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MAY

05

2018

POTD 2018/124. Cinco de Meow

Luke Catwalker wishes each of you a happy Cinco de Meow . . . errrr, Mayo! 1/160 sec at f/8 ISO 200Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with Canon EF ...

APR

15

2018

POTD 2018/105. Entrée

While I titled this "Entrée," it was actually my exit point from the Tidal Basin area when I was wraping up. I happened to turn around and see ...

APR

14

2018

POTD 2018/104. Tidal Basin in Spring ...

Michelle Henderson Gordon, ask, and you shall receive: last night's image, tonight, in color.So which do y'all like better? Black & white, or ...

APR

13

2018

POTD 2018/103. Tidal Basin in Spring ...

I know I should be showing color in spring, but this one called out for black and white.1/2500 sec at f/16, ISO 800Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with Canon EF ...

APR

12

2018

POTD 2018/102. Star of the Cherry ...

Since we're on a cherry blossom kick, this Throwback Thursday shall be no different. Enjoy this bit of macro from 2013.1/160 sec at f/18, ISO ...

APR

11

2018

POTD 2018/101. Spring's Reach

It's almost like cherry blossoms have taken over this channel. It's not typical that I stick with a theme for so long, but I'm having fun with it, ...

APR

10

2018

POTD 2018/100. The Gift of Friendship

This 3,800 pound, 17th century Japanese Pagoda arrived in the nation's capital in 1957 as a gift from Mayor Ryozo Hiranuma of Yokohama, Japan. Its ...

APR

09

2018

POTD 2018/099. Fountain, National ...

1/250 sec at f/8, ISO 100Canon EOS 7D with Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens at 28mmI hope you enjoy today's J.W. Remington Photographics' Photo of the ...

APR

08

2018

POTD 2018/098. The Gift That Keeps on ...

"The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the ...

APR

06

2018

POTD 2018/096. Jefferson & the Cherry ...

It's Flashback Friday (because we had to pass on Throwback Thursday for the Red Sox) and since it's cherry blossom season again, we're taking it back ...

APR

05

2018

POTD 2018/095. The Teammates

"The Teammates" commemorates four Boston Red Sox players: Ted Williams, left fielder; Bobby Doerr, second baseman; Johnny Pesky, short stop; and Dom ...

APR

04

2018

POTD 2018/094. Through the Rough and ...

“Ben, make sure you play ‘Take My Hand, Precious Lord’. Play it real pretty,” are said to be the last words of Reverend ...

APR

03

2018

POTD 2018/093. O Horizontals and ...

The Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC was designed by British Columbia's Arthur Erickson, who is recognized as one of Canada’s most decorated ...

APR

02

2018

POTD 2018/092. Stephenson Grand Army of ...

The Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial, also known as Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson, is a public artwork in Washington, D.C. honoring Dr. ...

APR

01

2018

POTD 2018/091. Luke & His Peeps

Happy Easter from Luke Catwalker and his Peeps! May it, and your spring, be full of sunshine, happiness, vibrancy, and new ...

MAR

31

2018

POTD 2018/090. Art de Chat

Another interpretation of the same Luke Catwalker shot as used in a Tail of Two Kitties from yesterday.1/2500 sec at f/2.2, ISO 25Apple ...

MAR

30

2018

POTD 2018/089. A Tail of Two Kitties

Luke Catwalker and his darkside share one tail in a Tail for Two Kitties.1/2500 sec at f/2.2, ISO 25Apple iPhone 6s with iPhone 6s back camera 4.15mm ...

MAR

29

2018

POTD 2018/088. Peeping Toms

It's Throwback Thursday Peeps style!Shame on you Peeping Toms! Give them a little privacy!I hope you enjoy today's J.W. Remington Photographics' ...

MAR

28

2018

POTD 2018/087. Library of Congress's ...

The Library of Congress began in 1800 with a small appropriation to buy reference books. Unlike Philadelphia or New York where Congress had ...

MAR

27

2018

POTD 2018/086. United States Capitol ...

The United States Capitol dome is the dome situated above the United States Capitol which reaches upwards to 288 feet in height and 96 feet in ...

MAR

26

2018

POTD 2018/085. The Opposition Comes to ...

In a TV news landscape where it’s impossible to know whom to trust, one man rises above the partisan hackery of the mainstream media to bring ...

MAR

25

2018

POTD 2018/084. March for Our Lives

Thousands of participants in the March for Our Lives rally fill the southern portions of Washington, DC's 6th Street NW, Pennsylvania Avenue NW, and ...

MAR

24

2018

POTD 2018/083. Six Minutes and Twenty ...

"Six minutes and twenty seconds with an AR-15 and my friend Carmen would never complain to me about piano practice. Aaron Feis would never call Kira, ...

MAR

23

2018

POTD 2018/082. Eastworld

1/160 sec at f/7.1, ISO 400Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens at 85mmI hope you enjoy today's J.W. Remington ...

MAR

22

2018

POTD 2018/081. Spring Peeking Through

On this confused start to Spring 2018, I bring you an image for Throwback Thursday shot during another confused start to spring on March 25, 2013 in ...

MAR

21

2018

POTD 2018/080. Walking the Dog on the ...

This is what the first full day of Spring 2018 looks like! And just in time for it comes our first snow storm of the 2017-2018 season in the ...

MAR

20

2018

POTD 2018/079. Sweet Spring

Sweet spring arrived today. It is my favorite of all seasons because it has within it the promise, excitement, and anticipation of warmth, new life, ...

MAR

19

2018

POTD 2018/078. Soldiers and Sailors ...

This icon of Hartford, Connecticut, which stands in sight of the state capitol is a Gothic style arch, composed of two medieval towers joined by a ...

MAR

18

2018

POTD 2018/077. The Mason

This figure of a mason is on the the south side of the east column of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Hartford, Connecticut.This icon of ...

MAR

17

2018

POTD 2018/076. Happy St. Patrick's Day ...

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Remington family and our little leprechaun cat, Luke Catwalker!1/160 sec at f/4, ISO 100Canon EOS 5D Mark III ...

MAR

15

2018

POTD 2018/074. Irish Flair

Almost exactly 4 years ago this ran as the first ever St. Patrick's Day image in the Photo of the Day series (the first year, 2013, I didn't begin ...

MAR

14

2018

POTD 2018/073. Abstract Columns

1/500 sec at f/8, ISO 800Canon EOS 7D Mark with Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens at 40mmI hope you enjoy today's J.W. Remington Photographics' Photo of ...

MAR

13

2018

POTD 2018/072. Spirit of Victory, II

Hartford’s Spanish-American War veterans are honored with an allegorical monument in the city’s Bushnell Park. Hartford's iconic ...

MAR

11

2018

POTD 2018/071. Spirit of Victory

Hartford’s Spanish-American War veterans are honored with an allegorical monument in the city’s Bushnell Park. Hartford's iconic ...

MAR

11

2018

POTD 2018/070. Old Man Logan, III

Old Man Logan is an alternative version of Marvel Comics' popular character Wolverine. This character is an aged Wolverine set in in an alternate ...

MAR

09

2018

POTD 2018/068. The Sidney Yates ...

The Sidney Yates Building, formerly called the Auditors Building Complex, at 14th Street and Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C., and originally ...

MAR

08

2018

POTD 2018/067. Lin Remington: A ...

Today is both International Women's Day and Throwback Thursday. So to celebrate women today, I'm going with my mom!This portrait originally ran on ...

MAR

07

2018

POTD 2018/066. Tennessee State Capitol

The Tennessee State Capitol, located in Nashville, is the home of the General Assembly of Tennessee (state legislature), the location of the ...

MAR

06

2018

POTD 2018/065. Men's Winter Style & ...

“A man should look as if he has bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care and then forgotten all about them.” – ...

MAR

05

2018

POTD 2018/064. Pasha Cosplays as ...

MAR

04

2018

POTD 2018/063. Andrew Jackson Statue, ...

A statue of Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans occupies the center of Lafayette Square. Erected in 1853, it was the first bronze statue cast ...

MAR

03

2018

POTD 2018/062. Darkest Hour

When visiting New Orelans in May of 2016, my wife and I stayed at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel. This statue of Winston Churchill stands in ...

MAR

02

2018

POTD 2018/061. Bigger Than Himself

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, ...

MAR

01

2018

POTD 2018/060. Silhouette by the Sea

On the eve of my niece Elizabeth's 9th birthday, I jump back to this image of her from the summer of 2013 at the age of 4, for this Throwback ...

FEB

28

2018

POTD 2018/059. Kitkat Cosplay

Thank you to Kitkat Cosplay for your willingness to pose for a couple of shots as Fantasy Ruby during Katsucon 2018 at Gaylord National Harbor, ...

FEB

27

2018

POTD 2018/058. Philosopher of Freedom, ...

You may recognize this as being the reverse angle of "Philosopher of Freedom, I" which had these sunbeams to my back. It was published on January 24, ...

FEB

26

2018

POTD 2018/057. Forever Loved

Robert Harold Brewer, interred at Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Michigan, February 26, 2018.1/5 sec at f/32, ISO 50Canon EOS 5D Mark III ...

FEB

25

2018

POTD 2018/056. The Way He Left It

Bob Brewer's collection of World War II ball caps hangs by his door, just as he left them. 1/30 sec at f/2.2 ISO 200Apple iPhone 6s with iPhone ...

FEB

24

2018

POTD 2018/055. Robert H. Brewer

Today, with heavy hearts, we bid farewell to Robert Harold Brewer. This is one of those first photographs I took of Bob, with a bit furtiveness, on ...

FEB

23

2018

POTD 2018/054. Bride and Groom Gone ...

I made my last trip to Michigan for the joy of a wedding. Darcy & Derrick McCarty had a beautiful wedding, with gorgeous ...

FEB

22

2018

POTD 2018/053. Profile of a World War ...

On this Throwback Thursday we’re returning to Michigan to honor, remember, and celebrate this great man. I originally published this on ...

FEB

21

2018

POTD 2018/052. 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue

FEB

20

2018

POTD 2018/051. Light & Friendly Equine

"If you want a stable friendship, get a horse" ― Unknown1/15 sec at f/2.2, ISO 500Apple iPhone 6s + iPhone 6s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2I hope you ...

FEB

19

2018

POTD 2018/050. Philosopher of Freedom, ...

Wishing you each a happy Presidents Day 2018 with one of my favorites!"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of ...

FEB

18

2018

POTD 2018/048. KendelB

Thank you John Blake for introducing me to the world of cosplay a couple years ago now during your session in my studio. Thank you also for ...

FEB

17

2018

POTD 2018/048. On a Cold Winter's Eve

From tonight's crunchy, cold snow.1/15 sec at f/2.2, ISO 1000Apple iPhone 6s + iPhone 6s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2I hope you enjoy today's J.W. ...

FEB

16

2018

POTD 2018/046. A Portrait of My Mother ...

Wishing my Mom, Lin Remington, a very special birthday on the occasion of her 75th!I made this portrait while she was visiting last ...

FEB

15

2018

POTD 2018/046. Same Smile, Now and Then

On this Throwback Thursday we celebrate the memory and smiles of the young, as well as the seasoned, Bob Brewer. A week ago today, Thursday February ...

FEB

14

2018

POTD 2018/045. Valentine's Day 2018

Wishing each of you lots of sweetness, coziness, romance, and most of all LOVE on this Happy Valentine's Day!1/160 sec at f/16, ISO 100Canon EOS 5D ...

FEB

13

2018

POTD 2018/044. Optics at Sunrise

A peak through my Rokinon 14mm f/2.8L IF ED UMC Lens at the rising sun and the rice trunk at Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet, South ...

FEB

12

2018

POTD 2018/043. The Soft Side of Pawleys ...

On a Pawleys Island kick because it has such a strong connection to the time the Brewer family spends together. Remembering Bob Brewer, my wife's ...

FEB

11

2018

POTD 2018/042. Lonely on the Beach

This summer in Pawleys Island just isn't going to feel the same. It's going to be lonely without you Bob.1/690 sec at f/2.2, ISO 25iPhone 6s Back ...

FEB

10

2018

POTD 2018/041. The Way He Was

This morning began with the kind of telephone call you never want to receive. During the still dark hours of morning today, my ...

FEB

09

2018

POTD 2018/040. Let the Winter Games ...

For all of you who enjoy the Olympic Games as much as I, you'll want to know where and when to watch.NBC will present 176 hours of live coverage. Its ...

FEB

08

2018

POTD 2018/039. Team USA

As the 2018 Winter Olympics Games kick off I wanted to wish you all a happy Throwback Thursday with this image of my niece Julia which originally ran ...

FEB

07

2018

POTD 2018/038. Frozen in Virginia

FEB

06

2018

POTD 2018/037. Caesar's Sphinx

The Sphinx was a Greek mythical female creature with the body of a lion, the head and breast of a woman, and eagle's wings.According to the myth, she ...

FEB

05

2018

POTD 2018/036. Frozen in Connecticut

We arrived for Christmas in Connecticut this past December during a heavy ice storm. From the parking lot of our hotel, the DoubleTree by Hilton ...

FEB

04

2018

POTD 2018/035. Super Bowl LII

Super Bowl LII was the 52nd Super Bowl and the 48th modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game. National Football Conference (NFC) ...

FEB

03

2018

POTD 2018/034. The John F. Kennedy ...

1/50 sec at f/11, ISO 800Canon EOS 7D with Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens at 17mmI hope you enjoy today's J.W. Remington Photographics' Photo of the ...

FEB

02

2018

POTD 2018/033. Looking Up to the ...

1/200 sec at f/8, ISO 800Canon EOS 7D with Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens at 17mmI hope you enjoy today's J.W. Remington Photographics' Photo of the ...

FEB

01

2018

POTD 2018/032. On Occasion of Aislinn's ...

With the passage of my niece Aislinn's 11th birthday this week, I thought I'd run a photograph I published of her in 2016 on the occasion of her 9th ...

JAN

31

2018

POTD 2018/031. Leonard P. Zakim Bunker ...

A view of Boston's Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge from the southeast on Converse Lovejoy Wharf looking west toward both the bridge and TD ...

JAN

30

2018

POTD 2018/030. Navy–Merchant Marine ...

The Navy–Merchant Marine Memorial, located in Lady Bird Johnson Park on Columbia Island in Washington, DC, is a monument honoring sailors of ...

JAN

29

2018

POTD 2018/029. For Aislinn on Occasion ...

Wishing my niece Aislinn a very happy 11th birthday. She reminded me this morning that her birthday is my "half birthday." That means I'm 44 and a ...

JAN

28

2018

POTD 2018/028. Reflecting Pool

The Washington Monument as seen in the National Mall's Reflecting Pool, Washington, DC, 22 minutes to sunset on New Years Day 2014.1/200 sec at f/8, ...

JAN

27

2018

POTD 2018/027. This Cat Photographer ...

Luke Catwalker doesn't always take photographs like I do, but when he does, he prefers the Miniature Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with the Miniature ...

JAN

26

2018

POTD 2018/026. Space Shuttle Discovery ...

On November 30, 2017 I ran a Throwback Thursday photograph of the SR-71 at the Udvar-Hazy Center. In the comments section to that post Jeff ...

JAN

25

2018

POTD 2018/025. A View of Washington ...

While downtown yesterday to have lunch with friends I thought I would drop by the Jefferson Memorial for a few shots. Given that it was a chilly ...

JAN

24

2018

POTD 2018/024. Philosopher of Freedom, ...

"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." -Excerpted from a letter to Dr. Benjamin ...

JAN

23

2018

POTD 2018/023. Seattle and Elliot Bay

1/1250, 1/8000, 1/5000, 1/2500, 1/640, 1/320, 1/160 sec at f/5, ISO 100Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM lens at 17mmI hope you enjoy ...

JAN

22

2018

POTD 2018/022. Aislinn, In All ...

1/160 sec at f/4 ISO 50Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM lens at 135mmI hope you enjoy today's J.W. Remington Photographics' Photo of ...

JAN

21

2018

POTD 2018/021. Wizard's Tack

"An equestrian life is a metaphor for a life lived well." — Charles de Kunffy1/640 sec at f/2.8 ISO 100Canon EOS 5D Mark III with Canon EF ...

JAN

20

2018

POTD 2018/020. Mr. Boots

Meet the penetrating stare of Luke Catwalker's cousin from Austin, Texas, a domestic shorthair Tuxedo Cat named Bootsie, a.k.a. "Toots" and "Mr. ...

JAN

19

2018

POTD 2018/019. First Dance

"Marriage is a dance between two people, to a song they hold in their hearts, whose melody may at times be a whisper, yet never fades away." ― Lara ...

JAN

18

2018

POTD 2018/018. Curlicues of Salmon ...

Paul Sorey's "Salmon Waves" was commissioned to reveal the complex and often invisible system at Seattle's Ballard Locks, known as the Fish Ladder. ...

JAN

01

2018

POTD 2018/001. Profile in Strength

We begin this year with the celebration of a fierce, funny, adventurous, assertive, brave, smart, curious, and creative girl: my niece ...

DEC

31

2017

POTD 2017/365. Happy New Year; Happy ...

With these hands, my head, my heart, and my extensions of camera and lenses I thank each of my clients and followers who have helped make 2017 a year ...

DEC

30

2017

POTD 2017/364. Where It All Began

It was exactly one year ago that I took this photography with my iPhone 6s. It's not the most impressive photograph I've taken of Luke ...

DEC

29

2017

POTD 2017/363. Time to Celebrate

It's that celebratory time of the year! How have you celebrated this season, and what were your favorite parts? What are your plans to bid 2017 ...

DEC

28

2017

POTD 2017/362. How Christmas Flies

2017/362. "How Christmas Flies" It's Throwback Thursday and today I'm flying into Austin, Texas, to celebrate Christmas Part 2 with my wife's ...

DEC

27

2017

POTD 2017/361. Elizabeth the Elf

As we're on our last day of celebrating Christmas 2017 Part 1 in Suffield, Connecticut, we're already looking forward to Christmas 2017 Part 2 in ...

DEC

26

2017

POTD 2017/360. Suffield for Christmas

Main Street in Suffield, Connecticut, is always beautiful, but it is especially so at Christmastime. While in town for Christmas 2015 I photographed ...

DEC

25

2017

POTD 2017/359. A Vist from Saint Nick

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseA kitty creature was stirring, meowing about Luke Catwalker did his very best to ...

DEC

24

2017

POTD 2017/358. Santa Claws Is Coming to ...

It's Luke Catwalker's first Christmas with us after adopting him from Loudoun County Animal Services almost a year ago (December 30th), and ...

DEC

23

2017

POTD 2017/357. Home for Christmas

Today I made an early flight up from Virginia to Connecticut for Christmas. Here's my sister Sharon's front porch decorated for Christmas 2015, the ...

DEC

22

2017

POTD 2017/356. Luke's Christmas Love

"So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love." — 1 Corinthians 13:13Just like Luke, I hope you all have ...

DEC

21

2017

POTD 2017/355. Georgetown Waterfront ...

Tomorrow will be three years to the day that I first ran this image. So merry Christmas and happy Throwback Thursday to all, and to all a good night ...

DEC

20

2017

POTD 2017/354. Christmas Fairies of ...

If you're in or around Vienna, Virginia, in the nearby suburbs of Washington, DC, this holiday season, be sure to stop by Meadowlark Botanical ...

DEC

19

2017

POTD 2017/353. Christmas, Bright and ...

Christmas is bright and sparkling at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia.1/5 sec, at f/2.8 ISO 100Canon EOS 5D Mark III with Canon ...