It has been a month since the the last posting, which is a sure sign that I have not been shooting enough for myself!  On Monday my friend Prestin and I decided to just walk around and shoot some photos.  To often, I get stuck in a rut shooting what makes me money or only what I schedule and plan out.  Monday involved neither of these things.  These four photos represent a 31 minute chunk of the time we spent walking around Capital Hill and just shooting whatever, which I haven’t done for a very long time.  I have a bit of a fascination with doors.

Locked garage doors

Prestin

Driveway

Apartment entry

Asha and I met up with our newly wed friends Angela and Evan to hit up the Puyallup Fair the last day it was running.  This was the first time Asha and I had been to a fair of this size, and we were quite surprised, as it was substantially larger than the Kootenai County Fair we grew up with in Coeur d’ Alene Idaho.  Below are a few details from our highly enjoyable far experience.

Angela sporting the one of the substantial burgers we enjoyed

"Lomo" style fair ride image

Asha modeling next to one of the many attractive signs

Evan giving a proffessional photographer worthy dirty camera stare

Skillfully posing for a final shot of the night

On June 18th of this year, my mother had a surgical procedure preformed on her brain to remove a slow bleed aneurysm from her right frontal lobe.  There is a book of stories to be told that lead up to the 18th, but I feel it is enough to say that she is now quite healthy and once again enjoying life.  After she was released from the hospital, it was a few days before she was ready to travel from Seattle back to Coeur d’ Alene.  On the drive back I was pulled over for speeding but was not issued a ticket by the very kind WSP Officer.  The next day I drove back to Seattle, but not before I took a few photos along the way.  Below are four images that have no relation to each other except for the fact that they were taken in a four hour period.  The image directly below is posted with her permission.

One week after

Self portrait going 70 MPH

Kocka, once mine now my sisters cat

Power lines and light pole in Ritzville

A few weeks back, my good friends Simon and Nancy paid us a visit.  Being the good “Seattlites” that my wife and I are, we did our best to give them both the most authentic experience possible.  This obviously included a trip to Pike Place Market, dinner at Bin on the Lake (formally the Beach Cafe in Kirkland), a visit to the Olympic Sculpture Park and rock climbing at the REI wall.  

Although this festive event happened at the begining of this month, life has been a bit crazy of late.  Nevertheless, its always better late then never.  To celebrate the day of my good friend Nathaniel’s birth, Asha, Nathaniel and I dined at the Cactus on Alki Beach.  There was a 45 min. wait for a “window” seat, but it was more than worth it to dine in the setting sun!  Below are a few images from the dinner and after dinner activities taken by myself, Nathaniel and Asha. 

Not really sure what my shirt is doing here... Photo by Nathaniel Willson.

Photo by Asha Grinnell

Photo by Nathaniel Willson

Sunset on Alki

Asha strikes a pose