News Photography
M-O-O-N
May 5, 2012 – “Super Moon” rising behind the Seattle skyline as viewed from Ursula Judkins Viewpoint near Magnolia. As we setup well before sunset, we weren’t sure we were going to get a shot of the moon low behind the city. Clouds on the horizon threatened to block our view. Fortunately a nice gap opened up and made for a suitably dramatic scene!
Outtakes
I had the opportunity this past weekend to cover a rally in support of Sea-Tac Airport and Port of Seattle workers. You can view the story and photo gallery that was ultimately published at The SeaTac Blog.
As is often the case, I shot far more photos that I needed or could use. This isn’t difficult at an event like this, where you’re frequently using two cameras — one with a wide angle lens and one with a telephoto. In most cases any photos that aren’t published get archived and never see the light of day.
I thought it would be interesting to start using my personal site to publish some of the photos that would otherwise languish in the dim recesses of my hard drive. With that in mind, here are a few outtakes from last weekend’s rally and march and didn’t make the cut for publication.
Seattle FIRST Robotics Regional Competition
I had the opportunity to work as a volunteer judge for the Seattle FIRST Robotics Regional Competition this past weekend. This was my second year doing so.
It’s an amazing experience seeing how enthusiastic and creative the students are when it comes to designing, building and then operating robots to competitively solve each year’s game challenge.
As a judge, a lot of my time during the weekend is spoken for with team interviews and deliberations among the judges to select teams for awards. I still carry my camera and manage to watch a handful of matches.
Because of the number of teams that participate in our regional, FIRST actually conducts two complete regional competitions simultaneously… the Seattle Cascade Regional and the Seattle Olympic Regional.
I judge for the Cascade Regional and most of these photos are from there, but there is a sprinkling of photos from the Olympic Regional shot during the limited time I had to observe their matches.
The photo above is FIRST Founder Dean Kamen — inventor of the Segway among other things — speaking at the competition on Friday evening.
A Magical Night
Scene from “Lullaby for Dottie Harper Park” by Lucia Neare’s Theatrical Wonders at the 2011 Arts-A-Glow in Burien, WA
The Banner Yet Waves
South King Fire & Rescue’s Ladder 62 flies the American flag at the entrance to Celebration Park in Federal Way for their 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
Waterland Parade
The Seattle Cossacks motorcycle drill team lead off the 2011 Waterland Parade in Des Moines, WA
4th of July
4th of July fireworks at Burien's Three Tree Point
Bicycle Racing
Bicycle racing on the streets of Burien on the 4th of July
Generations
A local family enjoying the Discover Burien Father's Day car show
Light Trails
Carnival rides at the 2011 Burien Strawberry Festival
Zombies!
Zombies invade SeaTac Airport via the light rail as part of the Crypticon Convention
Follow That Jet!
SeaTac Airport fire truck takes one last cruise around the taxiways before being retired
Exposed
Sea life exposed during a low tide at Burien's Seahurst Park