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Jello Shots

December 11th, 2010
Jello Shots

Seattle Weekly, always in pursuit of a Pulitzer, ran a cover story on the popularity of jello shots in low-end bars. this shoot was my contribution. Shooting drunks in bars is not that hard. A few snaps and they will start doing the stupidest things for your camera..

Etsuko Ichikawa’s Firebird

September 14th, 2010
Etsuko Ichikawa’s Firebird

Etsuko Ichikawa. Performance art work Firebird, at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, in the hotshop, September 11, 2010. Ichikawa is ‘painting’ on a large roll of white paper with a glob of dripping molten glass. Dancer Mizue Trinidad. The performance is accompanied by a selection from Stravinsky’s Firebird. Slideshow gallery, with 33 selects:

flyingfish

July 23rd, 2010
flyingfish

This restaurant shoot was especially satisfying: the natural sunlight was perfect and the plating was super nice. The Weekly used this crowd scene for a lead: This tuna poke plate:

Latino Farmers in Yakima Valley

July 8th, 2010
Latino Farmers in Yakima Valley

Art for Nina Shapiro story on latino farmers in the Yakima Valley, WA. Below the text is a gallery with alternate images and some vertical crops. Each image links to a “preview” image, and the preview is linked to a high res file for download. Sergio Marquez, apple grower, of Wapato, WA. There are several [...]

Sunset Tavern Crowd

June 21st, 2010
Sunset Tavern Crowd

This was just the best, funnest shoot in a while. I love being a photographer and pushing right to the front of the crowd. I just say excuse me I need to take some pictures! In any case, HalloQueen, the Queen tribute band was awesome and hilarious at the same time.

Seafair Pirates at the Lusty Lady

June 8th, 2010
Seafair Pirates at the Lusty Lady

This was a very fun cover shoot for the Seattle Weekly. The theme was Pirates Going Barhopping. We had three of the incomparable Seafair Pirates as models: Doug “Barnacle” Kuehne, Mike “Sparrow” Knowlton, and Kerry “Ancient One” Dean. .

Scott Powell’s “Home”

May 20th, 2010
Scott Powell’s “Home”

Emotional dance work choreographed by Mary Sheldon Scott

Prom Date!

May 17th, 2010
Prom Date!

This was a cover shoot for Seattle Weekly, and it was very satisfying. The boy in the ball gown is Nicholas Terry, creator of the film Senior Prom. Terry’s film is a mocumentary of his high school prom, made on an $800 budget. Plus, he got his film into Seattle International Film Festival!

Huong Binh

May 3rd, 2010
Steamed rice cakes with pork and shrimp sauce

Huong Binh, at 12th + Jackson. Unusual Hue-style Vietnamese cuisine. I love the Banh Beo Chen!

El Mestizo

April 27th, 2010
El Mestizo

El Mestizo was fun to shoot. They weren’t camera shy in the least.

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