About M.V. Jantzen / M.V. Jantzen  

For anyone considering using these images: Most photos have a Attribution-Noncommercial Creative Commons license. To properly fulfill the attribution requirement, you must:

(1) Link the photo back to the URL of the image on my site
(2) Caption the photo with the title, the author, and the license terms. The title must link back to the image on my site (same URL as the image itself); the author link ("M.V. Jantzen") must link to www.flickr.com/photos/mvjantzen/, and the license terms must link to the appropriate page within creativecommons.org (such as creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en).

For example:

Party Lights, by M.V. Jantzen, using a Creative Commons license.

The photos may be used only for noncommercial purposes. If you receive any revenue from your site, including from ads, your site could be considered commercial. If there is any doubt if your site might be commercial, please ask before using my photos. There is a difference between someone blogging for the love of it and a web site set up in the hopes of generating revenue.



My general aim is to document streetscapes, and record a few of the sights that catch my eye. I like to capture scenes of commerce and recreation that have a sence of place. I hope to use this blog to support the Dupont Circle Update newsletter.



I love cropping - it really demonstrates the power of capturing a view. I use four horizontal ratios: 4:3, 3:2 (Oskar Barnack's favorite), 1618:1000 (the golden ratio), and 2:1; plus square (1:1) and 3:4 for vertical shots.

"The camera is an instrument of detection. We photograph not only what we know, but also what we don’t know" Lisette Model

Some of my favorite neighborhood photos are at the HDCMS Photo Gallery.



These are (apparently) my most interesting pictures. (Sadly, Flickrleech doesn't seem to work anymore.)



Comments are welcome. If you have a similar shot of the same subject, please feel free to include a thumbnail of your image - no bigger than 100 pixels. It's interesting to compare photos from different people.

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Thanks to the DC Photo Rights group for bringing attention to a serious issue.

Finally, I should note my original Flickr name was Eye Captain. The name was derived from Scottie's "Aye, Captain" response, from Star Trek, with a spelling adjusted to reflect the art of seeing, appropriate, I thought, for a photo site. But I'm not a big Star Trek fan, and I felt myself cringe whenever I told someone my Flickr name.

Contact me at mvs202 (at) gmail.com.