I had the sprinklers running the other day trying to keep my plants alive and as it was early morning, I had the sun shining from the East through our hazelnut tree. The lighting was perfect to catch the water droplets and I had some fun playing with shadows, light and depth.
Some friends and I visited the Pike Street Market on Monday and the flower sellers had the most fantastic tulip stems to sell. This collection seemed perfectly matched in color.
After everyone was finished, the food was eaten (I was the cook for 350 people), and it was getting dark outside, a local bluegrass band from Olympia played for us. I loved the hat on this performer and the joyful way that she has about presenting her music to us.
This is a shot from the Shaw Island Ferry Terminal as we were waiting to load cars. I love the moss everywhere. This was a shot that I took with the idea of dividing a photo into threes in my mind. 
This little Red Heeler is just beginning to run. She is only 5 months old, so is still learning the ropes of long trail runs. So well behaved! For the photo, I went with a slight sepia wash and cropped square to emphasize her beautiful features.
This 6 year old Aussie mix dog has been running for years. He could not wait for his human to begin the race and was right there in front at the end of the 25k. I ran into a problem photographing him as the day was very dark and so was he. I didn't want to blast the photo out on his white spots, so instead I got a very dark photo. I'm still thinking about how to lighten some parts of it.
As we drove to the ferry, the sun was beginning to set. I saw this eagle just sitting in a field, slowly stretching it's wings to catch the last rays.
Cascade Lake in Moran State Park was very still. This photo was taken in the late afternoon. 
Mid afternoon and the light was very flat on the lake.
Ducks on the lake swimming towards the other shore. I waited for the ducks to catch the low afternoon sunlight and then pushed the photo to create more contrast.
Someone built this covered bridge on a small pond midway across the island. I drove by several times looking for just the right time to take a photo. I wanted the sun to be hitting the bridge and trees. Luckily in the mid afternoon, the sun did just what I wanted and for several minutes I had the lighting that I wanted. Five minutes later, it was gone and the scenery was flat again.
Musicians in Port Townsend relaxing after playing on a street corner. I watched them for quite a while until they were lost in their conversation. I wanted to capture a moment that anyone looking at the photo could make a story from. I wasn't trying to control the back ground or the lighting but was only interested in telling a story.
One maraschino cherry in a saucer of caramel sauce. Perfection in flavor but I was taken with the simplicity of the circles created by the cherry, caramel, and saucer.
With the wildfires all over Northern California in late June, everywhere we went there was smoke. I was so disappointed that all of my plans to photograph the parks were being taken away from me. However, there were moments when the light created by the smoke made for some opportunities that aren't usually available and one of these times was late in the day at the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite when the low sun shone through the smoke to create a rosey light that accentuated the already red soil and bark of the manzanita bushes and pine trees.
Sequoia National Park has been hit with many forest fires in recent years. Most are smaller fires that are allowed to burn in a managed situation because sequoia seeds can only germinate after being burned. The fires don't usually destroy the mature Sequoias but they do end up burning the inside of the trees to create living outer walls and charred interiors. Here I caught what I thought summed up the fires we were breathing with charred trees all around the older Sequoia burned at the bases and still, green branches above.
There was no wind this August 6 so the lanterns slowly wound their way across the lake.
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