Flickr user yospyn shared this delightful meta-photo of a shoot with fellow photog graemeking at his "outdoor studio," which just so happens to be located in a Dupont Circle alleyway. It's a fun, playful homage to the photographer's craft, dedication, and ability to operate under less-than-ideal circumstances.......

We like the simple and circular composition of this tire shot by Flickr user volcanojw. Notice how the reflection of a car, complete with bike rack, is centered and clear in the shiny hub cap. EXIF.......

Joining the ranks of resurrected Boston institutions such as the Red Sox, the Celtics and The Pixies, the newly reunited New Kids on the Block stopped by the Verizon Center last night on their tour promoting their reunion disc, The Block, which actually reached #2 on the Billboard album chart. Yes, Donnie, Danny, Joey, Jonathan and Jordan are quite a bit older than their mid-1980s heyday and their dance moves are a bit more robotic......

Flickr user sintixerr had some fun with an old film strip viewer, passing the time taking pictures of old pictures.  While Lady on Beach and Art is Dead are also impressive, this scene in this capture is my favorite due to the rock star image (with requisite swirly long-exposure Medusa hairs), along the color bouncing off of the spooled negatives.  EXIF.......

It's hard to believe it's been over ten years since Stereolab released Dots and Loops, and 18 years since the UK-based lounge/post-rock outfit first formed. Through numerous line-up changes and the untimely death of one its former members, the songwriting team at the head of the band, Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, has remained, and the group showed the large crowd gathered at the 9:30 Club on Tuesday that they still know how to command......

HDR is a tricky beast. One glance through Flickr shows how truly abused a technique it can be, but we appreciate this effort done by Cycle the Ghost Round. The dynamic exposures really bring out the subtle night colors from the lights under the Whitehurst Freeway and the glow coming from the overcast sky. EXIF.......

The Washington City Paper's yearly Crafty Bastards event looked to be a big success on Sunday, with the entire recreation area in front of the Marie Reed Center in Adams Morgan packed with craft peddlers, buyers and lookie-loos. Many of our photographers were also there to catch the action. Did you buy anything awesome?......

Today's trippy PotD comes from Flickr user soleil1016. The contrasting black and white videos make my head want to explode and do what the woman in the photo is doing: give Ms. Digital a big giant hug! Awesome lines and framing make this an eye grabbing shot.......

A little rain didn't keep enthusiastic readers from coming out to the 8th annual National Book Festival over the weekend. Our photographer captured a few portraits of some of the festival's biggest names. Did you go?......

philliefan99 caught a skateboarder mid-flight at Sunday's Crafty Bastards arts and crafts fair in Adams Morgan. The striking black and white further intensifies the focus on the skater's face, as he, for a moment, spreads his arms to glide above the pavement. EXIF.......

We were captivated by this long exposure of the Pentagon City Metro station in motion by Flickr user M.V. Jantzen - the kaleidoscopic effect is probably as close to a light explosion as you'll see in the cavernous undergrounds of the Metro. EXIF.......

Flickr user soleil1016 took this photo of the old Waffle Shop on 10th Street NW, giving it an appropriate classic or historical look, since it's been shut down for awhile now. We especially like the bright building reflections in the windows. EXIF.......

Written by DCist contributor Spencer Ackerman Courtney Taylor-Taylor promised he wouldn't talk about politics. As it turned out, he kept about 75 percent of his word. "Do we want an intellectual," asked the Dandy Warhols frontman last night, "or do we want someone who appeals to dumb?" The band let the question hang before opening its 9:30 Club set with "Mohammed," a drony number from its breakthrough album, 2000's Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia. Longtime......

Today's POTD features a sweet pair of Adidas Gil Zeros in the Redskins colors/Chocolate City style, from Flickr user dharmabumx. With the Cardinals defeat in the rear view mirror, the 'Skins are gearing up for the clash with longtime arch enemies the Dallas Cowboys this Sunday at 4:15 p.m.......

While we're a fan of rustic buildings as much as anyone, it seems strange that the D.C. Superior Court would boast the type of wear and tear that you'd usually see on a woodshed, battered through years of inclement weather. Sure, it's got plenty of character - but Flickr user polytropos provides the photographic evidence that it might be time for the city government to invest in a bucket of paint or two.......

Flickr user murkiv shares this photo of a violin resting in its case at Eastern Market. The shot is a great reminder that with a small change in perspective, everyday objects can become quite remarkable. EXIF.......

We wish Flickr user Sanjay Suchak had added this great image of the U.S. Army band conductor taking a bow to the pool a little earlier than this week. He took this back in June during one of the many performances military bands have on the Capitol steps during the summer. Concerts by every branch go on almost every day from June through August....which means we just missed the last of them. Is it......

Written and photographed by Martin Locraft. If you've never heard of Xavier Rudd, do yourself a favor -- or humor me, at least -- and listen to a few of his tracks. Now do yourself another favor: close your eyes and think about how most of what you hear is being played by one man. Then, to take this one step further, imagine standing in a warehouse-like space, feeling the bass of the didgeridoo as......

Flickr user Warren Wallace took this great shot of all the development in Southeast. The twilight sky and glow from the streetlamps give the scene an almost historical feel, as if we'll be seeing this in chronicles of D.C. development. EXIF.......

Looks like quite a few of you went down to cheer on competitors in this past weekend's 3rd annual Nation's Triathlon. William Schultz, 39, took first place in the challenging 1.5K swim in the Potomac River, 40K bike route and 10K run through downtown D.C., with a time of 2:01:50. Megan Knepper was the first woman to cross the finish line, at 2:17:37. And the District of Columbia's most famous participant, Mayor Adrian Fenty, took......

A big group of Flickr contributors went out to capture images of last night's Harvest moon. It was difficult to choose just one, but today's POTD from Flickr user erin_m is a striking example, with the bright sphere hovering over the Capitol building. I see the moon behind the shadow of the cloud, ready to pounce. We'll see if we can't post some more Harvest moon shots later on.......

Thousands of people braved the brutal heat this past weekend to check out two of our local annual festivals: Arts on Foot and the Adams Morgan Day Festival. As reward for sweating it out, they got treats galore (the $2-4 tasting plates at Arts on Foot were especially good, like tiramisu cups from Co Co Sala) and performances aplenty, like Brazilian and Salsa dancing at Adams Morgan Day. A friend and I took advantage of......

Guess all that time spent on the road did David Berman some good, eh? Despite his reputation as a hermetic, troubled intellectual, Berman was in rare form when he performed with his Silver Jews at the Black Cat on Wednesday night. Sure, Berman might have had the stage presence of an English professor--what did you expect?--but he genuinely seemed to be enjoying himself up there as he paced up and down the stage, dryly singing......

Flickr user Marek_K's capture of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is impressive enough. But I couldn't help thinking that the black and white - and the building's smooth curves - create a sort of inanimate companion piece to Colin Lane's improvised cover for The Strokes' 2001 Is This It LP. You have to admit, for D.C., that's one alluring structure.......

The DCist Flickr pool has been filled with some sharp nature shots of late. Allow us to indulge once more with this entry from cooperme, of a striking flower from the U.S. Botanical Gardens. The angle of the light and placement of the camera make the petals deceptively glacial. EXIF.......

Last night the Pentagon Memorial, which honors the lives of the 184 people who died when a hijacked airliner crashed into the Pentagon during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, officially opened to the public. The permanent outdoor memorial, which is made up of 184 benches, each with a name of a victim, will now be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. DCist photographer Meaghan Gay and many of our Flickr contributors were......

Flickr user soleil1016 seeks to remind us all that we're only 13 years away from another loud, obnoxious invasion that will hang on your clothes, get in your hair, and make for tasty eats (according to some).  Alarm aside, the crisp shot of the colors of the wings and the skin pattern on the head almost make me wish that I hadn't thrown my back into wall upon discovering a newly-resident cicada on it.  EXIF. ......

Another week, another creative break from the realities of our city. This time, barnesquared applied some of that language we've all rolled our eyes at on Craigslist a million times (because they're all listed for a million dollars) to create The Monument: Luxury Condominiums in the heart of D.C.. Got some spare time and a fun idea? Submit it to our rolling contest by tagging it with "touchupdc" in Flickr (please, do not also......

Summer's almost over, folks - anyone who walked outside early this morning and felt a slight chill in the breeze can attest that the days of sweaters will be upon us rather soon. That said, we found this picture — taken by Flickr user Jing a Ling and featuring a flight of dessert wines at Cleveland Park wine bar Enology — reminiscent of our favorite colors of the transition to autumn: splashes of oranges,......

I really like the effect of today’s Photo of the Day from Flickr user ebreidy. This is pulled off by using a selective focus lens called a Lensbaby. The way the focus is placed and the subjects' positioning of the legs really gives you the feel it was captured as she was falling. Great black and white treatment pulls it together with a hint of mystery. EXIF.......