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Into the Depths

15 Thursday Dec 2011

Posted by Crystal in Photography, Travel

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luray, luray caverns, Photography, Travel, virginia

I’m a slacker. In August, I visited Luray Caverns. I’m told I’ve been there before, but I have no memory of it.

Now, I shall always remember my visit and will always be able to look at hundreds of blurry cave pictures. ;-) I really need to start carrying my monopod.

Here’s a snippet of the nicer and mostly in focus shots:





Wishing Well


The last is the maze at Luray Caverns.

Here’s the atmospheric cell phone shot:
luray mazeMuch creepier that way.

There are just a couple more shots on my flickr.

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National Snaps

06 Tuesday Dec 2011

Posted by Crystal in Photography, Travel

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alexandria, Photography, Travel, virginia, washington dc

Whirlwind tour of DC this weekend with a photography seminar in the middle. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the weekend. ;-)
Not gonna lie, I think that one ↑ is my favorite. (It’s better bigger!)

into the Night


Things I learned:
– Drive to the Zoo. The Parking lots are much more convenient than the Metro.
– I feel very strongly that a history museum should feel old, not modern. It makes me sad.
– The International Spy Museum is kinda awesome. Highly recommend. Content is interesting, presentation and branding stellar. I didn’t even mind that I couldn’t take pictures. That’s how awesome it is.
Pretty sure I had other thoughts I was going to post, but now I can’t think of them.

To see more photos from the trip, click here. There are a bunch.

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‘Twas a Ruinous Day

02 Sunday Oct 2011

Posted by Crystal in Photography

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gloucester, Photography, plantation, rosewell, ruins, Travel, virginia

Yesterday I conned my parents into using their gas and money for a photo trip I wanted to make—also known as family time. ;-) Which, really, is what I do with my parents. We drive somewhere I want to go, my dad and I take pictures, and then we go eat somewhere my mom likes.

Most recent destination: Rosewell. In Gloucester. Never heard of it? I hadn’t until a few short months ago either. Another random internet search gem. (Castle, anyone?)

All I knew about it before this weekend I learned on the official website: http://www.rosewell.org/.

I honestly didn’t read most of the information I could have at the site, so I really don’t know too much more about it, but it was pretty sweet. Apparently it was a pretty spectacular place for parties in the 1700s. Take a boat up the river, hop in a carriage and pass through the cedar-lined driveway, and party all weekend. Something like that anyway…until it burned in a fire. Sad times.

I do have ideas of future adventures that need to happen there, so I viewed this more as a scouting mission than anything else.
Rosewell

Rosewell

Rosewell

the end of a perfect day...

To see details and more photos from yesterday,  click here.

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