Kitsap Frames

Nice shooting this past year blog readers! I had a very nice array of images to pick a few stand-outs from and here are my choices (again there aren’t any winners or losers, I just pick a few that stand-out to me for various reasons and ramble on about them).

I’ll try to give you a heads up when they are printed in the Kitsap Sun!

“Moonrise Seattle, February 19th. 2011″ by Robert Dashiell

We’ve all seen the photos with the Space Needle silhouetted against a full moon, so this shot of the “Supermoon”  just peaking over the mountain with the city scape sprawling beneath is a very nice variation of this subject. Heck I’ll even say I like this version way better than the Space Needle silhouette shot. Technically this photo was executed flawlessly. Night shots can be very difficult with the balancing of the different lights and the moon but Robert really nailed this one.

Here is a gorgeous sunrise shot from our freelance photographer extraordinaire (and former Sun photo editor) Steve Zugschwerdt.

Anyone else notice the “Z” formation in the clouds? It’s like some guy with the last name Zugschwerdt was destined to snap this shot.

~Meegan

“Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.”  Western Washington residents may need to heed the warning as the weekend forecast calls for colder temperatures with the possibility of snow.   The photo of Mt Rainier was taken from the Victor Cut-Off road near Allyn.  Low lying clouds cast shadows on the higher cloud ceiling as  as the sun rises behind Washington’s iconic peak. (Steve Zugschwerdt/Special to the Kitsap Sun)

As promised here are a few gems from that mysterious undated portfolio of Larry’s that I stumbled across.

I love asking Larry about photos because the stories behind them and how he captured them are always so interesting and almost always include some laughter (and yes he gets a twinkle in his eye when he talks about his photos…but don’t tell him I told you that he’ll get all embarrassed). And well since he’s not much of a blogger, I’m sharing what he told me with you all.

His description of the awesome mustached cops photos below (seriously it’s like it’s a still frame from an 80′s cop show) is as follow:

“Well I was just driving by and…well maybe I kind of knew it was going to happen…but anyway I almost blew their cover…they were so annoyed with me.”

Suspects in a murder are taken at gun point by detectives. (LARRY STEAGALL/BREMERTON SUN)

Larry’s description of the following photo:

“It was a police chase and the guy was really dumb and ditched his car and thought he could swim from Evergreen Park to the other side, but then he realized how cold it was. I don’t think the cop even saw me taking photos, since I was behind a house with a 400mm lens.”

Bremerton Police Officer Randy Olson uses pepper spray to convince a suspect to give up. (Larry Steagall/Bremerton Sun)

Alright the best of 2011 challenge is closed. Nice job everyone, I’ll start my pondering and post stand-outs this week.

Here are a few of the last of the entries that filtered in:

“Moonrise Seattle, February 19th. 2011″ by Robert Dashiell

“Whoops…Not Supposed To Fly” by Robert Dashiell

“USS Abe Lincoln Leaves, Passing Point No Point” by Robert Dashiell

“untitled” by grizltyear

“untitled” by grizltyear

“untitled” by grizltyear

“some of my favorite photos of 2011″ by photogorocker

“some of my favorite photos of 2011″ by photogorocker

“some of my favorite photos of 2011″ by photogorocker

“911 Ceremony” by Jeff and Angela Griswell

“Yummy Mud Pie” by Jeff and Angela Griswell

“Biker Kid” by Jeff and Angela Griswell

“Snoqualmie Falls ” by Jennifer Williams

“Bruno and Aristotle” by Jennifer Williams

“Apple Smash” by Jennifer Williams

“Samuel’s First Football Game” by Frank Painter

“Untitled” by Frank Painter

“Bouquet” by fivehugsaday

“Dragonfly” by Theresa Borne

“Visiting Boat Manchester Port” by jndkimble

“Manchester Eagles Dine on Otter” by jndkimble

“Picky Plucky Young Hungry Eagles” by jndkimble

“Untitled” by EliseJovan

“Untitled” by Elise Jovan

“Untitled” by Elise Jovan

“Eagle in Glacier National Park” by joe108stczz

“Eagle in Glacier National Park” by joe108stczz

“Mt. Rainier From Dyes Inlet” by Jack C. Harpel

“Old Manette Bridge Tressel Removal” by Jack C. Harpel

“Fall Seeds” by Kris Tibbs

“Foot Prints In The Sand” by Kris Tibbs

“Biggest Driftwood I Ever Saw” by Kris Tibbs

“Dragonfly” by Scott Sawdon

“Pathway on Mt. Rainier” by Scott Sawdon

“Montmarte Cemetery” by Scott Sawdon

While searching through one of our many photo hard drives for file art to go with a story, I happened across a Larry Steagall portfolio. He has no idea what the portfolio was for, or what year it was but here’s one awesome frame from it.

He claims it is “one of my favorites of all time”.

He also claims that he has 3 photos that he says are his favorites (one he calls “Zebra Cars” and the other called “Destination Moon”)…I’ll be trying to find those other two photos.

I’ll post more frames from this “goldmine” this week.

~Meegan

A line of dogs wait their turn at the hydrant, as Bremerton firefighter Mick McKinley tests a hose coupling. (LARRY STEAGALL/BREMERTON SUN)

Okay so you still have until January 9th to show us your best/favorite photo that you shot in 2011 (click HERE for the post recapping the challenge)

If you are having trouble uploading to the Frames Challenge channel just email me your photo (or photos since if you can’t decide on your most favorite I’ll allow 3 different ones for me to choose from): mreid@kitsapsun.com

Oh and real names people I need REAL NAMES on entries!

Here are a few of the entries we’ve received so far:

“A Dog and Her Companion” by Lea Bessler

“Washington Summer” by Lea Bessler

“True Colors” by Lea Bessler

“Sky Rockets In Flight” by kat1946

“Young Hearts” by Faith Winters

“Pure Happiness” by Faith Winters

“Taking in the View” by Faith Winters

“Arco Iris” by Hannah Johnstone

“The Flight” by Hana Johnstone

“Blue Angel” by Cameron Teller

“Mesa Arch: Canyonlands National Park” by Cameron Teller

“Cascade Fox” by Cameron Teller

“The White Pass Railroad” by Ed Palm

“Dragonfly in Flight” by Ed Palm

“Phineas Watching TV” by Ed Palm

“Walt Disney Concert Hall” by Angela Dice

“Untitled” by Angela Dice

“Untitled” by Angela Dice

“untitled” by fleetpacific#236979

“untitled” by fleetpacific#236979

“untitled” by fleetpacific#236979

“Yum Yum Yum” by Theresa B

“Dogs Ready For A Ride” by poohbear

“Haunted House on the Hill” by Theresa B.

“2012″ by poohbear

“Eagle Song” by Noelle Morris

Okay so my total for photos published on kistapsun.com and in the print edition for the year was roughly 3,262 photos. I didn’t even bother attempting to add up my total number of frames saved in the 2011 archive…because if Larry’s number made me fear for the life of our camera shutters than mine was most likely just as high (okay truth be told I did have one shutter already replaced this year so my frame count might be a bit higher ).

Here’s the slideshow of my favorite photos from 2011:

Here is a slideshow of a few (and I stress A FEW) of Sun Photographer Larry Steagall’s favorite photos of 2011.

Fans of Larrys will notice an odd absence of sunsets…it puzzled me as well as I was putting together this slideshow. He shot quite a few of them throughout the year but didn’t include any. I think I’m going to put together another slideshow next week of all his sunsets for 2011 because it just doesn’t seem right not to have a Steagall Sunset recap in his end of the year pics.

And like last year I totaled up our published pictures for the year and Larry ended up with roughly 2,343 photos published on kitsapsun.com and in the print edition. As for his total of images shot this past year…well I started totaling that up but got really scared of the final number when I realized I was at 28,902 and I was only halfway thorough his 2011 photo archive file. So we’ll just leave it at Larry shot a whole lot of photos this past year.

It’s a tradition here at the Sun for Larry and I to pick our favorite photos of 2011 to cap off the year. It’s a time that we loathe and love all at the same time since it’s a chance to revisit photos that we really enjoy and are proud to have shot as well as a chance to wade through those photos that we were maybe a little embarrassed to have had our name published beneath them.

So in that spirit of things (and since I am currently wading through all of our photos to get those in order for our 2011 slideshows) your photo challenge (if you choose to accept it of course) is to show us your favorite photo that you shot in 2011.

Here are the rules:

1) Your photo must have been shot in 2011  (see how bold and underlined that statement is…that means I mean it! ).

2) Upload a maximum of 3 photos (uploading to the challenge site is easy and directions are at the end of this post, shoot me an email : mreid@kitsapsun.com if you have problems). I know it’s tough to edit down trust me, Larry had over 40 photos in his final edit folder and I had just as many, so edit down to three, for your finals.

3) Your real life name must be somewhere on the upload form.

4) DEADLINE is January 9th.

Here is the link for the stand-outs of the Best of 2010 photo challenge from last year

And here are Larry and I’s slideshows of our best photos from 2010 (I would have posted our best of 2011 but I’m not finished with them yet so those will come later this week):

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Hmm so I feel I need to once again apologize for my lack of blogging and the lateness of this challenge stand-out…my sincerest apologies, we’ve just been really busy here in the photo cave but never fear, your Reflection stand-outs are here (ugh sorry even my lack of blogging has gotten tacky).

Anywho, the folowing stand-outs and my rambeling will be published in Sunday’s edition of the Kitsap Sun.

Nice work everyone! We’ll take a break for the holidays and I’ll once again promise to get this blog up to snuff (ugh seriously) I promise!

~Meegan

“In A Droplet” by Solveig Dahl

While the reflection in this image is very subtle, it is still the focal point of the image. I love how the stem of the leaf leads the viewers eye through the image past the droplet and to the rest of the leaf.

“Mountain Fun” by Faith Winters

I can sheepishly say I don’t think my car has ever been clean enough to reflect a scene like this. I like how the photographer noticed such an interesting reflective surface and scene. The person in the driver’s seat also matches the whole color scheme and feel of the image nicely.

“Vintage Reflections” by Carol Ballah

I have no idea what this image and is and I’m okay with that. It has a nice ethereal quality, a pleasant composition and a nice vintage feel.

“Backseat Driver” by Karen Ebersole

I don’t know about you but seeing little snow creatures waving to me in my rear view mirror would would make me giggle every time I saw them back there as I was driving. I like that Karen captured such a simple and whimsical scene which she probably has been looking at all season.