View from Kayak Point, WA, USA. Mid-May 2025. Pentax 645N with Ektachrome E100 film.

Where I live, there aren't that many brightly colored subjects. But when they appear, it's a welcome opportunity to shoot Ektachrome.
Rhododendron flowers, Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens, Whidbey Island, WA, USA. 4 May 2025. Pentax 645N with Ektachrome E100 film.

There are certain ads the Facebook algorithm assigns me because of demographics (which are seriously misleading in my case). This one, for example ... I commented, "Just the thing for setting fire to mosques, synagogues, temples, and witches, right?" I hope they recognize contempt when they see it.

Holiday lights at Waterfront Place, Everett, WA, USA. New Year's weekend 2024.

Holiday lights at the Tulalip Casino, WA, USA. New Year's weekend, 2024.

Snoqualmie Falls, WA, USA. December 2024. Pentax 645N with Kodak Portra 400 film.

I like photographing Mount Si (its real-world name) for many reasons, but was there today for a special reason. IYKYK.

Mount Si, near North Bend, WA, USA. 19 January 2025. Pentax K-1 Mark II with Pixel Shift Resolution active. #pentaxk1mkii #pentax #twinpeaks #pnw #dslrsarentdeadeither

States in the USA adopt official nicknames. Washington State, where I live, is the Evergreen State, but there was once an effort to change that to the Christmas State. Why? Holly grows very well here.

Holly, Sultan, WA, USA. 24 December 2024. Polaroid I-2 with 81B filter and i-Type film.

Christmas lights, Monroe, WA, USA. December 2024. Triple exposure using Polaroid I-2 and i-Type film. #polaroidi2 #polaroid #pnw #christmas #christmaslights

So there's an avian flu outbreak that's limiting the supply of eggs. Isn't that conveeeeeeenient?

pparently non-rolling stone on the bank of the Skykomish River, WA, USA. 30 November 2024. #pentaxk1mkii #pnw #dslrsarentdeadeither

Mt. Baring, WA, USA, from Raptor Point trail. 30 November 2024. #pnw #pentaxk1mkii #dslrsarentdeadeither