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>GMC
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That's all it is. An old truck parked on the street at night. Nothing more to say about it.
>Ink
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These dudes were posing for a photo for a friend when I came out of the bathroom and took a snap. They couldn't figure out why a dude with a pro camera was taking their photo. I didn't offer any explanation either. I just said, "cool" and kept walking.
>Wedding Crashers
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I'm walking down Broadway in Eugene about 10:30 p.m. and I shoot these dudes leaving a wedding at Adam's Place with an armload of presents.
Gotta love that 24/1.4!
>Overexposed and Backlit
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Some things look good exposed bad. Or not.
This a pulp and paper mill in Eureka, California.
>Mud and Dennis Miller
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I shot this when I worked in Vancouver. There was a rain storm at the Clark County Fair and a spontaneous mud fight broke out.
The photo was widely published and somehow Dennis Miller held it up and said something funny about it on his show. That's what I heard anyway.
I posted this photo because I reminds of something I had no idea of when I first started out as a photojournalist. When little moments come together like this and a photographer is there with the right lens and manages to be in position to get the picture, it's really kind of a miracle. When I took this photo I was just out of college and into my first few years as staff photojournalist for the The Columbian. I thought I would be in position to take photos like that all the time. I thought it would be easy to make pictures like that. I thought I could go to any county fair or community festival and walk away with great photos of very interesting moments. I took this miracle for granted. I thought I made that picture because I was a "good" photographer.
I know now that I had very little to do with it. I was just ready when it happened. That was the extent of my involvement.
I've been to dozens of county fairs and even more dozens of community festivals and parades and gatherings. Rarely does something happen that interesting that I'm ready for.
>Chief Joseph's Grave
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I pulled this from my archives. I always thought it was interesting that General U. Grant has a memorial twice the size of of Chief Joseph's headstone that only marked the spot where he had a potato patch.
Twice the man, half the headstone.
>Swimsuit from the 70's
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I shot this many years ago when I worked at The Columbian. It was from Jantzen's collection of vintage swimsuits. It's one of the very few fashion shoots I've done in my career.
>This Will Be Me in My 70's
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This guy cracked me up. It looks like he's shooting with a disc camera. It's probably just a fancy dit cam. The funny thing is, he has a pretty high end point and shoot dit cam hanging from his neck.
He's probably an old newspaper photographer. I shot this in Hood River, Oregon. He was photographing kite-boarders readying their equipment.
>Googleyes
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The kids were given some funky glasses to wear for the fireworks. A good time was had by all.
>The Third of July
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This was our second fireworks display at the Emerald's baseball game on July 3rd. A good time was had by all.
>The Fourth of July
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Cole was playing with glow sticks before the fireworks started in Creswell. We went to the Pietsch's for Fourth of July and watched fireworks with the crew. A good time was had by all.
>One more Rodeo
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The stands isn't a bad place to shoot if you don't mind having people stand up in front of you at key moments.
>Cole at the Rodeo
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I pointed the camera at Cole and he did this. Notice the cowboy hat.
>Bareback
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Carrie and I took the kids to the Eugene Pro Rodeo last night. I shot this from the stands.
>More Rock 'n' Roll
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Here's a another shot from the Experience Music Project building at Seattle Center.
This the most fascinating building I've ever stepped foot in. It's amazing not only that someone thought of it, but that it was built and doesn't fall into a pile of rubble at the first high wind.
If you look at closely at the photo you can see someone walking up the steps that gives a pretty good idea how big this building is.
>Baby Bryson
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I found this photo I took of Bryson in 1992. This is for Rick and Scott who are probably one of the few regular viewers of this pathetic blog.
This photo ended up being on a rack card when I worked at The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash.
Bryson is on this very blog in the May 9 entry. He's now 11-years-old.
>Greta's Got Game!
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Look at the kid play! This was a game against a far inferior team. With Greta's hustle and Alex's bat, those little pre-K wimps were reduced to tears!
They better be ready next week because those Cheetah Girls will break 'em down all over again!
>More Doug Fir
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I made another trip to the Doug Fir Lounge. This place is really fascinating. I have not seen anything even remotely like it. Every corner is detailed and unique.
My experience was soured, however, when a loudmouthed employee chose to confront me about taking photos in front of a crowd of people. It was embarrassing and unnessesary. There's one in every crowd.
I find it interesting that people think because you have a camera around your neck they can treat you differently than other customers (I paid a $10 cover charge and had a $25 dinner there). I bet I could have been slobbering drunk and insulting the staff and they would have discreetly walked me outside and had a chat. But, since I had a camera the employee in question was emboldended to get confrontational and rude in the lobby. This is after I had been shooting openly in front of security for over an hour with no problems.
I think I've seen enough of the Doug Fir.
>Commuters
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I like the irony of this sign on the side of the bus depicting a family enjoying their experience with an automobile as commuters inside the bus look absolutely miserable in the evening gridlock in Seattle.