Bowling with family

We took the kids to the bowling alley across the street from the back of our house. They had a promo for pizza and bowling for the fam for $20. it was a fun day out, and the kids really enjoyed them selves.

Webster Park

In Port Angeles there is a Park called Webster Park. it is right in the middle of town with a thick grove of trees and some benches. The local camp fire council is located at the edge and in the park. I havn't really done too much with parks but it was fun to think differently.

just out for a drive

I went out for a drive to the west end of port angeles. I was on a road that i had been on before then thought to myself lets go straight until i can't go straight no more. then i happened apon a church that looked like an old school then possibly abandoned (or just really dirty) i then realized that i am out in the middle of no-where taking pictures and walking around on land that isn't mine. "i hope i don't get shot" ran thru my head. isn't photography fun.

parsons black and white

camp parsons

We had a staff retreat at camp Parson this week it is right on the hood canal. it is a very beautiful camp and i am planning on heading back to photograph sometime soon.

Forks Washington

Part of the area that i oversee is on the northern washington coast. Recently I went to the Town of Forks Washington. They get some of the most rainfall in the country. (over 100 inches) It was raining as i went to Forks and Raining as i left forks but for about 20 minutes of my trip it wasn't raining so i was able to grab some photos of the town.

Mold-Olympic Theatre, Forks Wa 2007
Forks, Wa 2007

Forks, Wa 2007

i can't find a good photo lab

So moving into the area, i have been searching for a good/decent photo lab that i can use when i am working on my projects. So far i have found no black and white labs and only two color labs. So i tried the color lab yesterday and revieved the sale of all there photos are matched for density and color corrected, not just ran thru the machine. So i turned in a roll i had shot on my yakima project. as i was picking up my pictures i was being rung up and the total was $14 that is alot for a roll of color. as i get in my car i look at the photos and they are flat and grey and ugly and not quality. was my camera not working right...no i just changed the batteries and it has never done this before. So i take the negitives and scan them in my computer open up photoshop and ajust the levels on them. (no it is not manipulation) They now look 100 times better the color is right . let me show you the difference.

Fixed

Striaght from the lab

yakima trip

So we went to Yakima for Christmas and as I try to do every time I go out to photograph. so i left Robyn and the kids at my parents house and drove around the city i grew up in. The lighting wasn't the best but a project is a project and if I waited around for perfect conditions I would get out of practice real fast. The First shot if an old parking lot near the old Yakima mall. The second shot is off of front street across from the jail.(this area is being renivated) The third is in Union Gap on the main drag. And finally is a sign by 36th and Summitview between the abandoned/closed DairyQueen and a Pappa Johns.

Yakima ,Wa 2007
North Yakima, Wa 2007

Union Gap, Wa 2007

Yakima, Wa 2007

car explosion

So the other night we woke up to a load bang along with all of the windows and doors rattle in the house. we then heard sirens and that got us up. at the end of our block there was a fire, we found out that it was a car that exploded. it even melted the mailbox it was parked by.

waterfront in port angeles

return to the abandoned school

my boss's have been out of town this week leaving me to take some me time. the historical society is working on turning this into a musuem when it is all finished. it has been a work in progress for several years.

abandoned strip mall

there was a note on the door that the business's were evicted in 2005. some of the doors have been broken out and there was some people living in a 5th wheel behind the place. i need to go back with tripod and film and trespass inside to photograph.

port angeles walk

Front street empty store

oak street steps off of 2nd

8th and lincoln port angeles

These are pictures from my most recent walk through port angeles. I am really enjoying being able to do this and the amount of fun things to photograph. and its healthy as well.

fall shots

fall has hit real hard the last week or so and i was able to take some shots when it hasn't been cold and rainy.

more school posts

The original two-story Lincoln School was built in 1916. East and west additions were added in 1922. The “portable” came in 1929; 10 years later the site was completed with the addition of a gymnasium. The school served thousands of students before being shuttered in 1978.

abandoned school

i'll post more later. the site won't let me upload