November 12, 2012 – WWII Veteran Fighter Pilot Joe Moser Honored by the Seattle Seahawks
Yesterday (Nov 11th) was Veterans Day and the NFL honored veterans all around America. The Seattle Seahawks did so by honoring local decorated WWII veteran fighter pilot Joe Moser. During the war, Joe piloted piloted one of the most advanced fighter planes of the time, the P-38. Unfortunately he was shot down over France and [...]
September 1 – Upper Deck Football Card
Wow! Is it really September already? Short post today. This past week I found out that one of my photos of former Washington State University Cougar quarterback Marshall Lobbestael was purchased by the Upper Deck Trading card company. Below is a screen capture (sorry for the low res) of the card on the left, and [...]
August 25th – Photos of the Week
Here are my favorite shots from the two photo assignments I was assigned to this past week. Let me know what you think. Have a good weekend everyone! Tweet
August 20th – Photos of the Week
As you probably have noticed, once again I am a little late on a new blog post. To make sure that I don’t go so long between posts, I will make it a goal to post up at least once a week with my favorites shots of the week from assignments and personal projects. So [...]
July 12 – US Open Cup Semi-Finals
Last night (July 11) I was assigned to photograph my 2nd Lamar Hunt US Open Cup semi finals as the Sounders FC played against Chivas USA at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, WA. The weather was perfect and I loved the warm light combined with the stadium shadow during the 1st half as you [...]
July 9 – Change of Scenery
Besides sports photography, I enjoy shooting other subjects to keep my creative juices flowing. Otherwise I think I would burn out covering only sports. Two of my favorite genres of photography other than sports are wildlife and landscape. Lately I haven’t had much time to do either. I would prefer to jump in my Jeep [...]
June 30 – Broken Bat
One shot that has been eluding me for awhile has been a good broken bat photo. Well, I finally captured one the other night while on assignment covering the Seattle Mariners as they took on the Oakland Athletics in Seattle. Although I would have preferred an exploding bat shot, this broken bat was kind of [...]
June 25 – US Olympic Team Trials
This past Thursday and Friday I was given a unique assignment to cover a sport that I have never photographed before, diving. I was assigned to the United States Olympic Team Trial finals taking place at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic center in Federal Way, WA. Little did I know how difficult it would be [...]
May 9, 2012 – Photos of the Week
Wow! It has been a busy week with both Seattle Mariners and Seattle Sounders FC photo assignments. Here are a few of my favorite shots of the past week. Enjoy! Tweet
A Perfect Game
On Saturday April 21st, 2012, I witnessed sports history in person. I not only witnessed it person, I photographed it. My assignment on this beautiful Seattle day in April may have been the highlight of my sports photography career. On this day I photographed a ‘Perfect Game’ in a Major League Baseball game, something that [...]
April 18, 2012 – What’s in the Camera Bag – Night MLB Game
With the Major League baseball season in full swing, I thought it would be a good time to post a new “What’s in the Camera Bag.” If you didn’t already know, I cover a lot of the Seattle Mariners home baseball games, most of which are at night. I love shooting night games at Safeco [...]
April 2, 2012 – Photo of the Day – Sounders FC
Today’s photo(s) of the day are a couple of my favorite shots while on assignment covering the Seattle Sounders FC vs San Jose Earthquakes this past Saturday night (March 31). At the end of the game, the Sounders FC were defeated by San Jose 1-0. Tweet
March 31, 2012 – What’s in the Camera Bag – Night MLS Game
I get a lot of questions as to what I pack for different assignments. So hopefully here is the first of many different “What’s in the Camera Bag” blog posts. Tonight I am assigned to cover the MLS game between the Seattle Sounders FC and the San Jose Earthquakes in Seattle, and it’s suppose to rain. [...]
March 25, 2012 – Photo of the Day – Felix Hernandez
Today’s Photo of the Day is a photo I captured of Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez during one of my Mariners assignments last season. Since the MLB season starts this week, I thought a photo of the Seattle Mariners’ best pitcher would be perfect. Enjoy! (Note: This is natural light that sometime peaks through [...]
March 24, 2012 – Photo of the Day – Sounders FC
Today’s Photo(s) of the Day are from my Sounders FC vs Houston Dynamo MLS soccer game last night in Seattle, WA. Sounders FC defeated the Dynamos 2-0. Enjoy! Tweet
March 15, 2012 – Photo of the Day – Wetherholt Salon & Spa
This past Saturday (March 10) I photographed Leslie Wetherholt, owner of the Wetherholt Salon & Spa in Seattle. She will be featured in the Crave Seattle book this spring and hired me to shoot the photographs. Today’s Photo of the Day is one of my favorite photos of Leslie. Enjoy! (A few more photos from [...]
March 11, 2012 – Photos of the Day – Sounders FC
Today’s photos of the day are from this past Wednesday (March 7), as the Sounders FC took on Santos Laguna in the 1st leg of the quarterfinals in the CONCACAF Champions League. Sounders FC defeated Santo Laguna 2-1. Tweet
March 1, 2012 – Photo of the Day – Fredy Montero
Today’s photo of the day is a photo of Fredy Montero (again). Last night the Sounders FC played their inaugural Community Shield charity match at CenturyLink field. This year they took on the Jaguares de Chiapas of Mexico defeating them 2-0, both goals credited to Fredy Montero. This was my first soccer game of 2012 [...]
Feb 27, 2012 – Photo of the Day – Fredy Montero
Yesterday (Sunday, Feb 27th) I traveled south of Seattle to the Sounders FC headquarters to photograph the Sounders’ training session in what would be a very chilly, sometimes snowy day. During the session, I captured this shot of Sounders FC forward Fredy Montero heading the ball out of the goal box during a scrimmage session. [...]
Feb 17, 2012 – Photo of the Day
Last night (Feb 16th) I covered my last University of Washington men’s basketball game as they took on the Arizona State Sun Devils in Seattle, WA. If you have had the chance to watch any of the Washington games this year, you probably have witnessed some incredible passing by Washington freshman Tony Wroten Jr. A good example [...]
Jan 29, 2012 – Welcome Michael Gspurning
Welcome Michael Gspurning, Seattle Sounders FC‘s new starting goalkeeper. Yesterday I was finally able to make it to one of the Sounders FC training sessions and also the last session in Seattle before they head to Arizona for a month. Because this was the first time I was able to attend training, this was also [...]
Jan 21, 2012 – Photo of the Day
Today’s photo of the day is one of the first photographs I took with my first DLSR. The photo was taken while out on a drive with my father on the Key Pennisula in Western Washington. I can’t believe how far I have come since then. Enjoy! Tweet
Jan 20, 2012 – Photo of the Day
If you are reading this post from a computer or smart phone in Washington State, hope you are staying warm during this wild weather. Today’s photo of the day was taken last night during my coverage of the University of Washington Huskies vs California Golden Bears men’s NCAA basketball game. Enjoy! Tweet
Jan 17, 2012 – Photo of the Day – Snow Lion!
With the “snow storm of the century” bearing down on us, I decided to dig up two of my favorite snow photos. These photos were taken at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle the morning after we received a few inches of snow. Luckily, some of the only animals that were active were the lions. [...]