I recently finished a book for the Hayashida family of Bainbridge Island, Washington, about their old family farmhouse on High School Road NE. The house will continue with new owners, who have renovated it. Some members of the Hayashida clan … Read More
Here I am using a 19th Century technology with my 21st Century digital camera: the dark cloth. When I do careful adjustments to my digital camera, while using a tilt-shift lens for perspective correction, I put on my close-up glasses … Read More
The original Tyee High School in SeaTac, part of the Highline School District, is being replaced with a new building. I am part of the team put together by BOLA Architecture + Planning to document the old building. Our documentation … Read More
I’m selling a friend’s Explorer 8×10 view camera, by R H Phillips. It is designed to be lightweight, and fold into a compact package. But still, compared to the 4×5 inch camera I’m used to, everything is big. The film … Read More
My photos of Crane 30 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard have been approved for public distribution by the Navy. These 4×5 negatives are intended for the Historic American Engineering Record at the Library of Congress. Dating from 1933, it … Read More
The documentation of the Wayne Apartments in Belltown, Seattle has been completed by BOLA Architecture & Planning. My large format negatives are going with a detailed report by David Peterson and copies of historic plans to the Historic American … Read More
The combination of COVID-19 precautions and forest fire smoke really limited my photo projects earlier in September, but now things are looking better. Local architectural documentation projects are now possible, especially outdoor work and empty buildings. I am not doing … Read More
This duplex was one of the Junior Officer’s Quarters built just before WWII at the Sitka Naval Operating Base on Japonski Island, Sitka, Alaska. After the war, the military transferred the base to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In 1954, … Read More
I had the fun opportunity to do some careful interior photographs for a new “Airbnb” that is available on the north shore of Lake Union in Seattle. The unit is nicely furnished with mid century modern designs, and the styling … Read More
My photographs of the Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) in Texas are now available from the Library of Congress, as part of the Historic American Building Survey. I was honored to be the photographer in 2016 to supplement … Read More