Recovering garbage from the sea floor
On Earth Day I got to photograph a team of divers get garbage from off the sea floor in Fairhaven. They found all sorts of weird things including a shopping cart, a bike and a scooter.
Sigrid Williams comes up to the surface after attaching a rope to a shopping cart as about two dozen volunteers helped clean around the dock and brought up items including tires, a bike, a shopping cart, bottles, long metal poles, and a traffic cone on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at Taylor Dock in Bellingham.
Squalicum versus Blaine girl’s tennis
Haven’t done as many conventional sports recently, but I did get to cover a tennis match. I still haven’t done much tennis, but I do love the clean backgrounds that it can provide.
Squalicum’s Becca Wilson returns the ball during a doubles match against Blaine Friday, May 4, 2012 in at Squalicum High School Bellingham. Wilson and her partner Claire Krause won a straight set victory against Blaine.
Opening day of fishing season in Whatcom County
So I got the chance to photograph opening day at Lake Padden, it was sunny and a great day to be outside. The fish were biting too, making for some nice moments.
Martin Camacho, of Lynden, casts from his boat on opening day of fishing season Saturday morning, April 28, 2012 at Lake Padden in Bellingham. This was Camacho’s first time fly fishing and it had been paying off all morning he said.
Llama therapy, a look back at it
Hey all, just wanted to update you with something I’m excited about. One of my llama therapy photos did well in the NPPA Monthly Clip Contest for Region 11. You can click on the link and see more from the region, but I wanted to bring bring the photo out and a screen shot here, well just cause I can!
Second place Feature Single for Region 11.
Here is the full sized image to take a closer look at.
Niki Kuklenski leads one of two therapy llamas down the hall at Bellingham Health Care and Rehabilitation Services on Jan. 8, 2012.
It was a pleasant surprise to find I had won in the clip contest on my second time entering!
Sunny weather construction
Went out to look for a sunny weather CLO, came back with a biz/weather CLO. I was driving by and I saw these guys framed in the wood boards, so I pulled over and started to work the scene. Came away with this frame.
Moceri Construction Inc. employees, Cameron Erkela, bottom, hands Chris McAfee a piece of plywood during a remodel of a house on Friday afternoon, March 16, 2012 at 12th street and Bennett Avenue in Bellingham.
