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my snow storm ...

2012-01-23T17:29:00.001-08:00

Diva Girl Keeping Warm

2012-01-19T11:04:00.000-08:00

Landy should learn a few tips from my cousin's pup Diva. She doesn't mind when I get in close with the camera and she's all about posing and giving you attitude. She was so much fun to photograph last weekend!

motion . lite . in the swim of life . lite . motion

2012-01-15T16:28:00.000-08:00

motion ... smoke

2012-01-13T16:52:00.000-08:00

Magnuson shoreponds

2012-01-10T18:42:00.000-08:00

Last Light of 2011...Last photos of 2011

2011-12-31T23:01:00.001-08:00

Sure was exciting taking the last photos of 2011! Happy 2012; may you're year be filled with many blessings and beautiful photos!

Digital alps

2011-12-24T14:44:00.001-08:00

2011-12-18T15:47:00.000-08:00

Looking rather addicted, I think. Last one.

2011-12-18T15:17:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple more of living greenery that I played around with for 'abstract.'

Threshhold

2011-12-18T15:06:00.000-08:00

I changed the cement block to a circle and cropped edges off. Then I used 'threshhold' and also used 'invert'. I need to learn how to add colors. Fun!

Pike Place Market - Playing with Lights

2011-12-18T06:56:00.001-08:00

This was shot through the windshield (at a red light, I was the passenger), post processing - had to take out a LOT of red and yellow hues cast by the red stoplight and the yellow from street lights and other cars.

Time and Motion #1

2011-12-16T13:00:00.001-08:00

Not very exciting, but an example of something to try.

Abstract take 3

2011-12-11T11:11:00.001-08:00

Uncle Nickolas had returned from his long winter journey;
it was a cold winter night.

We snuggled under warm blankets,
sipping hot cocoa,
munching ginger snaps.

A fire blazed, the candles flickered, all was quiet.

Uncle Nickolas had often told us forest stories.
A silent tree falling;
robins snoring;
owls watching through the night.

As we peered through the windows,
we asked Uncle Nickolas,

who walks in the forest when we don’t?

Holiday Lighting - Abstract?

2011-12-09T09:04:00.000-08:00

Abstract?

2011-12-07T10:54:00.000-08:00

abstracts 2

2011-12-07T08:07:00.000-08:00

So far, I've defined abstract as removing the personal while still conveying emotion: focus on essential details and flatten the image. Still searching for more ideas.

Night lights

2011-12-04T10:53:00.001-08:00

Caitlin, I just saw this - we are thinking along the same lines. Pretty aren't they?

road trip abstract expansion

2011-12-03T21:34:00.001-08:00

I liked how the artists used colors and shapes to evoke emotion and have used this a lot in the abstracts I have found/played with.

Occupy in the Abstract

2011-12-03T21:24:00.001-08:00

Abstract take 2

2011-12-03T18:33:00.001-08:00

It was a cold winter night;

we bundled up as we traveled to Uncle Nickolas cabin.

It was to be a special time helping Uncle Nickolas unpack

his many gaily wrapped boxes and bags.

We had hot cocoa and ginger snaps.

We quietly walked up the stairs searching for the last box to open and explore.

There, to our amazement, was a wonderful collect of negatives

showing Uncle Nickolas cabin.

They’re very old.

He said we could share our found treasure with you …

Birds of a Feather

2011-12-02T16:50:00.001-08:00

Consecutive images sandwiched

abstracts

2011-12-01T12:30:00.000-08:00

abstract take 1

2011-12-01T09:59:00.000-08:00

2010 I created a fanciful Santa workshop where

special dreams came true

for all boys and girls

of all ages.

Where colorful Christmas trees

lite the snow covered hillside

and sparkled on the hillsides beyond

Santa's special workshop.

2011 we shall again visit the

fanciful Santa workshop

as it turns and turns and turns

much like those wonderful snow globes!

May your dreams may come true!

Canada Abstract

2011-11-26T07:07:00.000-08:00

Not quite the family trip photos my family was looking for...so much fun though!

The snow dance paid off

2011-11-19T13:28:00.000-08:00

Toothscape

2011-11-16T19:47:00.000-08:00

Landscape food people

2011-11-16T15:58:00.000-08:00

Landscape Bomb Sniffer

2011-11-13T16:54:00.000-08:00

Layered Landscape

2011-11-09T19:12:00.000-08:00

As seen in.....

2011-11-09T07:25:00.001-08:00

After harvest this year, i got in contact with the editor of a Washington Magazine called Wheat Life and submitted photos from the few weekends I spent on the farm with Thomas and gang. She loved this photo so much she had it published in the Your Wheat Life section of the magazine which hit mailboxes yesterday! Which mean I have now been officially published! :)

Small side note, It is Thomas in the photo and his pickup in the background.

Fall Color Landscape

2011-11-08T19:24:00.000-08:00

Skateboarding

2011-11-07T13:14:00.000-08:00

Having fun at the skatepark and then playing around with adding logo.

Gotcha!

2011-11-06T18:47:00.000-08:00

Golden-crowned Kinglet at Magnuson Park

Landscape . viaduct walk . 22 Oct 2011 . take 1

2011-11-04T14:29:00.001-07:00

Happy Halloween

2011-10-30T18:47:00.000-07:00

Thomas and I went and explored a Historical Cemetery I didn't know existed less than 3 miles from my house. I played with some shutter speeds to create the ghostly figures in the first tow images. (tripod HIGHLY needed for these photos)

Happy Halloween!!!

The ghost of Thomas

A young couple on a date in a "previous" life

Wooden cross in the Newcastle Cemetery

CityScape

2011-10-30T17:45:00.000-07:00

This public art caught my eye. Who are these guys?

Nightly Gas

2011-10-29T07:05:00.001-07:00

Urban P-Patch

2011-10-28T20:27:00.001-07:00

Landscape in Minature

2011-10-28T20:14:00.001-07:00

Do you think the driver's name is Jerry Garcia?

2011-10-28T16:44:00.001-07:00

Landscape on the go!

2011-10-25T19:47:00.000-07:00

We went for the last "moving trip" to Almira, WA on Sunday to get all of Thomas's stuff back to this side of the mountains. We had one day available between the two of us, so it meant a before the sun came up time to start...and a great sunrise photo opportunity for me! Only challenge was he wasn't interested in pulling over.

American Dream

2011-10-13T21:43:00.000-07:00

This is "Half-Way House". It is 4 miles between Almira and Heartline, WA and it is my favorite part of my drive to Eastern Washington.

Knocking on Heaven's Door

2011-10-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

The cemetery at St. Martin's Abbey in Lacey

Do NOT eat the spectators ...

2011-10-09T14:36:00.000-07:00

cloud study

2011-10-07T16:46:00.000-07:00

Autumn in Wisconsin (last week)

2011-10-04T11:38:00.001-07:00

Always a treat to see the falls colors in Wisconsin. I got to meet the new group of students receiving my brother's scholarships at UWisconsin-Green Bay ... all 30 of them!

What it means to be an American

2011-10-03T11:25:00.000-07:00

Lovett Puppetry

2011-10-02T13:21:00.001-07:00

Found Dogody at home in the Internat'l District. Sarah Lovett also created Carolyn's owl.

Welcome Fall

2011-10-02T11:04:00.001-07:00

Parade Fun

2011-10-01T08:31:00.001-07:00

Pun Intended

2011-09-30T21:22:00.000-07:00

Home of the Free... Land of the Brave

2011-09-30T21:10:00.001-07:00

Won't you be my neighbor?

2011-09-30T21:01:00.000-07:00

As seen in Centralia... Neighbors separated by an intersection and an aesthetic

Chinese Reconcilliation - Tacoma, WA

2011-09-29T20:42:00.000-07:00

Lantern Festival

2011-09-21T16:23:00.001-07:00

Cross Country has officially started!

2011-09-18T10:07:00.000-07:00

Sundodger 2011 - West Seattle. The flood gates opened for the start of the Men's Invitational.

William's 1st Birthday Mess

2011-09-10T17:46:00.001-07:00

The end of William's 1st birthday photo shoot, and we let him get a bit messy!

Unfortunate Beauty

2011-09-10T07:56:00.001-07:00

The fire in the Olympic Peninsula have created some spectacular reds and orange tones at night

summer reading ... life is good!

2011-09-06T07:27:00.000-07:00

Mt Rainier - Take 2!

2011-09-05T17:00:00.001-07:00

Inside the Paradise Lodge

The tripod got a workout this weekend. Thomas did not know I had set up a photograph and I did not know if we were both in the shot or not.

We past this little pond a few times, and only one photo turned out

Roses and Mountains in honor of my Grandmother

Willamette Valley: first light

2011-09-03T20:33:00.000-07:00

from the train

Things I saw this morning

2011-09-02T13:22:00.000-07:00

8:19AM - Affirmation of Existence

8:23AM - Setting up at the Farmer's Market

8:28AM - Red, Red Tomatoes

10:07AM - Harbor Days Tugboats
Reflection of Olympia's own Sandman

10:12AM - Detail from the 114 year old Wallace Foss Tugboat

10:14AM - Tugs at Olympia's Harbor Days

10:25AM - Water in the fountain

10:47AM - I always wondered what four legged flamingos wore to work.
Now, I know.

Lazy Days of Summer

2011-08-29T17:43:00.000-07:00

Bella (long) and Tucker (round)

Tucker and Houdini

Bella (back) and Tucker (front)

Inadequate Security Measures

2011-08-29T17:36:00.000-07:00

Cottage Lake- Not pictured: the mosquitoes

2011-08-27T14:41:00.000-07:00

Lucha Libre

2011-08-26T07:26:00.000-07:00

if it's summer ... it must be music on the beach, plus spectators

2011-08-16T13:09:00.000-07:00

First Harvest Weekend

2011-08-15T22:23:00.001-07:00

Sunset on the Combine

The morning of the first harvest weekend on the McDonald Farm (yes...just like Old McDonald had a Farm... E I E I O!)

King of the mountain

2011-08-08T08:26:00.000-07:00

I take a break from a 5-day conference to shoot!

Great 8 Backyard dogpark

2011-07-24T21:47:00.000-07:00

$5 lawn job

2011-07-20T19:24:00.000-07:00

Whatever happened to those 13 year old boys who mowed the lawn for $5???

"as a tree is known by it's leaves,

2011-07-20T09:17:00.000-07:00

so a life is measured by the number of people touched

and

not by the length of years"

Georgetown Garden Tour is all about ...

2011-07-14T15:09:00.000-07:00

Reflection Shot

2011-07-09T21:37:00.001-07:00

Thank you for a great time today ladies!

Happy Fourth of July!

2011-07-04T17:04:00.000-07:00

car show ... en camera

2011-06-26T12:31:00.000-07:00

Just kids

2011-06-24T11:58:00.000-07:00

The Difference of 6 Inches

2011-06-22T19:18:00.001-07:00

all shot in B/W and all shot in sequence. 6 inches can make a LOT of difference when shooting in small spaces with small things

Working Hands

2011-06-17T20:04:00.001-07:00

Thomas working on my Uncle's 1959 John Deere Bulldozer

Something a little stranger

2011-06-12T19:53:00.001-07:00

As shot in camera

2011-06-12T16:01:00.000-07:00

if I could do it all over again ...

2011-06-12T12:21:00.001-07:00

I'd wait ... and wait ... and wait

for my ship to come in

If I Was A Betting Woman...

2011-06-12T07:38:00.000-07:00

The set-up for a surprise picnic for a lucky girlfriend

There was champagne, flowers, and cliche finger foods...

If I was a betting woman, I'd place $100 this guy proposed!

Pete, Re-pete... Hey, wait a minute

2011-06-10T20:46:00.000-07:00

Never believe what you see. All the elements are real - they just didn't happen all at the same time.

breathtaking flower

2011-06-09T12:43:00.000-07:00

This really cool Corpse flower blossomed last night.
By morning, the stench was much diminished.

The tree she's standing under is a later stage of the same species.
The tubes are monitoring the scent over time.

Check out the web site below and click on its Facebook page.

http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/corpse-flower-about-to-bloom-at-uw-botany-greenhouse

Flycatcher Pete Re-Pete Pete

2011-06-06T19:27:00.000-07:00

If I could do it all over again ...

2011-06-04T10:06:00.000-07:00

I would be as google earth ...

soar over mountain ranges

swoop along canyon walls

glide over desert sands

fly above crashing waves

drift with the wind

As shot in camera - a bee in a peony

2011-06-01T12:59:00.000-07:00

http://gardening.wsu.edu/closedloop/

Closed Loop Park is Thurston County's one and a half acre demonstration garden built on a portion of the Hawks Prairie Landfill that was closed in 1991.

Closed-Loop Park is one of the first parks to be built on top of a lined landfill. The 60 ml plastic liner only 16-18 inches from the surface covers decades of accumulated garbage. The liner prevents rain from soaking through the garbage which would create toxic leachate (or "garbage juice") that could sink into the groundwater.

The Pacific Northwest Peony Society donated a collection of over 90 peony varieties that are now growing at Closed Loop. From May to early June visitors can enjoy the colorful blossoms.
Breathtaking views of both Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains dwarf the activities of the landfill operations.

The park site is located on a highly visible and well traveled spot adjacent to the Hawks Prairie Landfill. You are invited to explore and enjoy this new recreational and educational addition to our community.

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If we were playing Jeopardy, the question would be...

2011-05-29T21:42:00.000-07:00

WHAT IS 'VANNA WHITE'S MAILBOX"?

Would anyone care to buy a vowel?

If I could do it all over again

2011-05-29T10:38:00.001-07:00

I would wade more

I would gather sea shells and listen

I would build BIG sand castles

I would speak of cabbages and Kings

Photoshop Makes Something Out of Nothing - NYTimes.com:

2011-05-27T18:29:00.000-07:00

Photoshop Makes Something Out of Nothing - NYTimes.com:
May 25, 2011

By ROY FURCHGOTT

"The newest version of Adobe Photoshop, CS5, has some pretty tricky tools, and at least one that the developers at Adobe didn’t know about. But it’s a surprise that can come in handy.

The new tool is called content aware fill. What it does is to allow you to remove an unwanted element from a photo and to automatically fill the spot with a background that matches the rest of the photo..."

"...The tool won’t work on just any image and repeating patterns are best. “It doesn’t work well on a street for instance, where there is no pattern,” Mr. Hughes said, especially when the area you are trying to fix is vast. “Let’s say you gave it a large area to fill, say 30 percent, and you’ve got a flagpole here and a car there, it’s really hard for it.”

An attempt to use it on a missing corner of a vintage photo didn’t work, but it might have been a problem of trying to repair too large an area, said Mr. Hughes. “The trick is to carve it up in small pieces.” So just repair smaller pieces at time rather than an entire missing section all at once.

While it’s fine for removing a piece of trash from a lawn, or a lens flare, be careful about overusing content aware fill and calling the result a photo. You can sail past the point of fixing a photo and straight to pure illustration."

Witness Post for Caitlin

2011-05-26T17:17:00.000-07:00

To Market, To Market - what a difference a day makes

2011-05-26T15:39:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, May 17

Thursday, May 26

And, what is your definition of "right", if I may be so bold...

Recent Adventures

2011-05-22T11:50:00.000-07:00

Juanita Bay Park; Kirkland, WA

Vietnam War Memorial; Olympia, WA

Snoqualmie Falls; Snoqualmie, WA

Just for the fun of it! :)

testing lenses

2011-05-18T20:45:00.000-07:00

400mm lens vs. 500mm lens @ 240 ppi

Space Shuttle Twitpic Woman Gets Paid, Credited & Snubbed By Media

2011-05-17T17:59:00.000-07:00

Space Shuttle Twitpic Woman Gets Paid, Credited & Snubbed By Media

Since snapping photos and a short video of space shuttle Endeavour’s last takeoff from her Delta flight Monday, Stefanie Gordon has appeared on MSNBC, CBS in Palm Beach and ABC in Miami. Her Twitpic photos got significant media exposure — popping up everywhere from Anderson Cooper 360 to The Washington Post.

“I told every news organization that contacted me, ‘as long as you credit me and spell my name right, you can use it,’” Gordon tells Mashable.

But when she sat down to watch the ABC News coverage of the launch, Gordon saw her video appear without credit. CBS News also used the video footage without crediting Gordon.

No organization was legally obligated to credit her. Twitpic, the Twitter-posting service Gordon used to broadcast her photos and video, recently clarified its terms of service in order to quell the news media’s habits of hijacking newsworthy images without asking permission. The company said media outlets need to ask permission to use images or videos — but did not say they need to credit the person who took them. Yet NBC and CNN both chose to heed Gordon’s request for credit.

“It angers me,” says Gordon. “You take the time, it’s your photo, it’s sitting on your phone … it’s frustrating to see your picture without your name on it.”

Other news organizations treated her like a journalist who would expect to be compensated after capturing a newsworthy event. Gordon says The Washington Post and The St. Petersburg Times each paid $100 for the rights to print each photo. The Associated Press paid $500 plus royalties for each photo, she says.

The range of news organization responses to Gordon highlights an emerging problem: As smartphones and sharing services like Twitpic create an army of citizen journalists, the rules for how traditional media uses the information they collect are still being created. Platforms like YouTube and Flickr Commons operate under a creative commons license; what’s posted there is up for grabs by news media — but what rules, if any, should be applied to other valuable media bouncing around the social media universe?

peat, repeat 2

2011-05-14T16:04:00.000-07:00

deja vu #3 - the 4th avenue bridge

2011-05-13T23:34:00.000-07:00

deja vu #2 - the 4th avenue bridge

2011-05-13T23:11:00.000-07:00

Can you near me now?

2011-05-08T21:43:00.000-07:00