The Giddy-Up of a Hypocrite
Okay you got me, I’m a pseudo vegetarian who can’t eat anything that I would hug (ie cows and lambs etc.) yet I LOVE rodeos. My trick is this: I focus on all the happenings behind the scenes (you know the dashing cowboys in giant belt buckles and hats) and then by the time the [...]
Just Some Photos From My Week
Yep just another post of photos from my week. I must say I was just “tickled” by the photo of the people napping under their hats at a local bluegrass festival. I felt all sneaky as I was weaving through the crowd trying to get their picture and hoping they weren’t going to wake up [...]
Tip-Toeing Around the Outskirts of Emotion
I had to cover a candlelight vigil for a young man this week who was shot and killed during an altercation with a police officer after he was stopped on suspicion of a DUI in a bank parking lot. Whenever I cover this sort of thing I always tip toe around the outskirts of the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Adieu Spring Sports
The thing about the high school Spring sports season is well there’s one every year (obviously). Therefore I bid a cheerful “see you next year” to the softball, baseball, track and others as I look forward to a much needed sports break. Oh wait summer league baseball starts next week…grumble, grumble…never mind.
Sports and Snarkyness
Because of my snarkyness now and then towards sports, some people think that I hate shooting sports. That is just not the case. I really do enjoy shooting sports it’s that I’m just really not a sports “watcher”. Sure I’ll take in a football game on TV once in awhile while crocheting a scarf or [...]
