Bicycle Race

I photographed the "Tour De Mason Lake" bicycle ride.  This was a benefit for the Karen Hilburn Breast and Cervical Cancer Fund.  This was my first time photographing bicycles.    Given the previous theme of this blog, I believe I have now come full circle.

Kids Fishing Derby 4-H benefit

This was pretty straight forward, photograph kids catching captive fish. The main issue was that the light was coming from the lake and the participants were mostly facing away from the light. No matter though, because I could not get between the participants and the light without going swimming.   The light got a bit better later in the assignment.  When I did finally get between the subjects and the light my own shadow started getting in the way.  My wide angle zoom proved to be the best lens for this job. I did not like walking out onto the wobbly dock with all my expensive camera gear.

    Albert Swalander, 14 of Elma leans over the dock to dislodge a hook from the mouth of a rainbow trout.  The small trout took his bait. Free pancake and sausage breakfast served to participants. At the “Free Youth Fishing Day” at Panhandle Lake 4-H camp on Sunday, June 7^th, 2015 in Shelton Washington ~Shawna Whelan © 2015

      Mom Jamie Morgan in the center juggles two fish at once.  The fish were both caught at the same time by her children Lucy Morgan, 7 and Owen Morgan 5, they are from Olympia.At the “Free Youth Fishing Day” at Panhandle Lake 4-H camp on Sunday, June 7^th, 2015 in Shelton Washington ~Shawna Whelan © 2015

     Joe McClanahan of Olympia helps Maeve McClanahan age 2, reel in a trout she just hooked. At the “Free Youth Fishing Day” at Panhandle Lake 4-H camp on Sunday, June 7^th, 2015 in Shelton Washington ~Shawna Whelan © 2015

Shelton Performing Arts Center

I was given the theater for the entire month of May.  I felt like I got to know a lot of the high school students.  I learned a lot about metering and I got to crawl around back stage.  Here are a few photos from different theater jobs.

Goldsborough Creek Run

A couple of pictures from the Goldsborough Creek run during the Forest Festival.  It felt really good to nail these two shots.

   Sarah Johnson gives it everything she’s got as she crosses the finish line, she took  first place for women in the 7 mile run “Sarah Johnson, a Shelton native, set a new record in the 7 mile female run division with a time of 41:06, beating the previous record of 45:08 set in 2008 by Caroline White from Tacoma”

      Race champion Andrew Prentice of Olympia crosses the finish line for the 7 mile run “Andrew Prentice set a new record of 38:51, beating his previous record set in 2008 of 39.22.  Andrew is from Olympia” 

I have 16 pictures in this week's paper including two front page pictures.

From left 4^th degree Knights of Columbus Members, John Boux,  Willam Smith and Jim Kellogg take off their hats and pray during the remembrance ceremony.  At the Veterans Remembrance at Presented by the Allyn Community Association, North Mason Chamber of Commerce and the Port of Allyn  and held at the  Allyn Waterfront Park in Allyn on Memorial Day 2015.