Chrysanthemum

I hadn't been down in "The District" since 2013, so visiting a friend who lives outside of the city in Maryland was a nice little change of pace. I use to date a guy at the beginning of college who lived in Alexandria, so taking the bus to DC's Chinatown was a regular occurrence. Being back in the city definitely brought a lot of memories rushing back but I was also there making some new ones with some old friends. My friend Mandy from high school lives in Maryland now about a 25 minute metro ride from the center of DC.  I had been wanting to visit for a while and it just so worked out that we were both available the weekend I wanted to visit. I wasn't sure if we were going to get any city time but we decided to venture out on Saturday to visit The National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery of Art . We went to the National Portrait Gallery first.  They had a couple of different cool exhibitions on view.  I was most excited to see the Marlene ...

This week's (late) Artist Thursday feature is all about the all talented Yamil Flores . Yamil wasn't always a photographer but about 5 years ago he bought his first camera and started doing street photography in New York City. Since then, he has been able to develop his own style and has taken on doing portrait photography in a new and exciting (natural) light. Flores is able to capture the true beauty and essence of those in front of his lens. Back towards the end of this past November, one of the girls at my office approached me about possibly doing a photoshoot with Yamil as he is a good friend of hers and they had taken photos together in the past.  I never really had anyone take my photo before other than a friend taking an outfit photo for this blog or that time I awkwardly posed for my senior yearbook photos in high school.  I was very nervous before meeting and working with Flores but I felt instant relief upon meeting him for the firs...