Seattle Public Library • Seattle, WA • Awesome

Today I got to visit the Seattle Public Library located on 1000 Fourth Ave. What an amazing space! Besides the extensive book collection it holds, the building itself is an impressive and fascinating piece of architecture. It has a lot of sustainable systems in place to lessen it's energy and environmental impact. One of the neatest systems is the way they use a Tech Logic system to check-in and sort books. Click these links to read more about it and watch a video on the process. Here are a few of the photographs I took with my iPhone while I was there.

   Looking down into the Library from the top floor.

   Elevator

   Escalator

 

    The floor has words in many of languages carved into the floor on the base level.

GLEE Flash Mob • Seattle, WA • Official Photographer

I got to be an official photographer for one of the largest flash mobs to ever occur in Seattle recently, with 1300 dancers! Bobby Bonsey and Beth Mehberg did an awesome job choreographing this momentous event. Jalen Testerman (9yrs old!) the youngest "America's Best Dance Crew-Season 2" winner, break danced at the beginning! The GLEE flash mob performed in three locations on 4/11/11, the Seattle Center (just under the Space Needle), Westlake Park, and on the road by Cal Anderson Park in Capitol Hill.  I wouldn't mind making flash mob photography a regular occurrence in my life. So much fun! Here is the official video (focusing on the Westlake performance) along with some of my favorite shots from the day!

         

 

          

 

        

 

 

             

              

Gallery LUKE- Seattle, WA

Yesterday, I visited my friend Luke's gallery in Pioneer Square. These photos do not even remotely do his contemporary quilts justice. If you are in Seattle, WA you should definitely check out Gallery LUKE! If you want to see more of his work, also check out his website  where you can watch him make a quilt and read a lot more about his work. For now, check out a few photos I took while I was there.

Gallery LUKE from the outside. The reflection of him in the upper-left part of the window is pretty neat. It's from one of his latest self-portrait quilts.

 Luke with the hammer quilt from his "Man Stuff" series.

 This quilt is made entirely of used clothes.

Do you see the glove?

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After visiting Luke at his gallery, I went to check out his exhibition at the Seattle Coffee Works  located very close to Pike's Place Market. As stated on Luke's website "I made the pieces on the bags they get their beans shipped in from all over the world. I chose Seattle Icons as the images because it is the unifying purpose for these bags to ship in from all over." 
I snapped a few shots with my iPhone of Luke's Seattle Coffee series.

Seattle

I am currently in Seattle, WA for a couple of photo shoots and to visit with some friends. I wanted to share some of the photographs I have taken for fun. What a neat city! I am loving it so far.

 The Space Needle looked pretty neat on the walk to Pike's Place Market

 Interesting juxtaposition in the figurine shop

 Delicious wedding items dipped in chocolate. The apples in the dress and tux...so cute.

 I went to the very first Starbucks. It was PACKED.

Neat graffiti 

My friend Colin is an excellent 3-d artist and game developer. Check out his site here. I like the bird "on his shoulder".

 The infamous gum wall.

 The fattest seagulls I have EVER seen!

Such a creative light randomly on the roof by itself.