Musings of a displaced Australian Photographer in Seattle, USA
OK, it’d be pretty fair to say that at this location it was my first proper attempt at shooting UrbEx photography. I was horribly under-prepared as well – we entered many unlit rooms that were pitch-black dark inside. Each step that you took something cracked or broke underneath your step. The air inside was still...
You’re at a lookout with your camera. You’ve got your tripod and your wide-angle lens but something is wrong. Everything in your frame looks tiny! You can’t see the beautiful scene before you clear enough. This is what a wide-angle lens is designed to do – to give the feeling of space, to make everything...
If there’s one thing that’s been photographed in Seattle about a bajillion times it’s the public market sign at Pike Place Market. If there’s a second thing, it’s the wall filled with masticated, old & spat-out-and-artfully-placed gum at the theatre in Post Alley beneath Pike Place Market. It’s hard to visit a big tourist spot...
I think the last time I went shooting at the Seattle Center was back in May. I’m always up for revisiting a location, and the combination of fine weather in the morning recently and good friend Brian Matiash in town seemed like pretty good reasons to head back to Seattle’s most recognised landmark for some...
I recently picked up a great eBook by Stuart Sipahigil called Close to Home: Finding Great Photographs in Your Own Back Yard and something about it really resonated with me. As much as I try to showcase the city of Seattle and all of its beauty, I often neglect (and not intentionally) to blog about...
I love when you encounter man-made structures whose purposes gel, if only for a moment, with nature around them. It’s a perfect contrast of harsh, lifeless construction and simple freedoms. This image was taken walking around Seattle’s International District with Brian Matiash. We started here and walked Seattle’s pioneer square and downtown districts afterwards, but...
I’m thrilled to say that one of my Seattle panoramas was selected to represent the amazing panoramic canvases sold by Artistic Photo Canvas on Scott Kelby’s Holiday Gear Guide for 2010. APC really do a stirling job with all of their canvases and their panoramas are no exception – it’s incredible quality and looks great!...
