Mr. Perry Grant, #1 of 100

I saw that my friend Mary was working on a 100 Strangers project that looked kind of cool. The concept is for photographers to find 100 strangers to befriend and shoot street portraits. It's a good chance to meet interesting people and improve your photography.

My first outing was at the National Mall on Earth Day. I found 12 strangers, from which I needed to pick one for my first post. I settled on Perry Grant, who was sitting on a bench that bordered the Mall. We had a pretty short conversation about nothing special, but it seemed he appreciated my stopping by. It was one of my more satisfying meetings of the day, so I chose him as my first stranger.

National Arboretum

Our Shutterbug Excursions group spent an early Springtime morning in the National Arboretum. Apparently peak season was delayed by about 10 days, but the flowers still blossomed for us.

Ellicott City

A number of my Shutterbug Excursions members keep mentioning that historic Ellicott City, MD, is a great place to take pictures. We haven't gotten around to scheduling a trip, but I did want to see what all the hype was about.

I enjoy quaint little towns like EC. There was a literal Main Street, complete with shops, cafe's, and an old style train station. And of course, the obscure photograph or two.