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Happy Holidays & Happy New Year

December 24th, 2009

I appreciate all of the support this year. I’m looking forward to next year and what we can make happen. Remember to sign up for the bloglist in case you missed it last month. Once again thank you for all of your support this year and have a happy holiday.

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Idaho for the Weekend

September 29th, 2008

This past weekend I’ve been in Portland and in Idaho visiting family and taking leaps at learning new things. I’ve also been spending more time on Twitter lately. If you’re on Twitter, make sure to follow my feed as I’ll be twittering new blog posts and updates.

Here are a handful of photos taken during the trip.

Driving from Portland to Idaho
Tam White
Large planet glowing - Idaho >>>CONTINUE READING FULL POST

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Marcus Eaton Trio

August 30th, 2008

The Marcus Eaton Trio is comprised of three members. A bassist–James, guitar & singer–Marcus, and a percussionist–Kevin. Each of them have amazing talent and as a band are putting out great music. I was first introduced to the music about a year ago by Dave. Dave and I worked together to get some shots for the band and since then I’ve been helping the band out. It’s great to get a chance to be part of something that I really enjoy listening to. Check out these older posts on Dave’s blog:

-Marcus Eaton Trio
-Trio Promo
-Published Premier Guitar

The show was at The Gorge and Marcus played before Dave Matthews went on stage. Once again, great performance by the band. They were joined part way through by DM member, Tim Reynolds.

I couldn’t seem to get my WP audio plugin to work with .m4p files, so I’ve attached a movie clip which is even better. For tons more videos go to youtube and type in “marcus eaton”.

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Search & Ride

August 10th, 2008

You tend to not realize how large a city is until you can’t find what you’re looking for. These past two weekends a friend and myself have been looking for some bmx trails/jumps that I was told were on Queen Anne. Well needless to say, we didn’t find the trails, but we did stumbled upon quite a few great locations to shoot photos and some interesting vantage points looking over Seattle as well as a more northern look towards the University of Washington.

Lake Union Seattle

This shot has nothing to do with the search except for the fact that you can see just how large Queen Anne is. Check out the Map print out below.

Seattle Searching

The darkened area is the area that we covered twice. The area where the lines are drawn is the area that we only passed through. If anyone knows the whereabouts of these so-called trails, please leave a comment or send me an email.

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June 28th – A Nice Day

July 1st, 2008

Ok so Today is not the 28th but rather the First of July. In hopes to improve my blogging, I will post everyday that I’m here in Idaho. Here is a photo to start this post off along with a short timeline:

9:05 PM, Saturday

I’d suggest viewing that photo in the largest size if you want to get the full effect. The light was amazing at 9:05PM. The shot is a 17-image-panorama shot at 200mm up on Queen Anne at Kerry Park.

10:25 PM, Saturday
Decided to head to Idaho for a few days for fun. Started packing and grabbing a quick bite to eat before I leave.

11:14 PM, Saturday
Out of Seattle on I-5 on my way.

This is starting to look like the UPS tracking system minus the part where it says your package is going to be delayed.

4:15 AM, Sunday
Coming into Spokane and seeing a beautiful sunrise, but still half asleep and not willing to bring out the camera.

8:55 AM, Sunday

12:01 PM, Sunday
Keeping it cool

4:25 PM, Sunday
If you’re asking yourself if Shelby had a nap between 12:01 and 4:25, the answer is yes he did. These pictures are from a barbecue down the road at a neighbors house. Great time and great food Idaho style!

7:30 PM, Monday

I’ve had these guys in my playlist for a while and haven’t listened to them that much until now. They’re Data 80. Check out their old school video here.

Data 80 – Never Trust A Pretty Face

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Salt Lake City Pt. 2 – Fashion & Skate

June 12th, 2008

This post is a follow up to the first Salt Lake posted located here.

The last two days in Salt Lake City were great for shooting photos. The light was nice and had great weather to boot. I had two fun friends that modeled as well as another friend that skated so we could get some shots. All around, Salt Lake City was a fun time and will be heading back as soon as I can. Here are my top picks from the last two days in Salt Lake.

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Salt Lake City Pt.1 – Deathcab/Tegan & Sara Concert

May 26th, 2008

Its Monday, May 26th and we just got back from a great concert. The show consisted of two amazing bandsâ€”Death Cab for Cutie and Tegan & Sara. Both were very good live but were rushed by the Provo 10PM curfew. One of the bands was not able to play due to technical difficulties that left us in waiting for a little over two hours. It was definitely worth the wait though.

Here are a snapshots from a friends camera of Death Cab from the concert. I also included a couple strobist photos from the same night.

Death Cab for Cutie

Pictured is Ian Wade.

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‘Traveling’ with Aaron Eckhart

March 20th, 2008

Awesome! So psyched, my website has been down for a handful of days due to a horrible domain host–Joker.com. If you can avoid it, don’t register with these guys. They will gladly host your domain, but if you need to change your contacts, email or even have a small customer service problem they won’t respond back. I’d recommend going with Dreamhost; much more reliable and willing to help you out with problems.

A few weeks ago Universal was filming a few blocks down from where I live (Seattle, WA). I headed down there with the camera but nothing was happening. After a few minutes, the camera crew and whole set rolls up and sets up nearly on my lap. I took the opportunity to shoot a couple hundred photos just for good measure.

The film is titled ‘Traveling’ and is about a man whose book turns him into a best-selling self-help guru. On a business trip to Seattle, he meets a woman (Jennifer Aniston) who attends one of his seminars. The man (Eckhart) learns that he is not truly over his wife’s passing. It should be an interesting movie for sure. Here are a few of the shots.

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Sleep Creatively

February 22nd, 2008

These last two weeks have been spent trying to recover from two wrecks on the bicycle and getting well from what might have been the flu. I spent some of that time going looking at apartments and reading articles. I was skimming through Digg yesterday and couldn’t help but notice a series of links about inspiring things. This particular one was about the worlds most inspiring and creative hotel rooms. I would love to stay in one of those and have dreams. I think I’d be having creative nightmares.

Room Hotel

Cool Room Design
**Photos from Digg Article

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Lookout Pass

January 3rd, 2008

Here are some photos from an adventurous trip that Ian Matteson and myself made up to Lookout pass on the 23rd. Ian drove up from SLC to go board and visit family in Montana. When we got up to Lookout, it was snowing and had built up at least 2 feet of fresh powder. A lot of the runs were tracked up but most were fairly soft.