This boy was doing some fancy dribbling. I spotted him from distance away. Not only was I surprised to see someone with a basketball on the State Fair midway, but was impressed with his skills: quick moves, low dribble, between the legs, behind the back. I asked him and his family if they wouldn’t mind […]
Probably no food represents the Washington State Fair more than scones. Fisher has been selling scones there for more than a century. I was photographing several women prep and bag scones in the Fisher kitchen when a male coworker quickly slid into the frame and flashed a mischievous smile. You want to be in the […]
“How long does it take to shear a sheep?” I asked. “If you’re good it only takes a few minutes,” she said. The fleece comes off quickly. There are even shearing competitions. She went on to say that she didn’t consider herself that good and she wasn’t actually shearing at the moment. “This is called […]
Ahead on the path out of Sillyville I saw a young family randomly bop each other with oversized inflatable hammers as they walked. The daughter would catch her dad from behind. Wap! Her mom would turn around and knock her silly. Thump! They were having as much fun strolling down the walkway as any laughing […]
I hadn’t planned to do any portraits on a recent trip to Mount Rainier. It was meant as a simple day hiking the Paradise meadows. But four Harleys rolled to a stop as I returned to the visitor center parking lot. Their riders, members of a Harley-Davidson owners group in Seattle, intrigued me. I couldn’t pass up the chance […]
The Port Townsend woman sitting here surrounded by her handmade woolen creations is our Northwest People portrait because of a particular hat and a series of surprises last weekend. My sweetheart tells the story: Surprise 1: As I stood on the sidewalk window-shopping and finishing up a snack, Steve came out of a store to […]
When I was kicking around the idea of photographing some of the interesting people I meet throughout the Northwest, I didn’t think I could actually approach strangers and ask for their photograph. Not many anyway. Not successfully. Who would say yes to a total stranger? Three months ago I was browsing the shelves at Powell’s, […]
