This morning’s photographic foray was Pike Place market. I have a lot of trouble with Pike Place. The colors and patterns of the fruit, flowers, vegetables and other goods for sale should be easy, even with the tricky lighting. But I walk out with three or four weak pictures every…
My photography workshop in the Olympics is only a few weeks away. After moving/painting/packing, WoW, work and a lot of rain & clouds, I’m rusty. Hell, I barely became familiar with my new camera in Guatemala. I still feel like I could better predict my pictures using the old, entry-level…
I never seem to notice when the light is right for portraits. But it was right at one point this past weekend when Ellie was sitting on the couch in Chanel & Trish’s living room in Portland. I just love how pensive she is. It captures her quiet, gentle nature,…
We’re bracing for another winter storm, this one is all rain and high winds. Rain, like two inches in an hour, and wind gusting about 70mph. I have never seen rain this fantastically heavy (photo right). This rain also proves the weather seals on my 1d work. The rain was…
It was snowing lightly early this morning when I rode off to the gym. It didn’t really count as snow: it all melted as soon as it touched the ground. On the ride over, a few of the roads were closed except for local traffic. I didn’t get why until…
Over two months ago, I was headed off to Alki Beach to take photos of the setting sun reflecting off the mirrored glass of Seattle’s skyline. I didn’t get very far: a teenage driver in an SUV (with three of his teenage friends) made a left turn directly in front…
I have this vision in my head of the perfect jellyfish picture. Actually, it’s not just in my head. I’m not sure exactly where I saw it first, but I know it’s a picture from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It’s a single jellyfish with a long tail trailing off the…
I took a swing past several maritime sites in Seattle yesterday. I needed a break from stressing out about finding an apartment–which I had been handling by sitting in my temp housing watching TV for hours on end. Yeah, I shouldn’t be getting sucked in by TV, but I felt…
I took a perfect picture today in the last 30 minutes of my visit to Thursday’s market in Chichicastenango (gallery), the last real 30 minutes of my vacation. It was of a young woman–maybe 15, though she could have been a few years younger and maybe even 10 years older–wearing…
I was out on the nature path by 7:15 a.m. this morning. I was actually weirded out: this was a very different jungle, and it was obvious no one had been on the path in days, if not longer. I was utterly alone. Within five minutes, I heard a huge…
