On May 19, Ray’s Boathouse in Seattle hosted their annual event previously named The Copper River Salmon & Oregon Pinot Noir Extravaganza. Last year they broadened the theme to include more wineries and called it their Spring Extravaganza. This year even some of their favorite breweries were on hand. Ok, …
While in the midst of planning our next trip to Arizona, I realized that I had not posted any pictures from our last journey to the land of red rocks. In November, 2010, we stayed in the very cool little town of Prescott, AZ for a little over a week. …
For the past few months I’ve been enrolled in a photography class at PCNW here in Seattle. It was a fantastic experience–great teacher, nice digital lab, and fun classmates. Each week we were given an assignment using a specific technique or topic that we had covered in class. Though I …
It was a busy day full of pre-TBEX events — Edible BC’s culinary tour of Granville Island in the morning, followed by a Sea Safari through Howe Sound on a zodiac. The evening featured the opening TBEX party at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Not much time to process photos, but …
I’ve been rather busy with both my day job and making pictures for my final project, so it’s been a little while since I’ve posted anything. So here’s one from a recent day of shooting. I immediately thought the title was naturally “Burning Man,” but my wife also suggested another …
Self portraits was this week’s class assignment. I procrastinated until the day before they were due, but I feel ok about the results. Amazing what a little pressure from a deadline will do! I was having a hard time trying to come up with something creative, so I finally just …
The final day of Penny De Los Santos’ three-day Food and Culture Photography workshop at creativeLIVE was one I will never forget. The field challenges, the raw emotions, the inspiration was simply palpable. I was lucky enough to witness some of it firsthand. On Sunday morning, my wife and I …
Check out FREE: Food Photography with Penny De Los Santos at creativeLIVE Tweet It was a fantastic start to another weekend workshop at creativeLIVE. This time around it’s Food and Culture Photography with photojournalist Penny De Los Santos. Today was actually less about the technical aspects and more about the …
Seattle will be the temporary home of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) for the next three months while it undergoes some maintenance. According to the Missile Defense Agency’s website, the SBX “tracks, discriminates, and assesses the flight characteristics of ballistic missiles. The SBX provides an advanced capability to the overall …
I am now more than halfway though the class at Photo Center NW. This past week’s assignment focused less on the technical aspects of photography and more on the creative. I think I may have had the most fun so far with this one. The idea was to use light …