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Snoqualmie Falls

Snoqualmie Falls 31 October 2019

 

We spent the night of October 31, 2019, the day the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe closed on purchasing Snoqualmie Falls, the Salish Lodge and Spa. The property was purchased from the Muckleshoot Tribe. The Salish Lodge is managed by Seattle based company Columbia Hospitality.  It is an on-going effort by the tribe to reclaim its traditional land. The purchase was announced the following day on November 1, 2019. We were unaware of this until the media arrived later that morning. It was an honor to witness this historic event.

With the recent passing of David Lynch I was inspired to revisit this picture taken the morning referenced above. Shooting directly into the morning sun was a challenge. On my Flickr account you can see additional images of the falls in the linked folder Moving Water.

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The Washington State Capitol Campus

The Washington State Capitol Campus

The first time I saw the State Capitol in Olympia was through the windshield of my Volkswagen MicroBus. We were just moving to the state where I had accepted a faculty position. Continue reading →

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Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam

Revisiting this image I made from a road trip in 2010 when the Pat Tilman Bridge had just opened.

I saw the dam for the first time as a child during family travels in the southwest, and subsequent visits have led to new discoveries. With the opening of the bridge we have a new view.

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EMERGENCE – E

EMERGENCE – E

…how relatively empty the streets were in Chicago, as they have been in many cities and communities.

When we returned to the northwest, we saw the pandemic numbers rising again with the newer Delta variant emerging. Like most people, we wanted to put our masks away and return to the life we knew before the pandemic. Continue reading →

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Reading

Yes, a book, but obviously that isn’t the main topic of this picture, but it is an added bonus. The inspiration for this picture was playing with space, both in the division of the rectangle and also the emphasis of the spatial depth. This was further enhanced by the choice and characteristics of the lens and aperture, focussing on the cactus in the foreground while leaving elements beyond the plane of focus to dissolve into the out of focus bokeh.

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