street as O Street NW. The displayed caption has been corrected to properly identify the street as 8th Street NW.

A person dressed to resemble Vice President Dick Cheney poses for the camera during a "No Armageddon For Bush" rally in front of the White House.

Photographed: June 6, 2006

Signs indicate where to find Interstate 70 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Breezewood, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: May 2, 2006

An ANSWER Coalition poster is taped to a tree in Malcolm X Park in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 20, 2006

The Harry Flood Byrd Memorial Bridge carries the Blue Ridge Parkway over the James River.

Photographed: April 18, 2006

A sign marks the entrance to the Pennsylvania Turnpike's interchange at Breezewood.

Photographed: May 2, 2006

Pedestrians cross the street in front of the Verizon Center in Washington DC.

Photographed: May 20, 2006

A "Huntsville Festival of Fine Arts" sign hangs from a lamppost in downtown Waynesboro, Virginia during the filming of the movie Evan Almighty.

Photographed: April 27, 2006

Signs tower high over US 30 in Breezewood, Pennsylvania.

Photographed: May 2, 2006

A woman holds up a sign during the Mobilization for Global Justice's feeder march demonstrating against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Photographed: September 24, 2005

Notes: This photo feature was not intended to remain as the feature for over two weeks, but it remained due to server problems which prevented me from updating the site.

A blanket of fog hides the Shenandoah Valley from view, as seen from House Mountain Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Photographed: April 18, 2006

A man ascends the escalator at the Foggy Bottom-GWU station in Washington DC.

Photographed: March 28, 2006

Notes: This photo was originally taken in black and white, and was tinted blue.

A tree shines under the glow of security lighting at McIntire Park in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Photographed: December 29, 2002

Notes: This photo was tinted from its original orange (due to lighting).

The moon is visible in the sky beyond a rock cliff along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Waynesboro.

Photographed: March 10, 2006

Former Reynolds Tobacco building in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia.

Photographed: March 10, 2003

A man stands in a tree in Washington DC's Dupont Circle in order to get a photograph of a demonstration that is underway.

Photographed: September 24, 2005

Notes: More photos like this can be seen in the September 24 Protests photo set in Life and Times.

Benches line the edge of the walkway around Washington Circle near George Washington University in Washington DC.

Photographed: March 28, 2006

Lifeguard stand at Virginia Beach.

Photographed: August 24, 2005

Notes: More photos like this can be found in the Virginia Beach 2005 photo set in Life and Times.

The Schumin Web celebrates ten years on the Internet on March 23, 2006.

Photographed: March 23, 2006

Notes: The designs of The Schumin Web shown here, starting in the upper left corner and going across and down, are a late version of the main page of the 2000 design, the Writings page from 2002, the original March 23, 1996 design, the April Fools 2002 main page (2001 design), a late version of the 2000 main page, the 2003 Online Store main page, an early version of the 2000 main page, and an excerpt from the Journal in the 2004 design.

A branch covered with thorns casts a shadow on a large rock.

Photographed: March 10, 2006

The sun shines behind a cliff along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Waynesboro.

Photographed: March 10, 2006

The center of the Roanoke Star on Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia.

Photographed: November 30, 2005