Upcoming: Florida, no pain

Hi folks.  I know it's been slow around here lately.  After my drive back from Norfolk last week, my tooth that had been bothering me a bit took a serious turn for the worst, dragging me down root canal lane.  Things aren't exactly fixed over here, but I did see a professional and I'm actually not in pain.  If you have ever had a toothache, you know that it is damn near impossible to do anything until the pain goes away.  That includes photography. But, happily, that pain is now gone and my shutter finger is itching bad!  Thankfully, I'm getting on a plane tonight to go see my parents in Florida and then sit through four days of meetings.  Over the next few days you should see: my parents, the ocean, possibly a band, Norman Love chocolates and whatever else dopey old Florida has to offer. In the meantime, here's what I'll look like tonight.  George took these, at my request, when we went down to Orlando to visit with my aunt for Thanksgiving.  There was this awesome big shaft of light coming in through a window in the ceiling.  We couldn't get the pose/positioning right, but I still think it's kinda neat.  Wish me happy travels and I'll populate this blog with lots of new content soon!

DCist Exposed photography show

Dear friends and readers, it's that time of year again to make a decision on what to submit to the DCist Exposed photography show.  I've submitted for the last two years and am ashamed to admit that I've put a lot of energy into hoping to be picked and then not being picked.  This is my year! I've chosen the following three images, but are they my best from the year?  Each submission is allowed three photographs.  Would you choose these three or some of the others that follow? Please let me know what you think in the comments!  If you choose a photograph (aside from one of my first three) selected for the show, I'll do something awesome for you, promise. My selections, which can change: I'm also considering: Inserted by request from the very talented (and hard to beat Aziz): Ack!  Good thing I just went with my gut first, otherwise I'd still be sitting here mulling these over like crazy.  If you have any opinions, please please share.  It is always difficult for me to decide which of my photos are best - I become attached to certain images and can't seem to let them go, even if everyone is telling me there is better stuff in my portfolio.  Also, each of these images has been blogged by either DCist itself (in most cases) or one of the other local blogs, except for the very last image from the Chinese new year parade.  The photo of the storm received, by far, the most attention, even being featured on the Capital Weather Gang blog - but I am not sure to attribute this to the newsworthiness of the image or its quality. Thank you so much for helping me!