The Duelists

The Duelists Originally uploaded by John C Abell.

Proud Papa

Proud Papa Originally uploaded by John C Abell.

Final Look

Final Look Originally uploaded by John C Abell.

Cheap Labor of Love

Photo by Samer Farha

Sorry to make this sound like a Jeopardy answer (I'll take "This and That" for $400, Alex: "What capitalists want -- and artists do") but when the honorees at a gala reception are pressed into service to cover the event -- well, that's the sort of blurring of journalistic lines to save a couple of bucks that peepsNet actually approves of, come to think of it.

Samer's pic helps illustrate the DCIst report on the DCIst 2008 Exposed reception last Friday. It's a lovely, evocative snap which, like any work of fine art tells an important story: you can get a lot closer to pretty women you don't know with a camera than without one.

Anyway, word is that there was an overflow crowd on opening night, with the queue running down the stairs and down the block -- in the rain. So if you didn't get in (or brought your camera and met someone on line while waiting to get in and hit it off a little and decided to bag it to get some coffee somewhere dry and then maybe take some portraits back at your place) remember that the show goes on through Saturday, March 15.

Photo by sduffy

Recreating the Moment

Recreating the Moment Originally uploaded by Samer Farha.

Samer's DCIst opening reception looked like a blast -- sorry we missed it, but peepsNet had famNet obligations.

Show goes through March 15, so there is plenty of time. I'm getting a personal tour by the artist next week, which was my secret agenda. We do find that being in closed quarters with the rabble that shows up for gallery openings to be a bore. We don't wait on lines, either. Just so you know.

The entire collection is here -- though oddly enough, there are no shots of the boy wonder.

About Tonight and the Segway Sharks

Segway Sharks Originally uploaded by Samer Farha.

Amazing. I used that line in an entirely different context with Nancy just tonight ...

Anyway -- getting a picture published every day or so on DCist isn't uncommon anymore for the boy wonder -- oh no.

Perhaps Samer has become distraught with the deafening inattention peepsNet has given him, what with all those snaps that get picked up by the hip DC site making the phenomenon of his pictures getting picked up by the hip DC site decidedly un-newsworthy, by definition.

So he's kicked it up a notch. Here is the official tweet, timing in at 2014 ET:

A twofer on DCist, today: Photo of the Day (http://xrl.us/bbjkd) and About Tonight (http://xrl.us/bbjkh).

One's at the top, the other at the bottom.

Props to DCist writer Heather Gross for making the perfect "Land Shark" reference that nobody under the age of maybe 50 will get.

Cool Cocktail
Originally uploaded by Samer Farha

Fare Card, Dave?

How May We Help You? Originally uploaded by Samer Farha.

More DCist love for Samer.

When we saw this, we were immediately struck by how this image evoked HAL 9000 from "2001: A Space Odyssey," even down to the colors and brightness. Amazing. But we were not alone -- a previous commenter on this picture at flickr made the same observation, first.

This is a great example of how the eye and brain of a true photographer work. Here is something that tens of thousands of people see every day, but this capture seems unique -- special.

On the other hand, maybe nobody has taken this before because there is never nobody in the shot. There is always some poor soul struggling to get one of these machines to do what it is told, fighting to prevail.

Hmmm ... perhaps they are HAL.

A view of HAL 9000's Brain Room in the Discovery.

DCist: Morning Roundup: Animal Criminality Edition

OK -- basically we're just going to start phoning these in.

Samer blah blah blah DCist blah blah blah Morning Roundup blach blah blah featured photo.

DCist: The Weekly Feed: You're at Happy Hour Already Edition

More DCist love for Samer via The Weekly Feed: You're at Happy Hour Already Edition.

Is Samer getting any $$$ for these marvelous captures? Maybe he should be selling them. peepsNet just might suggest it and ask for a cut.

9 Reasons

9 Reasons Originally uploaded by Samer Farha.

More DCist love for Samer.

Of course, peepsNet will publish anything having to do with RFD.

Arlington Fly Over

Arlington Fly Over Originally uploaded by Samer Farha.

Another DCist capture for Samer

"I'm sitting here catching up on some blogs and getting ready for work when this high pitched scream of airplane engines rattles my place. Instinctively, I knew it was either a B-52 or a few fighter jets, and I ran to grab my camera.

They were probably doing a fly over at Arlington National Cemetery, which is a mere 1.5 miles away. Sadly, it's a pretty regular occurrence, though normally it happens around 10a or later, when I'm not home."

Blue Glow

Blue Glow Originally uploaded by Samer Farha

Another DCist credit for Samer.

Maybe he should be selling these? Blogging about his photographic experiences? Huh?

Amber Waves

Amber Waves, originally uploaded by Samer Farha

Samer again gets some DCist Picture of the Day love with this shot of a cool ale -- not too cool, peepsNet hopes.

He deserves recognition just for pausing long enough to take a picture of this thing of beauty, a mere millimeters away.

Round Corner

Round Corner Originally uploaded by Samer Farha.

Another DCist credit for Samer