I’m strange. I know this. I like cloudy days, dramatic skies, and rain. Yes, I said I like rain. Actually, I love rain. I lived in the Arizona desert for twenty-five years and, even after ten years here in Seattle, I still find myself excited…
Looking deeper changes everything. Oftentimes, I will either use an older, fully manual focus lens or set my modern lens to manual focus. Standing still, eye to the viewfinder and slowly adjusting focus from near to far, far to near, releasing the shutter at every point…
I was fortunate to have an opportunity to visit the Phoenix area earlier this year (in February, the cooler time of the year there). I lived in Phoenix before relocating to the Pacific Northwest. On those occasions I do get to return, I enjoy seeing…
Being a part of the VIVAFASHIONISTAS team is fantastic. The things I get to do, the people I get to meet & collaborate with, the opportunities around every corner, well, it is hard to overstate just how much I love it. For instance, I received a…
Seattle weather continues to be spectacular this summer, and Labor Day weekend was no exception. We decided to try Ray’s Boathouse cafe and restaurant for the first time. Turns out we were not the only ones with that idea, and the cafe section was full…
Short post this week: had an opportunity to visit with a good friend over lunch in downtown Seattle. We walked about a bit, talked a lot, and I had my camera with me (naturally). The sky was beautiful and the light was wonderful. …
My longtime friend Tom (since we were six years old, third house down across the street) was passing through my area on a driving vacation. His stopover here gave us the time to get caught up on the happenings in the past nine or ten…
One of my favorite things to do is go walkabout with a camera. This past weekend my wife and I took a much needed (short) holiday in Portland, Oregon. We set no agenda, scheduled no events, and simply made up the itinerary as we went, one…
I enjoy structured, planned shoots in studio or on location. On the other hand, casual walkabout shooting with no preconceptions or expectations is very fulfilling, too. Sometimes I walkabout the house, and other times elsewhere. Pick a random direction, see what I find. Or perhaps…
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