With the right angle even a ribbon cutting photo can be interesting

Nikon D500
17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8
ƒ/22.0
 
34.0 mm
1/800
 
500
Flash (on, fired)
 
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 1.       Kim Kinchloe of Elma sets up balloons before the start of the event

3.       From Left  Laura Lee Roznowski and Keilly Mulholland collect money for raffle tickets in their team booth.

4.       John Cluatree, 9 attempts to pop a balloon during  the balloon stomp contest while Samuel Ricker 8, watches.

5.       Members of team “ Earth Angels S.O.A.R.”  dressed as circus people pass in front of prison bars.  Participants were “arrested” and then “bailed” out by other members. 

6.       From left  forest festival royalty dance in the dance contest.  Trinity Fewell, Princess of Hemlock, Jessica Schreiber, Queen of the Forest, Julia Castro, Princess of Cedar.

7.       Sunny Pickard of Shelton and Eljahn Balon of University Place rest on a bench near the relay track.

8.       Luminary bags before the start of the Luminaria Service (zoom blur effect)

9.       A participant carries a light saber past luminary bags in the Luminaria Service (slow shutter speed)

10.   Bailey Kaiser, 10 rests in front of her Grandma’s (Karen Dell) luminary bag

11.   Team members walk in front of luminary bags during the Luminaria Servic

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Awards

Here are my awards from 2017 and 2016.

My photos sold to KOMO last week

Team Photo

Three Godox speedlights.  First time using my Godox on camera flash as the master.  The on camera flash was set to 1/2 and the two on the side were set to 1/1.

Housefire in Town

These photos went to KOMO news in Seattle.

Fungi and Team Portriats

Still teaching myself off camera flash skills and taking it to the next level.  Using Godox speedlights now with a dedicated remote trigger that is hotshoe mounted.  Taking my old OCF into the woods with me, but will start using the new one in the woods instead until I am proficient and navigating the menus.

My D500 is still in the shop with its faulty XQD card slot.  I am not at all happy with the turn around time at Nikon.  $284 that I don't have and it took them a week just to open the box.  Now maybe it will take them another week to repair it.  Was hoping to go shoot some sports tonight, but not with my good camera in the shop.

State Dance Championships in Yakima

It's all over but the shouting.  "No budget for photography".    This was my last paid job. 

State Dance Championships in Yakima:

The Sundome was darker than expected.  Used a floor camera set to interval to get a few shots.  All of the best shots were with my D500 and Nikor 70-200mm f/2.8.  This was a fun experience and a nice break for me on the sunny side of the state.

Basketball

Still working on doing team photos and upping my off camera lighting skills.  The main gym at North Mason has good light but very little room to work.  It makes up for lack of room by having a balcony I can shoot from.

Sold one of my D7100, would like to get a second D500, but can't yet justify it.

Got Godox speedlights, no more messing with up to 12 AA batteries at a time.

Some front page photos

I've been getting on the front page a lot lately.  For the polar plunge I got out my old work horse Nikon D90 again.  My D90 has over 96,000 shutter actuations now and is still going strong.  The D90 got splashed a little bit but no big deal.  My 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 is the lens of choice for the job.  The lens is not as sharp as I would like, but it gets the job done and I don't have to worry about breaking it too much at it's pricepoint.

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