Favorite Photos of 2011
Here’s hoping that 2012 brings even more visually interesting situations to be captured by my trusty Canon cameras. And without further ado (and because I really don’t have anything else to write here), I present you with my favorite photos of 2011:
My Favorite Hipstamatic Pics of 2011
With the purchase of an iPhone during the summer of this past year and then with the purchasing of the Hipstamatic App, well it’s safe to say I became a bit addicted to shooting “Hipsty” pics while out and about for work and for fun on my days off. It started with me being bored [...]
One Half of a Seahawks Game
Being as I had never shot an NFL game before, my co-photographer Larry was kind enough to take me to the Seahawks vs. Cardinals game to show me the “ropes” recently. Now most people think that being on the sidelines of such a thing is the ultimate experience, and don’t get me wrong it is [...]
The One With A Bunch of Cowboy Hats
I miss a few things about working in Utah and one of the things I miss is the multitude of rodeos to cover every spring, summer and fall. Here in Kitsap we get one weekend of rodeos and that is it for the year. So, needless to say, when that rodeo weekend arrives I shoot [...]
A Quick Trip To Rialto Beach
I made my way to Olympic National Park’s Rialto Beach today for a quick day trip of a little beach wandering and a lot of marveling at the giant waves and surfers. Here are a few shots: **ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT MEEGAN M. REID/KITSAP SUN***
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(Insert same old apologies and feigned surprise at not posting enough to this blog HERE) (Then ramble on a bit about how words are just annoying and how you are refusing to post cutlines with the photos, which are really just a bunch of photos you’ve taken this summer that you shoved into the “To [...]
My First Pacific Northwest Whale Sighting (Poor Little Fella)
I was heading into work one morning last week when I got a call about a beached whale. I flipped a fantastic U-y (I don’t want to brag but I am awesome and well skilled at U-Turns) and rushed north with thoughts of the awesome photos I was going to get as people saved the [...]
The One About the Ladybug and MSNBC
I thought I should maybe let everyone in on a little secret. Okay so the photo of the ladybug that MSNBC is currently featuring in their “Week In Pictures” contest (the photo that is currently even sitting in second place with 8835 votes) well here’s the thing… I’m really not all that thrilled with the [...]
When The Brewery Isn’t Brewing
As luck (or un-luck if you will) would have it, when I visited the small home Slippery Pig Brewery last week for an assignment on local beer brewing there wasn’t any brewing taking place. No big deal, I swear 80% of my job is making interesting photos of things that aren’t happening, so after an [...]
This, That and The Other
Since I have been an uber blog slacker lately (I blame the fact that I have a work blog as well which tends to demand my attention on a daily basis) I decided to just post a bunch of this that and the other that have been hanging out in the “Blog Update Maybe?” folder [...]
Yep I Saw A Submarine (the real kind of sub, not the sandwich)
Being as we have aircraft carriers and submarines coming and going here along the Kitsap Peninsula at various times, it was bound to happen that I would end up covering a homecoming or deployment at some point. So I got my chance last week (during a monsoon rain with a frigid wind) when the USS [...]
The One With a Multitude of Oars
I had the opportunity last week to spend a couple of hours with a newly formed high school rowing team. One of my favorite things about this job is getting to see and photograph things I have never witnessed before-the sport of rowing being one of them. I had so much fun riding around in [...]
Barnyard Comedians
During a recent wild art hunt (wild art hunting being an aimless drive around looking for a square or rectangular shaped image to fill empty space in the newspaper) I spotted this goat in a yard standing on her barn. I shot a few photos then popped over to the house that the yard was [...]
Oh Those Crazy Polar Bears…
I can’t help but think that it’s truly not a Polar Bear Plunge unless a hole has been cut in the ice and/or those on the shore are standing in knee deep snow. Of course that is just my Northern Michigan roots with a stopover in the mountains of Utah talking. Even with the lack [...]
My Favorite Photos of 2010
Editing down a whole year’s worth of photos down to 30 is always a tough but fun task. Tough because that’s a lot of photos to just pick a “few” from. That’s right I crunched the numbers, and for 2010 (thus far) I had roughly 2,813 photos published in the paper and on the Kitsap [...]
A Holiday Tradition of Twirling Snowflakes
One of my holiday traditions is covering the local Nutcracker performance for whatever newspaper I happen to be working for at the time. I try to sneak it in every year, even going on my night off to shoot because it’s just not the holiday season unless I get to photograph the twirling of snowflakes [...]
Random Acts of Photo Posting
Just playing a little “catch-up” between my photo archives and my blog….hence the sporadic posting of photos from Adoption Day, Black Friday, a X-mas tree farm, snow, squirrels etc. Hey why am I explaining myself to you!?!? This is my photo blog and if I want to post a bunch of random photos without any [...]
Just a Quick Taste of Wine
I’ve never really been much of a wine snob and admit that I usually buy my wine based on the creativity of the label and name. I’ll grab the wine with the little penguin on the label or the quirky named Three Blind Moose over the highfalutin’ Napa Valley named wines with the boring labels [...]
The One With Runners and Umbrellas
I covered a district cross country meet last weekend. Like most days in Washington this time of year it was raining. Therefore when I was bored in between races I got a little carried away with the umbrella photos. Which is really funny only because my co-photog and I roll our eyes and groan every [...]
Some Raindrops and a Weekly(ish) Photo Recap
I realize I posted macro shots of bugs a few weeks ago… but when I saw the misty rain clinging to everything in sight on Monday I knew I’d have to grab that little trusty lens once again. Frankly I just couldn’t help myself because it was just too darn pretty to pass up! Anywho, [...]
The One With Bugs
I’m not a fan of bugs or insects. It doesn’t matter if they are big bugs, little insects, colorful bugs, winged insects or crawling bugs because to me they are all just little creepy crawly bugs that are out to get me. While members of the bug/insect community and I really don’t get along, as [...]
A Silly Seven Degrees of Photo Separation
What does the fair, the first day of school at a local junior high, a new winery/B&B and a smiley guy in a dapper hat have in common? That’s right absolutely nothing. I tried to find some common tie to make this post makes sense but frankly just couldn’t come up with one. So hey [...]
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 [...]