Images from Seattle Pride 2015!

I don’t know that there are many events in Seattle that bring out so many colorful subjects. . . in all senses of the phrase.  We spent the day celebrating with thousands upon thousands of people lining the streets of downtown.  I don’t need to write much. . .the photos speak for themselves.  Just wanted to share all of this happiness in imagery!  Happy Pride everyone!

       
 
     

   
 
 
 
 
 
   

 
   
 
 

Getting Close: The magic of the wide-angle

Last week I was watching a video of a photographer, Mel DiGiacomo, that caught my attention and inspired me to do a blog post on b&w photos taken up-close with a wide-lens.  He was talking about the magic behind those photos – the life that you can capture when you’re up-close and personal with your short little lens. . . and it got me thinking.

I don’t think that they are the photos that I’m talking about are the ones that catch your eye the first time through.  I do think, though, that they are the ones that you see as you are flipping through the set on a rainy day and you think, “Wow!  I love that photo!  I never saw that one before.”

We love them because they tend to capture people’s personalities . . . to capture them with a different perspective, but a perspective that we love.  We love them because they are close, moving, drawing us in to that person or those people as if we were sitting at a table with them, laughing and enjoying life, or talking over something serious.  It evokes emotion.

So, with that in mind I have put together a collection of some of those photos that I love.  For those of you that own these photos or are the subject of the photo, maybe it will be the first time you’re really seeing them, or maybe they are the ones that you have fallen in love with.  More than anything, I hope they evoke some emotion, that they are the ones you sit back in your chair and stare at for awhile.

My friend, Karla, holding my namesake, Amy, in Regalo de Dios, El Salvador.

Two aunties dancing, waiting for the bride.

Bride and groom starting things off at the reception for this Habesha wedding.

Bride and groom dancing away the evening, ring bearer on his phone.

Traditional Ethiopian dance at a Habesha wedding. The mother of the bride in the middle.

Leading the procession out of the wedding in the woods.

Kids sliding towards the camera on the hardwood floor at a wedding reception.

Littlest girl in the family trying to slide on the hardwood floor.

The cutest ring bearer. He was 5.

Bride holding her necklace just before going up to see her groom for the first time.

On the way to family photos after the first look and a few quiet moments together.

Toast to the bride at Mojitos after a fun night of Zumba!

Up close with the mother of the bride, and sister-in-law, getting the bride ready.

The bride, just before the first look.

Bride and maid of honor getting ready for the wedding!

Everyone getting their shoes on.

Bridesmaids having fun the morning of the wedding!

Swinging for the camera.

Coming through the tunnel at a Southwest wedding.

Three friends celebrating my birthday up close.

I can’t handle all of the joy in this smile.

Bubbles trailing behind the bride and groom on their way out.

My sweet, sweet grandma on the first day that I got my 10-22mm.

Does this kind of cool need a caption?

They could be the cutest couple you ever saw, with the coolest dog ever.

Margarita coloring.

Amy Jill.

The baby is worried about what that little boy is going to do next.

You shall not pass. Even for your ball.

You have to keep yourself entertained.

This is what happens when you eat 30 suckers.