90ish days of summer
SILVER SPRING, Md. — I’ve been here since Saturday afternoon, but last night was the first time Jeff and I stepped out and took a gander around the area. Downtown Silver Spring is right down the street from Jeff’s house, so naturally that was the first place he took me on a tour.
One thing I’ve noticed: Maryland is very, very green.
On the way from Jeff's house to downtown Silver Spring, Md. Very little editing was done to this photo - that's how green it is! It just screams "verdant"!
A puppy must have hit up some paint before hitting up the sidewalk in Jeff's neighborhood. Jeff said these weren't here last time he was home (winter break).
Having lived in a Houston suburb for most of my life, I am always amazed when places like movie theatres, chain restaurants, down-home restaurants, big bookstores and other such amenities are within walking distance of a residential area. My apartment in Columbia, Mo., is about three blocks from downtown — and now Jeff’s house is about five blocks from downtown.
An elderly couple pauses to read the movie posters outside the AFI Silver movie theatre in downtown Silver Spring, Md.
We covered about four miles in our evening walk, and even made a brief foray into Washington, D.C., so we could take this photo:
Today, we will probably hit up D.C. itself and some of the museums, etc. I want to get the tourist spirit out of me before I start interning at washingtonpost.com next Tuesday.
In the meantime, though, more “90ish days of summer” photos can and will be found HERE.
Words and Light 
I love the shot of the elderly couple. The colors of the night scene are amazing and the people in the shot look very natural. What ISO level did you use for this photograph?
I noticed that most people are cool with street shots, even if you get them at very close range as long as you do not seem threatening or conspicuous. Keep smiling and nodding at them in approval, keep looking around and behave like it is the most natural thing in the world and strangers won’t even notice you. You can completely blend in.
My street photography
It was ISO 1000 — and I don’t think they even noticed I was taking a photo! That’s my favorite one of the photos I took last night. I’ll definitely try some more street photography this summer and probably today too.
If you’ve got a bike, downtown Silver Spring is a nice jaunt down the Capital Crescent Trail from Arlington. (Read: if you don’t have a bike, get one!)