Golden Gardens, Seattle, WA

Lake Union, Seattle, Wa

The last few nights in Seattle have been gorgeous. 70 degrees, a cool breeze and the sky lit up like a fire. I wandered up to Rizal Park the other night and shot away. Nights like this make the 6 months of grey soup worth it!

Shooting baseball is pretty difficult (for me at least). Not because the action is too fast. But I get lulled into a sort-of numb state between bursts of action. Anyway, here are a couple shots from my more with-it moments.

Despite living in Seattle for the last 9 months, I had yet to visit Gasworks Park. And while the steel remnants of another time are fascinating the view of Seattle across Lake Union is unbeatable. I captured this about 15 minutes after the sun sank below the horizon.

Inspired by watching the moon set from my desk every morning last week (yes, you read that right) I decided to photograph the flip slide of this monthly occurrence. For some reason I was battling serious lens flare, but for this shot it all came together. It was a frigid night, which seemed to quiet the beavers that call the wetlands underneath 520 home.

Just a quick shot from this weekend’s adventure. The peak on the right is Bryant Peak as seen from the pass above Snow Lake. I skinned in, but ended up keeping the skins on my skis all day since the conditions were so terrible–slide debris was everywhere you looked. But, the few sun breaks I got once up high made the effort worthwhile.

This Christmas my whole family came to Seattle. We rented a really cool house out on Bainbridge Island. The Sun even made an appearence during the week which was much appreciated by everyone. The rain didn’t hamper things as most of us just wanted to unwind with a book inside. My parents did, however, adopt the true Seattle spirit and don their Gore-Tex everyday to venture out on their walk in the rain.

November was a really crazy month for me. The really wasn’t one bad week at work just a steady grind of things to do. Combine that with having vistors every weekend of the month and I didn’t have too much time to myself.

The first week of December brought me a wonderful Christmas present–a horrible cold. This one pulled out all the stops, a terrible headache that had no respect for any pain killer, a sore throat, fever, runny nose, and now it seems to be moving into my chest.

Anyway, here are a couple shots I grabbed in between all the commotion this past month.