Mt. Adams

Boat Race Weekend!

This is the start / Finish line of the Lamb Weston Columbia Cup Hydroplane Boat Race Course here in Tri Cites, WA.

Right now it sits alone quietly overlooking the river, a calm before the storm type moment......as the boats will filter in this week to begin testing and trials the park will continue its transformation it anticipation of some 60,000 boat race fans over the course of the weekend (July 29-31th) as they converge on the mighty Columbia river in hopes of getting an eye full of the action that so many come here to see.

Links for this event is you wish to follow:

http://www.waterfollies.com/ (shedule of events)

http://www.h1unlimited.com/ (unlimited racing news, stats & teams)

http://gpwracing.com/ (gp boat racing news, stats & teams)

http://www.kndu.com/category/78290/hydroinsidercom-unlimited-hydroplane-racing (news)

http://www.gpwracing1.com/watch-live.html (live stream for testings & races)

http://www.kndu.com/category/169733/kndus-hydro-coverage (live race coverage)

http://www.610kona.com/ (radio coverage all weekend)

Where I live...

That's were I live in the worst part of the day... the lighting is horrible, contrasty and full of nasty shadows! So I try to make lemonade out of toilet water and some old unrecognizable fruit... which I thought might be a lemon. I often ponder about the cool photos I could make if I could just manage to get my ass out making photos when the light is right... haha!

Until then your just stuck with seeing photos from the place that I live... the middle of the day.

Day 198

Don't know do ya?

Day 193

Water Color Rainbows

Everybody seemed to be out shooting this bad boy... it was bright and had some intense color... for a short time from my vantage point it was a double rainbow. Very nice evenings as of late, I cannot complain one bit about our summer this year!!

Two Sisters

Two Sister legend:

"Coyote, the mischievous spirit hero of many native stories, fell in love with three sisters who were building a salmon trap on the river near here. Each night Coyote would destroy their trap, and each day the girls would rebuild it. One morning coyote saw the girls crying and found out that they were starving because they had not been able to catch any fish in their trap. Coyote promised them a working fish trap if they would become his wives. They agreed, and coyote kept his promise; however, over the years he became jealous of them. He changed two of the wives into these basalt pillars and turned the third into a cave downstream. He then became a rock nearby so he could watch over them forever."

It's Hot!

Not only is the sauna hot... but summer finally decided to show up so its hot outside too! Temps in the 80's and 90's this week. Ok, I sounded a bit like a weatherman there... my bad. :-D

Ribs are yummy!

So we traveled to see family on Father's day and enjoy the company of friends and eat some yummy food! We enjoyed some tasty BBQ ribs, visited for a bit and then enjoyed a nice drive back home and for a good portion we drove and watched the sunset while it shared with us some great colors and warm light as it painted the countryside...

Left some stuff behind

My work takes me to places that many do not get to see... the inside of homes hundreds of them, even thousands... literally! Most times its not a big deal... but on occasion I see some stuff that gets my mind working and wondering as to why. Why did this happen, how? Were they in a hurry? Why did they leave so much behind? How come they did not clean up the place? Why did they clean up the place? Where they upset? I will never know the stories behind such things, but I still cannot help but wonder...

Soccer Season has begun

Today my son's soccer season officially started with a weekend tournament... Yeah!

here are a few from today...

Opps!

I havee been un-attentive to my blog... :-/ Here is some eye candy for you to suck on... or salivate over, your choice. A hodge podge from the past few day...

New Toy!

photo of the day #144

yesterday I got one of my new toys a LumiQuest Softbox III, I am pretty excited about this new little toy and look forward to getting some use out of it! Since I am pretty much the laziest photographer EVER I like its small portable size and its ability to quickly allow me to attach it to my speedlight.

I learned about this tasty toy while attending the 2011 Flashbus Tour with David Hobby and Joe McNally. If you ever get the chance to attend this event I would highly recommend it... Dave and Joe work well together and share lots of knowledge nuggets to make you more better!

144 of 365

strobist info:
LP120 1/4 pwer camera left lumiquest softbox
fired with RF 602

camera info:
1/20s . f.6.3 . ISO 200 . 90mm

I got to meet Thor the legendary Hero with that cool hammer, ya know he is shorter in person!

Ok... so what if he looks a bit like he had a stare down with Medusa, haha its a toy silly!

This was my picture of the day #142 I used a bit of lighting on this (2 speedlights) and some of my secret sauce post work... you likey?

Strobist info:
550ex 1/64th pwer camera left zoomed 80mm
LP120 1/4 pwer camera right shot through umbrella
fired with EF 602's

camera info:
1/200s . f/40 . ISO 200 . 200mm

1/365

Yesterday's daily picture...

So did I mention that I currently challenging myself to take new picture everyday? Of course not... haha! Well I am, and the project is commonly called a '1/365' or 'photo a the day' (mostly365) and the goal or point of torturing on's self in such a manner could be any number of things depending on the theme of the project. Mine is just to take a new picture everyday, I try to get them posted each day as well but as of late I have been finding this project becoming a chore and finding inspiration to take the photo is also escaping me.

BUT I will soldier on and do my best I have been wanting to try this and complete a 1/365 project for a few years now and I think its helping more then its hurting so that cant't be a bad thing right?

Here is a link to my 1/365 gallery on flickr --> http://bit.ly/mSG79B