I find jazz music to be the best when live and a concert is second only to a jazz club when it comes to experiencing it. This last weekend I was asked to photograph Geri Allen and it was a treat indeed. She put on a fun show with great music! One of the highlights was her accompaniment, especially the tap dancer which you can see in the movie below. He was full of energy!

Some video of the amazing tap dancing. It is fun having HD video on my SLR.


It was interesting to watch her and the bassist interact with each other.


And Geri speaking to the audience:

Karyn started telemark skiing about three years ago, but she has been downhill skiing about as long as she could walk. Needless to say she is rather good at it! Anyhow, when she started telemark skiing she let me use her old GS (giant slalom) skis. For those who don’t know, GS skis are long and heavy! For a couple of years I did my best, with little success, to follow her down the mountain without looking like a fool. Last year I had enough foolishness and purchased my own telemark gear. Boy I am happy I did. For the first time ever I feel like I can ski down the mountain while in control and looking good. Yippee!

Now to the photos... Skiing on Mt Hood usually requires one to spend the day in windy and snowy conditions, but this January was one of the driest I can remember and made for some blue sky ski days. No wind to boot! The photos are proof.

Karyn and myself with Mt Jefferson and the Three Sisters in the background.


BLUE sky!


Super steep place to stop for a photo! Never could have skied this on GS skis.

Here are a couple of fun series. The shadows are great to look at!

Karyn and I made it up to Seattle last weekend to visit a friend and for a bit of a vacation. She has been busy with pharmacy school but she had a three day weekend so took off up North.

Our first stop was at the Olympic Sculpture Park. The place is a must see if you make it to the city.

Karyn (my wonderful wife) on the left, and yours truly on the right.




Can you figure out which shadow is ours?


And the first Starbucks location. Can you figure out what is different with their logo?


Our friend, Adam, hamming it up at the REI fireplace.


The big splurge of the weekend was going to an NFL game. I figured nosebleeds would be cheap but I guess they have to pay those multi-million dollar players somehow!


This next one is a panorama put in a QTVR (Please click to drag, or use shift/control (shift/option in windows) to zoom. Enjoy.)

A large part of putting together this website has been choosing which photos to put on it. During this rather dreary process I came across this series of stills taken last summer at Uke Fest. Needless to say I couldn't help putting them together into a movie. Fun stuff!

Having been to dozens of weddings a year over the past four years I have found myself looking for amusing moments that stand out from the rest. Some of these moments make sense to include in the selects for the bride and groom, but others don't really belong anywhere but a blog. So last weekend I was assisting with Eric Cable and took this photo. The truth behind the image is that while the bride and groom may have a break during the day, a good photographer is always on duty!