I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine

Category: City Photography

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Red Door on Blue on M Street

    Every time I shoot photos in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington D.C., at some point I become transfixed on this building on M Street.

  • Camera Shy Squirrel in Boulder, Colorado

    I photographed this squirrel in a park in Boulder, Colorado during a family visit a few years ago.

  • Reflection in St. Louis with an iPhone

    I shot this photo during a business trip to St. Louis a few years ago. As is my usual practice during such journeys, I rose early and took a walking tour of the surrounding area with my Nikon and iPhone in tow, for me, a great way to start the day.

  • Cool Thoughts on a Very Warm Day

    This weekend the Washington D.C. Area, along with most of the East Coast of the United States experienced its first official heat wave of the summer. So, in the spirit of getting everyone to think cool thoughts, I pulled this photo out of my oldies vault. I took it during the infamous “Snowmageddon” of February…

  • Daily Prompt: Mirror, Mirror : Gadsby’s Tavern, Alexandria, Virginia

    I made this photograph last month while on assignment in Alexandria, Va. The Alexandria City Hall is seen reflected in a window of historic Gadsby’s Tavern. 

  • Early Morning on the National Mall

    Washington has some great vantage points. One of the best is probably the view from the top step of the Lincoln Memorial. I took this photo after photographing the cherry blossoms earlier this year. It was an early day for me. Left home about 5 AM so I would be at the Jefferson Memorial by…

  • Daily Prompt Travel: Oh Say Can you See…

    I shot this photo at the Port of Baltimore (MD) during my first visit to Fort McHenry, a historical site which is the birthplace of the United States national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner.”