Free Post Photojournalism Beware the ides of March This post won't live up to that title. I had my reasons, though. It is March, I'm anxious about the competing trajectories of COVID variants vs. vaccinations (that's a lot
Free Post Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Merce Lemon I used to go to Joe Bar daily. Man, that's a good coffee shop. That's where I met Merce. If you own a coffee shop, she's one of those people
Free Post Photography Revisiting Rant I'm an average documentary photographer. I'm an amateur portrait photographer. I love portrait photography, but realistically, I'll top out at average on that front. I haven't got the creative vision
Free Post Fujifilm X-H1 video Unexpected Serenade For a while now I’ve worried that I’ve forgotten what little I know about shooting video and using Adobe’s Premiere Pro. I wanted to get out and shoot something. I’ve always loved Palle Schultz’s Copenhagen Winter Postcard, so I
Free Post 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
Free Post Behind the Bar Hot as a son of a gun The Stranger’s Rich Smith has weighed in on a few of his favorite Seattle hot toddies. Corvus and Company made the list. I took the photo. I freelance, and
Free Post Hasselblad 500 Helmut Newton Rant My friend Rant is a talented photographer, toy maker, sewer, model, and all around nice person. I was in a creative rut, not taking the photos I wanted to take.
Free Post Backstage Pass The Moth's Grand Slam event at Town Hall Seattle A few weeks ago I shot photos for The Moth’s Grand Slam literary event at Town Hall Seattle. I really enjoyed the event – 10 writers fearlessly sharing their
Free Post Photography Rant I know a lot of photographers. I think a constant challenge for anyone who likes taking photos is moving from idea to shoot. Ideas are easy. We can keep them
Free Post Adobe Lightroom On the Streets: Warm Day in Seattle Seattle went from cold to hot this week. Yesterday I was downtown to retrieve a credit card my visiting brother-in-law had left at a restaurant (thanks for dinner!). It was
Free Post Backstage Pass Roxanna Walitzski's Farewell (to Seattle) Performance My fairly recent introduction to Roxanna Walitzski was through her photography. It’s incredible. I can’t remember exactly how I found her work, but I suspect it was through
Free Post Eastlake A Wedding I shot photos at a wedding shortly after I moved to Seattle. I only knew one person who was attending it, I was still getting reacquainted with photography, and I
Free Post Capitol Hill On the Streets: Capitol Hill I caught a show at Chop Suey last night. After the show I headed to Lost Lake for a late dinner. It was ugly out last night, and I was