Mason General Candy Cane Carnival

I photographed a charity event sponsored by Mason General Hospital.  I was not the Santa photographer but I took a couple of Santa pictures from the side anyway.  I broke my Nikon SB600 external flash and I had to buy a new flash, this was my first job with my new flash, it is a Yangnuo YN-568EX.

  It is a slight upgrade as it has high speed sync, a built in bounce card and a faster recharge time.  It cost a lot less than a comparable Nikon flash and so far it seems well built.  I also paid Nikon $118 to repair my SB600.  I had the SB fixed because it is smaller and lighter and that makes it better for hiking.

     Jimmy Rosaria, 5 of Shelton puts his toy fire hat on Santa’s head and then gives Santa* a hug at the Candy Cane Carnival Sponsored by Mason General Hospital and Co-Sponsored by South Sound Radiology held at the Alderbrook Resort and Spa in Union on Saturday Nov. 22 2014 ~Shawna Whelan

      Pheonix Oleachea, 8 and Siciley Whiting, 5 both from Shelton sit on Santa’s Lap  at the Candy Cane Carnival Sponsored by Mason General Hospital and Co-Sponsored by South Sound Radiology held at the Alderbrook Resort and Spa in Union on Saturday Nov. 22 2014 ~Shawna Whelan

Hunter Harris, 3 smiles while Destiny Dolezal’s, 5 face is painted by Shannon Paine of Shelton Health and Rehab at the Candy Cane Carnival Sponsored by Mason General Hospital and Co-Sponsored by South Sound Radiology held at the Alderbrook Resort and Spa in Union on Saturday Nov. 22 2014 ~Shawna Whelan

Vetrans Day BBQ and Stuff the Bus

This week I covered a Veterans appreciation BBQ out in Hoodsport
 and a food drive event at the Saint's Pantry food bank. I also happened
 upon some salmon swimming in the road and two of those pictures
 were published.  This was my most productive week yet for the paper. 
 My pictures are on three different pages of this week's edition.

James A. Young age 89 from Port Orchard,takes the microphone and talks about his
 experiences  serving  as Veteran during World War II. At the Veterans Appreciation BBQ
sponsored  by the Hoodsport  Lions Club  and held at  the Hoodsport fire and rescue station on
 Sat Nov. 8th ~Shawna Whelan

  
Carl Parker claps after Gordon MacLeod’s bagpipe performance to honor Navy veterans Saturday at the Veterans Appreciation Barbecue in Hoodsport. The Hoodsport Lions Club sponsored the event.

Food bank Volunteer Dennis Combs unloads donated items from a  Shelton School
District bus at the Stuff the  Bus event sponsored by the Saints Pantry Food bank in downtown
 Shelton on Sat. Nov 8th ~ Shawna Whelan

Why did the salmon cross the road?

The Skokomish River near Shelton Washington is flooding again.  These pictures are popular, so I've watermarked them heavily.  I've already sold some rights to a few of these and I hope to sell more.

   Pumpkins float in the flood waters of the Skokomish River next to the 
Skokomish Valley road  near Shelton Washington on Tuesday Nov. 4^th

       Fall chum salmon rest while waiting to cross the Skokomish Valley road onear Shelton

Washington on n Tuesday Nov 4th

Nearly a dozen Chum salmon use a residential drive way gate as a place to rest before

 trying to cross the Skokomish Valley Road near Shelton Washington Nov 4th 2014

  A Chum salmon rests on the fog line after crossing  the Skokomish Valley Road 

near Shelton Washington on Tuesday Nov. 4^th

Halloween 2014

I went to Sand Hill Elementary School in Belfair to photograph their PTA sponsored trick-or-treating event on Halloween night.  I had a major equipment malfunction and I was very sick, but I managed to take a few pictures that made me happy.

First Grade teacher Rick Robbers dresses as a beekeeper and gives out information on the

 lifespan of bees to a crowd of trick-or-treaters at  Sand Hill Elementary School in Belfair

 during a trick-or-treat sponsored by the PTA on Halloween night.

Fifth grade teacher Molly Johnson hands candy to Rachel Youngman age ten at Belfair's

 Sand Hill Elementary School  trick-or-treat event sponsored by the PTA on Halloween night.