Vashon Early Morning
These shots are from an early morning walk on the shores of the southern tip of Maury Island. I used a small off-camera flash to illuminate the foreground and retain the blue sky.
Leaving only my footprints behind.
Demon Moon
I went to Seattle last night with the hopes of getting a good shot of the “super moon” from Kerry Park. We arrived before sunset and found dozens of other photographers already there with their cameras and tripods out, lining the wall, waiting for the moon to make an appearance. I got some shots of the crowd and took a dinner break at the 5 Spot. When we came back the moon was finally out and the crowd had only gotten bigger. No one was shooting near the sculpture, so I set up there. The shot is a six second exposure with a 24mm. During the exposure, I quickly fired my flash three times by hand pointing it at different areas of the sculpture.
Vashon
We finally took Connor to his Nana’s house on Vashon Island recently. It was both his first time on a ferry and an island. I managed to take over three hundred pictures and then deemed over one hundred good enough to be processed. All of the pictures in this post were either taken with my 50mm 2.0 or 24mm 3.5. Click on any of the smaller pictures to see them full size.
Here’s Connor on a Washington State ferry. He has a great time getting help walking up the aisles on the passenger deck by Leah. Below he’s enjoying the benches up front with the great views and hanging out by the emergency life rafts. There was a really good photographer on board that took a great family portrait of us.
Valerie made a great shrimp po’ boy lunch for us. Connor enjoyed the fireplace and crawling on the new floors.
Connor hangs out on the dock and the beach. I really love that wooden sculpture that someone built years ago.
Valerie’s Garden
I took these shots of Valerie’s garden on our recent trip to her house on Vashon Island. I usually do shots like this with the 50mm, but decided to do the whole shoot with the 24mm for a change of pace and perspective. The few shots here don’t quite do justice to how many cool plants are there, but they’re some of my favorites of the day. Click on the smaller pics for large sizes.
That’s the house up there. The deck and kitchen widows provide great views of Quartermaster Harbor and the other side of the island.
Aliens at the Beach
While doing a photo shoot with Connor at the beach in Everett, I took a break to get some landscape shots. That’s when I spotted these three through the grass. I managed to get off a few shots before they were gone.
Gas Works
This must be how I see Gas Works Park. (de)Faced fire hydrants and out of focus rusted towers. It’s one of my favorite places to hang out in Seattle. Great views of Lake Union and downtown. Not seen here… I used to come here to read when I lived nearby.
Tulip Festival
We drove Connor up to Mount Vernon Washington this weekend for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. It was about an hour long drive through some beautiful countryside to get there. I knew that we would have some very nice photo opportunities. I wasn’t the only person with pictures on my mind. I spotted a few serious photographers while we were there. I used both the 24mm and 50mm to get these shots.
Trains and Kites
This is the train yard near the Everett, WA waterfront. Look closely at the tree in the upper right to see the red kite that just got caught. The kid that was flying it is nearby, thinking about how to free it from the bare branches.
The kid has returned and looks up at his kite and wonders how this fate could have befallen him. Just moments ago he was having the time of his life, doing what he loves best. Now he wonders if he will ever get his red kite back and fly it once again. Click on the pictures to see the detail up close.
The kid and his kite - Click to see large
Pumpkin Patch
The day before Halloween we took Connor out for his first visit to a pumpkin patch. He was just a few days shy of two months old. The sun just setting and the light was about as perfect as I could ever hope for. See more pictures from the trip at my other blog.
Yellow Farmhouse
This great view can be found in Everett, Washington on the Snohomish River. If you look closely, you can see the Cascade Mountains peeking over the horizon. This is a five exposure HDR image.
Shack in Field
This was a stop on our drive from Munich to Castle Neuschwanstein. It looked like a great photo opportunity, so we pulled the car over and I walked out to the middle of the field to get a shot of this shack with the castle in the background. It’s a single raw image processed in photomatix and photoshop.
More of my pictures from Germany on Flickr.
