--I live for this--

--2008_09_25_I Live for This_BV--

Well, I sort of live for this. Not necessarily baseball in particular, but large venue sports. It's pretty much my very guilty pleasure. Honestly, they have no news value besides the fact that so many people love them. And it's understandable, nothing beats being at one of these places when it's a tight game and anywhere from 20-100 thousand people are screaming at the top of their lungs, it's electric.

You won't find that electricity at a Mariners game, but it's nice to see that there are still some fans willing to go root for their team and have a good time even though they have 100+ losses as of yesterday. It probably has a lot to do with the variety of beers and micro brews sold at the stadium.

Either way, here are just a few shots of the few games that I have shot at Safeco over the past few weeks. Safeco is a beautiful stadium with what I think is one of the best views in all American Stadiums. So even though the team is horrendous, nothing beats hanging out at the ballpark taking photos for an afternoon or evening.

Best

-brad

--Job With a View--

--2008_Job With a View_BV--

So for the time being I am taking over this desk, it belongs to another shooter at the PI but he is away until October. Till then I am squatting on the real estate.

Some days its beautifully clear and blue, but more and more as the days get shorter and the sun becomes more of a unicorn its become a little more grey. I don't really mind that though, just makes you appreciate the nice days even more. Plus without the nine months of h2o there wouldn't be the 12 months of green covered landscape.

Plenty of cliche rainy seattle photos to come.

best
brad

Listening to: Jackson Brown

Reading: WITW

--Whom it takes to move a house--

--2008_0909_House Movers_BV--

The guys that do this are inspiring. I was only there shooting photos, they were lifting a 160 ton house and moving it about a mile for 12 plus hours a day, 4 days in a row. I tried to show the true wear on someone by doing this type of work, I hope my portraits of a few of the workers get this point across.

cheers

brad

Listening to: Heart It Races_Architecture In Helsinki

Reading: WITW