12/30/09 My nieces Fiona and Maura with my fierce dog Jenny on the road up to the fields on Ryan Farm.

Here are some of my favorite photos from July 2009.

07/12/09 Jen Corey is crowned Miss DC 2009.

07/27/09 “Dog Day Afternoon” is projected on the National Mall as part of the annual “Screen on the Green” festival.

07/08/09 Anna Kournikova hosts the Bloomberg Kids Tennis Clinic at the Kastles Stadium court.

07/02/09  “The Gentleman” on the left competes against “The Mouth of the South” on the right at “Z-Burger’s First Annual Burger Eating Championship.”

07/15/09 Playboy Playmate of the Year and vegetarian Jayde Nicole and Playmate Jo Garcia at a PETA veggie dog give-away on Capitol Hill.

07/10/09 Barbie convention at  Marriott Wardman Park hotel.

07/24/09 Dome of St. Matthew’s Cathedral reflected in office building windows.

07/26/09 Marie-Alice at my Summer Open Studio shoot.

07/15/09 DC Mayor Adrian Fenty attends ribbon cutting ceremony for Park Place Apartments on Georgia Avenue.

07/04/09 Melanie and Anson wed on the 4th of July at the Whistling Straits golf course on the shores of Lake Michigan.

07/12/09 Last call at legendary Georgetown watering hole Nathan’s on their last day after 40 years. There were 2 TV sat trucks sitting outside when the fire department showed up. I went to Billy Martin’s instead.

07/21/09 Models laughing and eating.

07/23/09 The remains of a house in my neighborhood which blew up on the 4th of July.

07/14/09  Bastille Day bash and “French Maid” relay race in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of DC

Here are some of my favorite photos from June 2009.

06/09/09 Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe leaves the polling place early in the morning with his family after casting his vote in the Democratic primary. He was defeated by Creigh Deeds.

06/08/09 Roxana

A chipmunk killed by my fierce dog Jenny in my backyard.

06/14/09 The dunk-the-burger-in-water-before-you-bite method deployed at Hard Rock Cafe’s  “Top Guns Legendary Burger Eating Contest.”

06/10/09 My new niece Delia.

Here are some of my favorite photos from May 2009.

05/24/09 Wide-mouthed Bass my nephew Paddy caught in the pond on Ryan Farm over Memorial Day weekend.

05/01/09 Groom Neil Agarwal arrives at the Mayflower Hotel on his wedding day. More photos here.

05/09/09 My nephew Eamonn at his brother Declan’s 1st Holy Communion.

05/14/09 Actor Alain Chabat plays Napoleon in “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.”  Photos from the premiere at the National Air and Space Museum here.

05/16/09 Rachel Alexander in the post parade before winning the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes. She was the 1st female to win the race in 85 years.

05/09/09 White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel gets some advice from Caroline at the Cap File after-party following the 2009 White House Correspondent’s Dinner.

Here are some of my favorite images from April 2009.

I started SnarkInfested back in April and without doubt the biggest number of hits I get to my photo blog every day is from people searching the term “Redskins Cheerleaders” and finding the pictures I took of the Redskins’ cheerleader tryouts on 04/05/09. The number of hits also spike after Redskins’ games.

04/16/09 Lead singer Brent Smith during an acoustic performance by his band Shinedown  at Hard Rock Cafe Washington, D.C.

Portrait of E.

Tidal Basin and Cherry Blossoms.

Portrait of Salsabil

04/07/09 Michelle Obama statue unveiled at Madame Tussauds, Washington D.C.

04/22/09 Dionne helped me out for a shoot at Highland Park.

04/12/09 My niece Maura hunting for eggs on Easter.

Rachael at my April Open Studio shoot.

04/11/09 Indrid had a booze-filled squirtgun at her Roaring 20′s party.

Christie at my April Open Studio shoot.

Here’s some of my favorite images from March 2009:

03/05/09 The longtime Redskins’ broadcast team of Sam Huff, Frank Herzog and Sony Jergensen share a laugh at a tribute to DC radio/TV broadcasting legend Andy Ockershausen (the man who teamed them up).

03/18/09  10-year old Mikayla Minnig, from Downey, California gets a hug from her mom after her testimony about living with Arthritis before the House Appropriations Labor HHS Committee.

03/11/09 Birthday party for my friends Kate, Vicky and Sarah

03/17/09 My nephew Eamonn on St. Patrick’s Day.

03/17/09 Circus parade through the streets of DC.

03/29/09 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY) stumps with congressional candidate Scott Murphy at the Country View Diner in Troy, NY.

03/26/09 Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation addresses the Government Leaders Forum – Americas.

03/07/09 Portrait of Sadé.

Some of my favorite moments from February of  ’09:

02/07/09 The ref rushes in and ends a fight during the 2^nd annual Belfast-Beltway boxing matches at the Westin Hotel ballroom in Washington, DC.  The event brings Protestant and Catholic boys who train together in a gym in Belfast to fight boxers from the DC area. Some of my images from this night ran in the North Belfast News . . .

An event I’ve shot for the 3rd year in a row is NEA’s Read Across America Day.

02/26/09 These kids from Mars Lane Elementary school in Baltimore are anxiously awaiting the arrival of The Cat In The Hat.

02/16/09 Deer path crossing the dirt road up to the fields on Ryan Farm.

02/02/09 Portrait of Jess.

02/06/09 Homeless man on NY Ave and H St.

02/04/09 Miss America 2009 Katie Stam dons her crown before the start of the Washington Press Club Foundation’s 65th annual Congressional Dinner at the Ritz Carlton.

12/21/09 My brother Tim and I purchased the house we’re in back in ’06. We’ve never used the fireplace before and I thought it being “the darkest evening of the year” and all that tonight would be a good time to have our inaugural conflagration.  I opened up the chimney flu and down fell a bird carcass.

[Click on the photo to see how bright red it was. My blog often dilutes the color of my images, annoyingly.]

A really creepy looking mummified bird carcass. I could almost hear the sinister choir chanting Latin from The Omen soundtrack as I looked at it. He must have been trapped when the previous owner capped the top of the chimney most likely many years ago. Is it a crow? The beak seems long enough but he’s been dyed red by brick dust.

At first I thought I’d do with it what I do with every small critter my fierce dog Jenny kills and throw it in the neighbor’s yard but now I wonder should I put it in a shoebox and mail it off as an anonymous gift or hang it on the Christmas tree?

12/20/09 My fierce dog Jenny runs out of the house to greet me at the end of the walk.

12/19/09 Merry Christmas from Santa and the Radio City Rockettes [and their security guy Vinny] from the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn on 14th & H. The Rockettes were in town to perform in The Radio City Spectacular at Verizon Center.

video snippet here