Track Jube
I was told the all-day track and field meet would last until 4 p.m. When I arrived at the field at 1:30 p.m., I found the 16oo-meter relays were the only events remaining for the meet. Yikes. Pressure...
View ArticleGoslings
Coming home from a brush fire on Upriver Drive Friday evening, I spotted this huddle of goslings along the Spokane River. It was just too cute to pass up. As I approached, the sun popped through a...
View ArticlePow Wow
At the Spokane Falls Northwest Indian Pow Wow Friday in Riverfront Park, I spotted Colville Tribe member Tarah Loer,16, preparing for the grand entry. The car interior was dark and the background was...
View ArticleFound photo: Fountain
I was shooting a photo assignment in Riverfront Park Friday and looked up and saw this pattern in the Rotary Fountain. Not sure why I like this photo, but I do. The raw file was flat and uninteresting,...
View ArticleFall color
I’ve been hooked on shooting fall color lately. Spokane is beautiful this time of year. I sometimes have to remind myself to slow down and appreciate the palette of colors fall brings each year. Photos...
View ArticleA Sunday drive in the Palouse
I took a Sunday drive with two photographer friends of mine today and these are the snaps I found along the way. In my job as a newspaper photojournalist, I don’t get to experiment with black and white...
View ArticleFuneral collapse
At a public memorial today, I was photographing an honor guard transferring Spokane firefighter John Knighten’s casket from a fire truck to a funeral gurney. Capt. Mike Rose, one of the honor guard...
View ArticleJellyfish
While composing a photograph of the jellyfish exhibit at the Seattle Aquarium, a line of people with their mobile phones and point and shoot cameras competed for the same snap. I just assumed these...
View ArticleHouse Sparrows
Today was one of those get in the car and cruise for a feature picture kind of day. I’m burnt out on shooting fall color photos, so when I spotted this flock of House Sparrows attacking a bird feeder...
View ArticleSkittish Skater
Looking for a feature photo Tuesday, I spent an hour or so watching four people lazily skate around the Riverfront Park Ice Palace rink. About to give up, a dad with his young daughter showed up. He...
View ArticleFound Photo: Oil rainbow
Walking in a parking lot today, I spotted this rainbow of colors created from a mixture of leaked car oil and rainwater. It is a photo that most people would step over and not pay much bother. I like...
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