Downtown Seattle...Film Noir Style

The Space Needle

I've been busy processing images from last summer for the last week. It's funny how I spent 8 years in this area and never took a single shot of the Space Needle.  Then during the middle of the year, I suddenly felt compelled to take hundreds of images of the thing. I guess I'm a binge photographer....

Sunset Over The Sound

Sunset over the Puget Sound at Picnic Point, Washington (doesn't he ever go anywhere else???)

Close To Home

My son and I made a last minute dash down to Picnic Point after he decided he would rather go to the beach and see sunset than watch a storm chasing video together (both pretty good options in my mind anyway). Who should come strolling across the beach and join us at the last minute but Michael Riffle, a local photographer I know. The sunset never exploded but clouds in the sky were cool and it was great talking to Michael and trading ideas about locations in the area.

Picnic Point County Park, Snohomish County, Washington

Panic Bag

I keep a panic bag in my office...not the kind to stave off impending social collapse or world doom but packed with goodies to take advantage of any last minute light. It is a small bag, easily stuffed into a backpack, filled with only the essentials, and designed to travel light and fast. Inside are my Nikon body, two zoom lenses, a couple of graduated neutral density filters, polarizing filter, remote release, and a backup battery. Everything I need to create something out of nearly every situation. So now, when conditions start to improve without any warning, we can gulp down our dinner, leave the dishes on the table, and be out the door in minutes. That is assuming my son is not dragging his heels ;)  Do you have a "photo panic" bag always packed and what is in yours?

Sunset over the Puget Sound at Picnic Point County Park, Snohomish County, Washington