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Author ImageShawn is the creator and admin of SDuffyPhotography.com but he currently works as an IT security professional in the DC Metro area. He's been passionately into photography since the end of 2006 and is looking to make his passion a full-time job.
Portraits in a Strange Land

Portraits in a Strange Land

When traveling in other countries with a camera, you’ll undoubtedly come across people that you will want to photograph. After all, that is really the essence of another country, isn’t it? Especially when the country and corresponding culture are so…

Flickr Group Photo of the Week

Flickr Group Photo of the Week

This week’s “Let’s Quit Our Day Jobs” photo of the week comes from Flickr user midwinterphoto and is a stunning night shot of lightning over Calgary, Alberta. I’ve always been a sucker for great night, lightning shots but I just haven’t had the…

DC Photowalk in August!

DC Photowalk in August!

Trevor Carpenter of Photowalking.org is coming to DC in August and is setting up a DC photowalk while he’s here! The photowalk is scheduled for August 22nd at 6pm at the Lincoln Memorial. Given the time of the photowalk, it might be…

Reflections on Palestine

Reflections on Palestine

This is a photography blog, not an outlet for political commentary. However, I cannot stay silent on issues that affect me as a photographer, an American citizen, and a human being. For some reason that I still have not figured…

Friday Link Love

Friday Link Love

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these. I’ve been doing my best to keep up on my Google Reader items but it hasn’t been easy! I want to thank those of you that have kept…

Nablus Night in HDR

Nablus Night in HDR

If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time now, you know I love HDR photos… maybe a little too much! But, given the kind of shooting I was doing in Palestine, there weren’t too many opportunities to…

Photo(s) of the Week is Back!

Photo(s) of the Week is Back!

As you may have noticed, we haven’t had a “Photo of the Week” in quite a while due to my recent globetrotting. Today, I’d like to restart the “Let’s Quit Our Day Jobs” Photo of the Week.

Apparently, while I’ve been gone,…

Still editing, but visit me at JPG!

Still editing, but visit me at JPG!

I’m still editing thousands upon thousands of Palestine photos… In the meantime, however, I noticed a new photo challenge over at JPG Magazine: Splash!. Since I noticed this right at the same time I was going through the photos from…

A few Palestine uploads

A few Palestine uploads

Given that I have about 10,000 more photos to edit from my trip, I won’t be updating the blog every time I finish a new batch… That’s just a little too much. However, I did want to post about the most…

Jerusalem Photos Complete

Jerusalem Photos Complete

I want to thank all of you for your patience as I deal with some family issues and edit thousands of photos from my trip. I took approximately 14,000 photos during my trip, with about 2,000 of them being in…