Had an amazing time shooting with Sarah yesterday and got some great photos despite some setbacks. It left my light stand and shoot through umbrella on the Metro on the way to this shoot! She brought along a friend who I was able to use a human light stand, and I don’t think the results are too shabby.

An SUV squeezes past one of several down trees along South Lakes Drive.

A truck shovels out snow from a drive through Wachovia.

Fairfax County police closed down a section of South Lakes Drive due to a downed tree.

Pedestrians leaving a shopping center with grocery bags along Colts Neck Road.

A stop sign is buried in deep snow drifts.

A trash can buried during the snow fall.

A downed tree in front of a parked car.

A creek is seen flowing through over two feet of snow.

A tree branch holds onto the wet snow.

A truck piles snow in a shopping center parking lot.

A Common-crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata) at the National Zoo.

Trees at the border of the United States Geological Survey in Reston, VA.

An open field with fog.

Road in Reston, VA shrouded in fog.

Photo of Carls Re. This was taken under very dense cloud cover, and at the same time both of my speedlites decided not to work. So this photo was taken at ISO 640, with a shutter speed of 1/40 second. I think the lack of grain and relatively good focus is a testament to how well the 5D Mark II works.