The One Where Friday Made My Week

    The One Where Friday Made My Week

    It’s been an unbearably slow two weeks in the photo office of the Kitsap Sun. No one is to blame, it’s just we’re in a holding pattern waiting for high school sports to begin and being as it’s the middle of summer not much is happening on the news side of things out here. Which [...]

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    When The Canoes Arrive Early

    When The Canoes Arrive Early

    One of the best things about joining the staff of a newspaper in a new area is that all of the annual festivals and events are completely new to me. While my co-photog Larry has shot the annual Tribal Canoe Journey many times in his 25 year stint here at the Kitsap Sun- for me [...]

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    A Boy Named Bubba and Some Bubbles

    A Boy Named Bubba and Some Bubbles

    When I saw this little boy blowing bubbles along the track as I was leaving a football practice I of course paused to snap his picture. It was an added bonus when I asked him his name he said, “Um, Bubba Disney.” Now, being as he was only 5 years-old, I questioned the validity of [...]

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    The Best Parade EVER

    The Best Parade EVER

    I did a post while back about my extreme dislike for parades (it’s located here in case you need a reminder of the loathing). Yet even with with these strong feelings of contempt for people marching and waving down the street, I was really excited when I read my July 4th assignment covering a neighborhood [...]

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    Leap Frog For The Birds

    Leap Frog For The Birds

    I will go out on a limb (no bird pun intended) and say that I see AT LEAST two bald eagles every day. That’s right every day. They are almost as common as seagulls out here- no really I’m not kidding! Usually I see them soaring around the sky or just sitting on pilings doing [...]

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    The One Without a Title

    The One Without a Title

    Recently a friend of my 16-year-old niece emailed me because she is thinking of studying Photojournalism when she heads to college next year. My first thought was “WHOO HOO the field of photojournalism lives on!!” My second thought was, “Yikes how do I keep my reply light-hearted and positive when this field has shrunk so [...]

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