When the cherry trees bloom in Washington DC, everyone and their momma runs out and takes pictures of them.

Well, mostly.

Some of us are crazy, serious photographers (professional and amateurs) and we'll get up at four in the morning to watch the sunrise, or we'll stand in 7* weather to get that clear shot of the... whatever... and we'll stand in the rain taking 500 pictures, just to get one like this:

That's the Jefferson Memorial, viewed from across the Tidal Basin. I didn't manipulate this photo in anyway- no sky blueing, fake cloud inserting, sunlight adding or anything of the sort.

Can't help it. I'm a total purist. If I can't take a good picture of it, I'm not going to "fix it in post." I'll try again :)

The purpose of the shoot was to take pictures of the sunrise, and then the resulting day (this photo was taken at about two in the afternoon) to be used as potential postcards or "this is the lovely Washington DC!" prints. This was my favorite, and will indeed be made into prints, matted, and sold off to the (hopefully adoring) public!