Seattle hotel self-portraits
I spend a lot of time in hotel rooms, traveling about, and some time ago I started taking self-portraits - often because I was bored, but also because hotel rooms frequently have great light. They're also an extremely clean and streamlined environment - great for portraiture. I've posted several times before with new additions to the project. You can see the whole set here. I guess I got bored with doing them with clothes on, so a little semi-nude action for the blog!
The St. James Cathedral on Capitol Hill was pretty cool and had these massive yellow and red streamers flowing from the central skylight. We later learned that these represent fire - in your soul or something. I'm not big on Catholic lore either.
Right next to the cathedral is the Frye Art Museum, which had one of the most interesting art displays I've seen.
And, of course, some scenes from the Pike's Place Market.
Finally, this is what I do for a living when I'm not photographing weddings - hanging out on these massive vessels. I fly around the country taking pictures and writing stories about the guys that run these things. I'm not always on the road - most of the time I work out of an office in DC - but often enough I get to go "on assignment" and photograph some ships. It's pretty sweet.
