Seattle Freelance Photographer

Odysseus wouldn't have made it

The sirens started early today and they did not let up. I took the eggs out of the fridge to make a late breakfast when I noticed the sirens ramping up. It got to the point that I thought every fire truck and ambulance in the city must be converging

2020

Manifest

I know I’m not alone in wondering this. Can we manifest things? Don’t worry – you are at the SBHOPPER blog. I know I don’t get cosmic very often. I have not dropped acid. I really don’t even know what acid is. LSD? Timothy Leary stuff?

Photojournalism

Arriving in Bremerton

I started social distancing in early March. Early March of 1980. Kidding, sort of. But in early March, I ramped up my already formidable social distancing habits to COVID-level. And I’ve been kicking myself for it. How can someone want to be a documentary photographer but not be out

Canon FTb COVID

Let it come down

Thank heavens for this cooling rain. Right now I would love to have a balcony or a screened porch. A plane just flew over, and the sound was jarring. I don’t know the stats, so I’ll use blogger stats – the volume of flights has decreased during COVID

Art COVID

A Quick Walk in Capitol Hill

It was time for some fresh air, so I combined that with a quest for some Wahl clippers. The mop on top of my head needs to go. I struck out at Bartell’s, but I picked up a few things I needed. I liked seeing that most of the

Capitol Hill coronavirus

COVID's Comet and Quarantine Eats

I took a short walk tonight. My belt is telling me that I need to take longer, more frequent walks. I have a mask now (from @thriftchoppe), so no excuses. I took my camera. It was nice to shoot some photos. They were pretty lousy photos. Rushed. After more than

Fujifilm X Series

A Quiet Seattle

I posted the following photo in the previous blog entry post thingy. I keep returning to the photo, though, so I figured I’d give it its own post. I took the photo as I was walking back to Capitol Hill from Pike Place Market. I knew the sliver of

Backstage Pass

Belva at Black Lodge

The first person to ever read tarot for me also fronts a cool band. I think through the trasmutative properties of quantum mechanics that somehow makes me cooler. Belva played at Seattle’s Black Lodge last night, and they were great. Bands, if you ever wonder if anyone’s paying