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2012 Scott Firefighter Stairclimb ::
Seattle Event Videography

I’m so excited to show you what I’ve been keeping under wraps for the past month or so! My friend and fellow photographer, Sarah Alston, hooked me up with one of her favorite charity events this winter: the Leukemia and Lymphoma’s Firefighter Stairclimb. Firefighters from around the country (and world!) gather each year to climb…

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Tacoma Cathedrals
Pickwick, The Maldives, Pearly Gate Music

The Tacoma Cathedrals opened to a sold-out house last Saturday, a fact concert organizer Aaron Stevens seemed relieved about. “This is Tacoma, you should know by now people do things at the last minute,” I heard a friend say to a smiling Stevens. Whether it’s a fear of commitment or poor calendar skills, it’s true:…

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Capturing a Sense of Place: Words and Images

I’m always thrilled to work with the Tacoma Public Library! Hope the weather holds for the photowalk tomorrow. Capturing a Sense of Place 2: Words & Images In 247 words or less what is your favorite place to hang out in Tacoma? Why? What’s it like? How does it make you feel? What’s unique about…

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Fright of her Life
Halloween 2011

I hope you and yours had a spooktastic Halloween. Our was fun and funny. Kind of. I thought my eleven-year-old felt too grown up to trick-or-treat this year and wanted to hand out candy. That’s what she told me, anyway. Right before bed, she came to me with tears in her eyes. She had a confession….

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Doe Bay Sessions 2011 The Head and the Heart

The good folks over at Sound on the Sound produce some fine things: writing, photography, and general indie music radness. It’s a blog to love and to follow. Like a religion, perhaps. Their Doe Bay Sessions are what tipped me to the event that is Doe Bay and introduced me to the music which has…

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