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The Who Concert in Seattle
Fun at The Who concert at T-Mobile Park in Seattle Last Saturday my wife and I and a couple of friends were fortunate to be able to attend the concert by The Who, at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park. It was quite a show! The leadoff performer was Liam Gallagher, late of Oasis, and his band did […]
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2019 Down Syndrome Buddy Walk at Woodland Park Zoo
Down Syndrome Community Buddy Walk 2019 Yesterday I was the photographer for the 2019 Down Syndrome Community Buddy Walk. This is an annual affair, and I have been the lead photographer at this event for 20+ years. It is always a lot of fun, and this year was no exception. In past years the Buddy […]
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2019 Down Syndrome Community Sweetheart Dance
Down Syndrome Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance Last weekend I was the photographer for the 2019 Valentine’s Sweetheart Dance put on by the Down Syndrome Community. The dance had originally been scheduled to be held two weeks earlier, but the rather crazy amount of snow on the ground at the time necessitated rescheduling the date. I […]
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Waterskiing on Lake Sammamish
Waterskiing Fun on Lake Sammamish This morning I met up with long-time friends Steve Loper and Hobie Stebbins at Steve’s house on Lake Sammamish for some of our first waterski runs of the season. When I say “long-time friends” I really do mean long-time; we have know each other since junior high school, almost 50 […]
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2018 Valentines Day Down Syndrome Sweetheart Dance
2018 Down Syndrome Community Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance Last Saturday I was the photographer for the annual Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance, put on by the Down Syndrome Community of Puget Sound. The event was held at the Highland Center in Bellevue, and as best I can tell this was at least the 20th straight year […]
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Eclipse 2017 in Corvallis, Tom Ellis Photography
Photos of the August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse Yesterday I was extremely fortunate to be able to view and photograph the total solar eclipse. When I first heard about the coming eclipse sometime last spring, I thought that it would be a lot of fun to travel to a location where it would be possible […]
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Sunset reflection photos, Seattle photographer
Late afternoon reflection photos at Chism Park Late this afternoon I was visiting my parents, and their dog needed to take a walk. So I took him out and we and headed for nearby Chism Park. It was getting quite close to sunset, and because it was mostly overcast it was already quite dark by […]
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Guys trip to San Juan Islands
“Stag Cruise” to the San Juan Islands Two weeks ago my father, my son Dan and I took a short boat trip together on my father’s boat. When Dan was younger we did this every year for several years, but as he hit his teens he lost interest in hanging out with Dad and Grandpa and […]
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Cactus photos in Phoenix AZ
Desert cactus photos in Phoenix AZ A few weeks ago my wife and I made a rather brief trip to Phoenix to visit with some friends, while on the way to help my parent move move back to Seattle from their winter home in Borrego Springs. We usually make a journey to Phoenix early in […]
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MBYC Milfoil Sailing Races July 25
Youth Sailing Races at Meydenbauer Yacht Club Last Saturday July 25 I spent a few very enjoyable hours in my speedboat taking photos of the Milfoil sailing regatta held at Meydenbauer Yacht Club on Lake Washington. I help run the Youth Sail program ay MBYC, and was in charge of the racing program for a […]
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