Feb 15, 2016 | Blog
I am happy to announce that ten images from my Nighttime Portfolio have been chosen for the Blue Sky Gallery’s Pacific NW Viewing Drawers. The gallery is located in Portland, Oregon. These images are a part of the 2016 juried selections for the Viewing Drawers program and will be available at the Gallery for a year. Blue Sky, www.blueskygallery.org/ is a fantastic place, a must see in Portland for anyone who cares about photography. I am honored to be in these hallowed halls.
My Nighttime Portfolio is made up mostly of images made in the Seattle neighborhoods of Georgetown and South Park over the last five years or so. I began the series because I felt a need to document the rebuilding of the Argo Bridge a few blocks from my studio. As the old Bridge was demolished so was the quick walk and/or drive over to Georgetown from South Sodo. I simply did not have time to photograph the Bridge consistently during the day and I found that at night, the workers were gone, the train yards were still active and no one seemed to care if I was out there wandering around with a camera and a tripod. It was a great setting in which to stumble about and shoot my heart out. Many students accompanied me on these forays as well and I thank them for that. Below are the ten images chosen for the Viewing Drawers. They will be available from April 7th on. Stop by if you are in Portland. PS: the featured image is titled, Lucille Crossing, 2013.
South Park Bridge, Rebuilt, 2014
Under the Argo Bridge, 2012
Behind the Hanger Cafe, 2013
Albro Street between 13th Avenue South and Stanley Street, 2015
Off Airport Way, north of the Argo Bridge, 2015
13th Avenue South. 2014
Alley off Stanley Street, 2014
Along Airport Way at South Vale Street, 2015
Corner of Stanley Street and Albro Avenue, Looking North, 2015
Oct 5, 2013 | Blog
Last night we went to the South Park neighborhood of Seattle, wandering through the boatyards and down to the river. We shot the bridge under construction, talked with the locals, gaped at the huge boats out of water. It was a beautiful warm night, even a few stars visible beyond the glaring lights set up for the workers rebuilding the bridge. For the grand finale, we went to a little park along the Duwamish River. The low tide left a muddy beach that was sticky in the dark. As we exposed our images, the rocks in the shallow water started to move and we realized the rocks were racoons. There is so much color and life at night! Staying with a four minute exposure and then a four minute noise reduction process, forces one to just stand and look and listen. Such a gift to do this in the dark, in the city. The featured image for this post is my four minute exposure, looking north up the Duwamish toward downtown Seattle.
In the boatyard, the boats were giant shapes lurking in the dark. The photograph reveals the remarkable colors and personalities of these vessels. Is there anything I love more than a boat out of water? Here are two images:
To see the work of the students and more work of mine, go to our flickr.com group, http://www.flickr.com/groups/2288163@N25/
Oct 2, 2013 | Blog
I am teaching a night class that started last Friday. It was a wonderful night free of the threatened downpour. We meandered from South Sodo to Georgetown, shooting along the way, actually only covering a small area. We are posting images to a flickr. group and you can go there over the course of the next four weeks to see the work the group and I make. The image posted here, Lucille Crossing, to the North is my ode to the Lucille Street train as it crosses Lucille at the Argo Bridge and Airport, where trains are close enough to touch. The featured image is Lucille Crossing, To the South. Here’s the link, to our group http://www.flickr.com/groups/2288163@N25/
South Park Bridge, Rebuilt, 2014
Under the Argo Bridge, 2012
Albro Street between 13th Avenue South and Stanley Street, 2015
Off Airport Way, north of the Argo Bridge, 2015
13th Avenue South. 2014
Alley off Stanley Street, 2014
Along Airport Way at South Vale Street, 2015
Corner of Stanley Street and Albro Avenue, Looking North, 2015
