Having lived here for 3 years when I came back for a friend's wedding I wanted to try to see it with different eyes. Rather than taking the obligatory: take a picture of the the national monument, turn 180 degrees, take a picture of the capitol building, repeat at other locations. I wanted to capture other parts of DC. The parts you don't see on post cards. It's only been a year since we moved from DC to Portland and in that time I feel like I've matured as a photographer. I have the exact same camera I did but my eye and understanding of photography has changed. I've read everything I could get my hands on, listened to countless photography podcasts, and (most importantly) I have taken thousands more images. I also wanted to have fun while on my walk around so any time I saw someone taking a picture of someone in their party I offered to take the picture for them with everyone in the shot. I talked to a lot of nice people including a couple from Russia, a family from North Carolina, and a family from Italy.






In all I had a really fun day and was able to capture some unique perspectives of a city I used to live in. After walking around in the heat all day I ended it with my buddy at the driving range.

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