Category Archives: Travel

Snoqualmie Falls

For a number of days I wanted to get this shot. During this time of year (May) the water is pouring over the falls. We had a couple of great days on our tour with the sun shining and I knew if the wind was right, we would get a rainbow from the water coming...

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The Seattle Great Wheel

When I first heard about the Great Seattle Wheel going up on the waterfront, I was lukewarm about the whole idea. Slowly as the construction progressed, it became more of a curiosity for me, but the skyline was being changed and people in Seattle don’t like to get out of our comfort zone too much....

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Mt. Baker Ski Area

Just a fun stock image I took of the Mt. Baker Ski Area in Washington. Available to license for a stock image.

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Venice Revisited

My daughter Amanda and I spent some time in Italy together and enjoyed a summer afternoon just people watching in St. Mark’s Square (Piazza San Marco), famous for pigeon feeding, then anyway. There is now a ban on feeding them which is sad for the vendors who would sell pigeon feed for a Euro, but...

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Seattle City Portraits with Nikon 50mm f/1.8

Decided today was a good day to go find my homeless friend Barry who I have not seen for awhile. Though I never found him in his usual location, I ran across some other people who were kind enough to let me take their photos today. If you are on the waterfront in Seattle, make...

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July 10, 2011 - 7:44 pm

orlando - what 50mm 1.8 is this ? the 1.8D 1.8 afs G ? or the old e series?

Street Photography Photos in Seattle.

Inspired by Eric Kim, who has a wonderful blog on street photography, I thought I would go through some of my old street images that I hadn’t looked at in quite awhile. Regularly I would walk around Seattle taking photos, talking to the homeless and trying to capture a bit of the city life. This...

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Pike Place Market on Mother’s Day

I love living within walking distance of the Pike Place Market. Mother’s Day is always the best day for flowers and today was perfect with white puffy clouds and tons of people watching. I even ran into Geoff Tate of Queensrÿche while shopping today after just seeing him Friday at the Synergia show. I am...

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Time to get creative

This was not shot with my 10.5mm fisheye, so how did I get this self portrait?

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October 7, 2011 - 9:10 am

Terry D. - Crosswalk Button :)

September 14, 2011 - 12:15 pm

JOEL VCHULEK - Nice shot! Is it a hubcap?