RSSPhoto Feature Archives

The Photo Feature was launched on the main page on March 12, 2005 as part of a main page redesign, replacing the quote article.  Images run on the main page with a description as well as the date that they were photographed.  They are run at 350×467 resolution at that location if vertical, and at 600×450 if horizontal.

On this page, images are presented thumbnail-size.  Click the thumbnail image to see the full-size image, which is presented at full resolution, and is available for download.

Comments are closed.



Sign and marquee for the Old Greenbelt Theatre in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Featured: January 10, 2019

Photographed: January 8, 2019


Alarm switch at White's Ferry in Poolesville, Maryland.

Featured: December 23, 2018

Photographed: July 18, 2018


Handwritten message reading "I'm Hungry For You" on the Community Chalkboard in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Featured: December 8, 2018

Photographed: September 3, 2014


Lamp on a dresser.

Featured: November 28, 2018

Photographed: July 13, 2014

Notes: This is the shell lamp that originated with my 2014 trip to the Outer Banks, shortly after I completed it. I thought about this lamp today as I bought a filler for a fourth lamp of the same design to place in the living room on a recently-completed end table.


Cranberry sauce from a can.

Featured: November 20, 2018

Photographed: November 26, 2015

Notes: This photo is from the "Cranberry sauce. From a can." Journal entry. Happy Thanksgiving!


A sea gull flies past a building in Ocean City, Maryland.

Featured: November 9, 2018

Photographed: October 17, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal.


Vintage wooden railroad crossbuck on Cedar Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Featured: November 2, 2018

Photographed: October 14, 2018


Fire alarm pull station at an office building in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Featured: October 26, 2018

Photographed: October 8, 2018

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A visit to Morgantown…" in the Journal.


Sign assembly at an intersection in Marathon, New York.

Featured: October 17, 2018

Photographed: October 13, 2018


Weenie Beenie, a local fast food restaurant in Arlington, Virginia.

Featured: October 9, 2018

Photographed: October 1, 2018


Foam treatment at a car wash in Winchester, Virginia.

Featured: September 29, 2018

Photographed: July 18, 2018


Flame from a gas stove.

Featured: September 18, 2018

Photographed: April 4, 2014


A sea gull flies over Hatteras Inlet in Hyde County, North Carolina.

Featured: September 8, 2018

Photographed: May 31, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this outing, see "Outer Banks 2017" in Life and Times.


Traffic signal on 7th Street SW in Washington DC, at the intersection with a large pedestrian path on the National Mall.

Featured: September 1, 2018

Photographed: May 2, 2018


Coins in a jar filled with water at a store in Richmond, Virginia.

Featured: August 25, 2018

Photographed: June 1, 2017

Notes: This photo is part of the "Outer Banks 2017" photo set in Life and Times.


Mountaintop sign for WTBO, a radio station in Cumberland, Maryland.

Featured: August 12, 2018

Photographed: April 2, 2013

Notes: This was the product of my playing with a few filters in the process of preparing this photo for display.


A woman smiles on the National Mall in Washington DC.

Featured: August 1, 2018

Photographed: May 2, 2018


The Gen. Jubal A. Early carries six cars across the Potomac River, operating the White's Ferry service between Dickerson, Maryland and Leesburg, Virginia.

Featured: July 21, 2018

Photographed: July 18, 2018


Gentex fire alarm horn at the Goodwill store in Charles Town, West Virginia.

Featured: July 13, 2018

Photographed: January 25, 2018


Headstone for the Reb family plot at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Centralia, Pennsylvania.

Featured: July 7, 2018

Photographed: May 17, 2018

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A walk down an abandoned road…" in the Journal.


A woman wears face paint that reads "FUNK WAR" at the Funk the War 9 demonstration.

Featured: June 29, 2018

Photographed: March 19, 2010

Notes: For more photos from this event, see "Funk the Weekend" in Life and Times.


Scooter parked on a sidewalk along Independence Avenue SW, awaiting rental as part of a dockless bike sharing system.

Featured: June 23, 2018

Photographed: May 2, 2018


A sea gull wanders the beach in Ocean City, Maryland.

Featured: June 9, 2018

Photographed: October 17, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal.


The Roanoke Star, lit in white.

Featured: June 3, 2018

Photographed: May 31, 2018


Vintage railroad crossbuck near the intersection of Fort Ritchie and Skunk Hollow Roads in Sabillasville, Maryland.

Featured: May 27, 2018

Photographed: May 24, 2018


Discarded can of spray paint on the Graffiti Highway, an abandoned section of Route 61 in Centralia, Pennsylvania.

Featured: May 18, 2018

Photographed: May 17, 2018

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A walk down an abandoned road…" in the Journal.


A SEPTA Broad Street Line train dwells at Fern Rock Transportation Center in Philadelphia.

Featured: May 11, 2018

Photographed: April 16, 2018


Parking citation on a car on 7th Street SW in Washington, DC.

Featured: May 4, 2018

Photographed: May 2, 2018


Apple blossoms on a tree at the train station in Laurel, Maryland.

Featured: April 25, 2018

Photographed: April 14, 2018


A bottle of iced tea on a railing at the south end of the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland.

Featured: April 15, 2018

Photographed: October 17, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal.


A Honda HR-V in Montgomery Village, Maryland is covered in snow following a late-season winter storm.

Featured: March 30, 2018

Photographed: March 21, 2018


Flowers grow up through the bumper of a retired fire truck in Middletown, Maryland.

Featured: March 16, 2018

Photographed: October 14, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Buses, fire trucks, ambulances, trains, and… moo cows?" in the Journal.


Interior of a closing Kmart store in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Featured: March 8, 2018

Photographed: January 25, 2018


2012 Kia Soul, parked outside of a store in Wheaton, Maryland.

Featured: February 24, 2018

Photographed: January 16, 2014

Notes: This photo feature is run in memory of my 2012 Kia Soul, which was destroyed in a fire on February 7, 2018.


Washington Metro railcar 4020, in use as a simulator for first responder training following its retirement from passenger service, at the Montgomery County Public Safety Training Academy in Montgomery Village, Maryland.

Featured: February 16, 2018

Photographed: October 14, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Buses, fire trucks, ambulances, trains, and… moo cows?" in the Journal.


Interior of a former RadioShack store in College Park, Maryland.

Featured: February 1, 2018

Photographed: December 7, 2017


Disused kiosk for the former Tourmobile bus service, on the National Mall in Washington DC.

Featured: January 26, 2018

Photographed: July 22, 2014


Fire alarm notification appliance with broken strobe at Monmouth Mall in Eatontown, New Jersey.

Featured: January 19, 2018

Photographed: May 23, 2017


Metrobus 4205, a 1997 Orion V, at Prince George's Plaza station in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Featured: January 11, 2018

Photographed: November 21, 2015


Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters building, on East Erie Street in Chicago, Illinois.

Featured: January 2, 2018

Photographed: July 29, 2013

Notes: For more photos from this trip, see "Chicago 2013..." in the Journal.


An empty apartment in Aspen Hill, Maryland.

Featured: December 25, 2017

Photographed: November 16, 2017

Notes: This marks the last week that I have my old apartment in Aspen Hill. I turn in the keys on December 31, 2017.


Rusted lock attached to a fishing pier in Ocean City, Maryland.

Featured: December 18, 2017

Photographed: October 17, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal.


The M/V Hatterras, a River-class ferry on the Hatteras-Ocracoke route.

Featured: December 10, 2017

Photographed: May 31, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Outer Banks 2017" in Life and Times.


Edge Hill Cemetery in Charles Town, West Virginia, in the early evening.

Featured: November 26, 2017

Photographed: July 19, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "A lovely little road trip to West Virginia and back…" in the Journal.


Fire alarm bell on the exterior of an office building in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Featured: November 19, 2017

Photographed: October 12, 2017


Downtown Baltimore, Maryland as viewed from across the Inner Harbor in the early morning.

Featured: November 12, 2017

Photographed: October 11, 2017


Mooring dolphin with an osprey nest on top of it in the Potomac River at Piney Point, Maryland.

Featured: November 7, 2017

Photographed: October 15, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Intentionally Overexposed" in the Journal.


Sea gull in flight, Ocean City, Maryland.

Featured: October 29, 2017

Photographed: October 17, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "No tire problems this time around…" in the Journal.


Retired fire truck from the Plymouth Fire Company in Pennsylvania, on the grounds of a farm in Middletown, Maryland.

Featured: October 20, 2017

Photographed: October 14, 2017

Notes: For more photos from this day, see "Buses, fire trucks, ambulances, trains, and… moo cows?" in the Journal.


Rows of bottled sodas for sale at the North Market Pop Shop in Frederick, Maryland.

Featured: October 14, 2017

Photographed: Juny 19, 2017