PhotoDay....................Jim Scolman,Photographer.

They're Everywhere......

2010-07-18T10:32:00.001-07:00

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The folding carry-along chairs are everywhere these days, and in all sizes and colors.

Technorati Tags: Art, children, color, design, iPhone, sports, Tourist, toys, travel, weather

Fresh Harvest !

2010-07-13T13:05:00.001-07:00

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This is the first big harvest from our shared garden with our friends. I say "our", meaning it is Karen's garden, she does all the work I enjoy the harvest.

Technorati Tags: color, design, Food, iPhone, Jim Scolman, weather

WaterBall

2010-07-13T12:55:00.001-07:00

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The annual water ball contest. The Sultan, WA Fire Station, July 8, 2010. The game is waterball, real fire fighters, teams from around the Sky Valley, spraying fire hoses at a 45 pound ball strung on a cable. Wet and wild. Published in the Monroe Monitor Newspaper,too!

Technorati Tags: color, design, groups, sports, street, Street Photography, travel

Shadow Blues

2010-07-03T08:17:00.001-07:00

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...the best camera IS the one you have with you. Out for an evening walk and the beautiful evening light provided this shot. Willing models, too !

[composed and posted with ecto]

Technorati Tags: Art, color, design, iPhone, Monroe, walking, puppy, Scolman, street, Street Photography, Tourist, travel

A Very Different HCB.

2010-07-02T15:51:00.001-07:00

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I had two Henri Cartier-Bresson encounters recently, the first was this very unusual picture postcard of a smiling HCB. I found the postcard at Bulldog News in Seattle, WA. This is rare because first it is a picture of Cartier-Bresson and he is smiling! I can't quite make out what camera he is holding and I love his belt buckle. It was taken by Martine Franck, his wife, in Normandie, France in 1970 sometime. The one, true master.

Full credit for the postcard is; "Martine Franck / Henri Cartier-Bresson / courtesy Fondation HCB © Nouvelles Images S.A. Martine Franck - Magnum Photos 2008"

The second encounter came in the June, 2010 NPPA Magazine, Newsphotographer, reporting on a new DVD set of 11 color and black and white films about and by Henri Cartier-Bresson. The title is "Henri Cartier-Bresson:Collectors Edition". It is published by Arthouse Films. I'm looking forward to seeing it soon.

Please forgive the quality of the scan, as you can tell, I don't do much scanning.

Technorati Tags: Art, Leica, Seattle, street, Street Photography, Style, Tourist, travel, urban

The Glowing Table.

2010-06-30T17:33:00.001-07:00

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I just shot this ! I was sitting at my kitchen table reading web pages, looked out the door and saw this scene. I made the shot with my iPhone and processed it minimally, in Lightroom. Maybe the flare is a smudge on the lens or something but I really like the shot.

Technorati Tags: Art, Buy it, color, design, Flowers, For sale, iPhone, Style, weather

Best Friends.

2010-06-30T11:37:00.001-07:00

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Jennifer Ramsey, age 11, holds a replica of the sign unveiled by the Washington State Department of Transportation at the intersection on SR 2 where her father was fatally injured in a motorcycle, car crash. Ms Ramsey is supported by her best friend Estelle Sather, 10. Sather holds a box of tissues that she distributed to some of the speakers at the unveiling on Thursday.

Published in the Monroe Monitor, June 29, 2010

Technorati Tags: bicycles, Campaign, car, children, Harleys, street, Street Photography, Sultan, Tourist, Transit, travel

Shadow Bike.

2010-06-30T10:43:00.000-07:00

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I bought a bike to ride around town in response to the BP well blow out in the Gulf. I have read that most of the auto fuel is used for trips under 5 miles around the home. That fits me as I visit my clients, the Library and the Sky River Bakery in Monroe, Washington. I was in photo school in Santa Barbara, California when that well blew and covered the beaches.

Technorati Tags: bicycles, car, Monroe, Politics, protest, Scolman, sports, street, Tourist, toys, Transit, travel

At the Track Meet.

2010-06-30T10:22:00.001-07:00

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I was covering the Washington State Track and Field Meet at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington for the Monroe Monitor Newspaper The weather was bad, rain, cold and very windy. Late on the last day the storm smoothed a bit and the light changed to something soft and lovely. These starting blocks were waiting at one curve in the track.

Technorati Tags: Art, color, design, High School, runner, running, sports, Style, track, travel, weather

Andy Warhol and Me.

2010-06-30T10:15:00.001-07:00

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I like visual puns, this photo booth was setup at the Seattle Art Museum exhibit of Andy Warhol featuring his Polaroids.

Technorati Tags: Art, design, Fashion, Seattle, street, Street Photography, Style, Tourist, travel, urban

Marqee Man.

2010-06-30T09:59:00.000-07:00

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Changing the marquee at the Showbox on First Avenue in Seattle. In looking at my shots this is a very rare vertical, I guess I see life horizontally.

Technorati Tags: Art, color, design, groups, Music, Seattle, street, Street Photography, Tourist, travel, urban

Overhead Dog.

2010-06-30T09:54:00.001-07:00

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It's hard to go wrong with animals. I like to work with overhead views whenever I can find them. The cobbles make a subtle background pattern too. This is in Post Alley, in the Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington.

Technorati Tags: color, design, Dogs, pets, Seattle, street, Street Photography, Tourist, travel, urban

The Blonds.

2010-06-30T09:48:00.001-07:00

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Photography is such a mystery to me sometimes. I shot this frame on the street because the crutches caught my eye and the blonds of course. The mystery part is this shot received over 2000 hits on my Flickr.com site and 3 people flagged it as "Favorites". Maybe it has to do with the title I gave the shot, but in any case, to all those viewers I say thank you. The shot was in downtown Seattle, WA.

Technorati Tags: Fashion, Seattle, shopping, street, Street Photography, Style, Tourist, travel

One Wheel Motion.

2010-01-31T14:51:00.001-08:00

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Kid on unicycles, can you do that? These are Elementary School kids from Sultan, Washington performing at Half Time of a basketball game.

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Technorati Tags: bicycles, children, color, design, groups, High School, unicycle, SHS, sports, Style, Sultan

She Soars, She Scores.

2010-01-31T14:46:00.001-08:00

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Sultan High School Lady Turks, Sultan, Washington. Some may not be ladies....

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Technorati Tags: Basketball, color, design, groups, High School, SHS, sports, Style, Sultan, travel

Abs of Steel.

2010-01-31T14:41:00.001-08:00

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Somewhere in Seattle....

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Technorati Tags: Art, color, design, Fashion, For sale, groups, Seattle, shopping, street, Street Photography, Style, Tourist, toys, travel, urban

Tub Abstracts.

2010-01-30T11:46:00.001-08:00

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...tubs, tubs, tubs.

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Technorati Tags: Art, color, design, Industry, Seattle, shopping, Style, urban

"I'm on the phone here"!

2010-01-30T11:38:00.000-08:00

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One of the many bike messengers in Seattle, she races bikes too !

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Technorati Tags: Art, bicycles, color, Fashion, groups, Seattle, sports, street, Street Photography, Style, travel, urban

No, no, not that !

2010-01-30T11:30:00.000-08:00

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... on the streets, Seattle, Washington, a beautiful January day.

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Technorati Tags: design, Fashion, Seattle, shopping, street, Street Photography, Style, Tourist, travel, urban, weather

Theo Drives.

2010-01-03T20:00:00.001-08:00

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Theo VandenEhkart, Sultan High School Turks, drives for the hoop against the Everett High Seagulls. January 2010.

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Technorati Tags: Basketball, color, design, groups, High School, Style, Sultan

Masked Girl.

2010-01-02T15:52:00.000-08:00

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A girl wearing a mask she made. Early January, 2010.

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Technorati Tags: Art, Buy it, children, Fashion, Style, toys

Walker Evans Simple Secrets

2010-01-01T14:51:00.001-08:00

I came upon a volume of Walker Evans photographs titled "Simple Secrets". It is the catalog of an exhibit of Walker Evans photographs from the Collection of Marian and Benjamin A. Hill shown at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998. Ellen Fleurov, Curator of Photography. The pictures are small and interesting and include some of his famous "Hidden Camera, Subway portraits". What I found most interesting was the Evan's quote that closed the volume.

It's as though

there's a wonderful secret

in a certain place

and I can capture it.

Only I can do it

at this moment,

only this moment

and only me.

Walker Evans

Rebound !

2010-01-01T14:29:00.001-08:00

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Granite Falls High School Basketball vs Lembrick Park from Victoria, BC. There is nothing like the intensity and passion of small town basketball. Late December, 2009, Granite Falls, Washington.

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Technorati Tags: Basketball, Granite Falls, groups, High School, running, sports, Tourist

Wim Wenders for Leica Camera

2009-12-28T19:47:00.001-08:00

I have just recently seen a review, commentary for "Wings of Desire", the beautiful and thoughtful 1987 movie by Wim Wenders, and then I came upon this ad for Leica Camera, and could not resist. I have shot Leica cameras for years, and still do.

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Technorati Tags: Art, Fashion, Leica, street, Street Photography, Style

Link Light rail Seattle.

2009-12-28T17:28:00.001-08:00

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"Welcome to Beacon Hill", waiting for the new Seattle Link Light Rail, far under ground at the Beacon Hill Station, December 2009.

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Technorati Tags: Art, Buy it, color, design, For sale, gentrifacation, Leica, Seattle, street, Street Photography, Tourist, track, Trains, Transit, travel, urban