I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine

Category: buildings

  • Weekly Photo Challenge : From Lines to Patterns Spruce Village

    I was drawn to buildings in Grantsville, MD., thanks to the abundance of lines and patterns. Please below for additional photo and more text.

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual Point of View -Netherlands Carillon, Virginia

    I think one of the most fun creative challenges of being a photographer in Washington D.C. is trying to find a fresh angle or an unusual point of view when shooting the iconic landmarks that dot the city. The photo above I shot at the Netherlands Carillon was approached in that spirit. (Please see second…

  • Wordless Wednesday: The Jackson Building, Asheville, N.C.

    To read the interesting history of the Jackson Building,

  • When Panoramas Rule

    I try to be prudent when it comes to employing special effects or using exotic wide angle lenses. They are fun and accomplish some cool results. When used too often though, they become cliche and sometimes can even defeat the original purpose of using the effect or lens which would be to make the photo…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways in Fredericksburg, Va.

    I had the pleasure of taking guide photos in Fredericksburg, Va., recently. When I am photographing a city, town, or neighborhood I do a lot of walking, miles of walking in fact, so I can see every conceivable view and angle of the area’s notable features. I may shoot wide and tight, low and high…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge : Foreshadow Warming Up at PNC Park

    PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is one of the best stadiums to watch a baseball game in. Last summer I finally got to a game at PNC and had a blast. We got to the park early so we would have some time to explore.  Seeing the manner in which the Pittsburgh skyline…

  • Sunrise on the Charles in Boston

    I think Boston is one of the prettiest big cities in the United States. I have been fortunate over my life to have a lot of reasons and need to travel there for family and business. I have probably spent more time Boston than any other city in the country (of course excluding the D.C.…

  • Right on Target

    There are several approaches one can take when photographing architecture. One would be literal, where you include the entire front of the building in your frame to show people what the structure looks like. Yesterday I took second route to illustrate the theme of a Target store in suburban Fairfax County, Virginia.

  • Horse and Barn in Accident, MD

    This photo was taken in Accident, Maryland, a small town in Western Maryland on the way to Deep Creek Lake. This is the same place an earlier post image was taken on framing horses. Please check out second version of this photo below.

  • Jefferson Memorial by Dawn’s Early Light

    Earlier this year I decided it was finally time to photograph the cherry blossoms at the Jefferson Memorial at sunrise. Despite living in the D.C. Area for most of my life, I had never make the early morning trek to the Tidal Basin. When you live in a place like Washington, full of so many…