The National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. features paintings of our nation’s founding fathers, including this really tall, skinny guy–no, not me–who went by Abraham Lincoln. Ironcially, Alicia, her mom Nancy, and myself visited the galleries (plus the International Spy Museum) on a beautiful Father’s Day, June 15th, 2008.

The quote above Lincoln says:

“The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”

To my Dad: Happy Father’s Day. I love you.

EXIF: Canon 20D, 50mm f/1.8 lens; Wall: 1/400 sec at f/8.0, ISO 200, no flash; Lincoln: 1/20 sec at f/4.0, ISO 1600, no flash.

John L. and Kevin M. individually take in the moment while at the Irish Isle in Middletown, VA on May 10th, 2008. This is following a day of consumption knowledge at the nearby Belle Grove Plantation Ale & History Festival (read: beerfest).

Since the EXIF data was stripped I can tell you it was shot with my Canon PowerShot SD700 IS and both were shot around 1/10 sec at f/2.8 without a flash.

Jordie, one of our neighborhood dogs, enjoys company while in the backyard of his Stephens City, Virginia home on May 3rd, 2008.

Our dog, Jack Bauer, goes out for a walk around Stephens City, Virginia and loves it. March 23, 2008.

Our dog, Jack Bauer, goes out for a walk around Stephens City, Virginia and loves it. March 23, 2008.

Beautiful old metal work above the door of a vacant building in downtown Phoenix, Arizona on January 20, 2007. That was a cold day for a photowalk, so we warmed up afterwards with several pints at a nearby Irish pub.

The Phoenix Suns battle the Houston Rockets at United Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona on February 12, 2007.

I tried to miniaturize the game with a fake tilt-shift technique in Photoshop.