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Random photo I made for my neighbor after a parade last summer. Too much sun? Maybe.

In case your curious, this bear is the female version of the local minor league hockey team's mascot, a boy bear named Lincoln. I'm not sure what the girl's name is though. Why is she dressed as a princess? Well, this parade was for the strawberry festival, so, obviously, the answer is, I don't know.

today

These were both taken today. Both with the mercury hovering around freezing. Both with frost still clinging to the grass in the shadows. Both guys enjoying their days as they see fit.


"Winter time is the way to go," according to Gino Romero, 62, who did not let the freezing weather keep him from enjoying the sun while waterskiing across Lake Stevens late Friday morning. "We love this sport so much, we can't give it up just because summer ends," said Romero, who dons a dry-suit before plunging into the lake.


Matt Raney laughs as he pulls a Colorado Blue Spruce out of the frozen ground for a customer Friday morning. Raney is selling Christmas trees from his Lake Stevens home as a fundraiser for an upcoming mission trip to Swaziland.

Opening Day

... and a face that keeps on giving.




What a great assignment. Go cover opening day at Stevens Pass. And, as a bonus, a beard like that. And then he takes his goggles off, and he has those eyes! (more photos with article)

recent

... fake fire (link)


... if you're going to drunkenly side-swipe someone, make sure it's not an unmarked State Trooper (link)


... more dogs (link)



... nice story on drop-outs heading back to school (link)


... new bus system


... on the way back from an assignment

Home and Garden

This is a self-portrait. This dog and I felt the exact same way. He, interrupted in his yard by strangers. Me, out on a home and garden about "scenic cover." We had an understanding.

Ref 71

Ref 71 Passes in Washington

too long

I told myself a week ago that I'd try and catch up on the blog by updating at least once a day while Annie was away in Texas. Instead I've found myself, well, not doing so. Instead, I've kept fairly busy at work catching up on some older work, a small part of which is seen above (a part that probably won't get used), and also busy with plenty of daily work.

Hots

... page from a weekly series for our Good Life page featuring folks whose names are Aptonyms - names aptly suited to their jobs. This was Travis Hots, a local fire chief. He was called to an accident scene while I was shooting portraits, so he let me tag along. It's nice to shoot what I'd call a "real" portrait of someone rather than just a portrait portrait.

addendum: big credit goes to the designers who put this page together

today

Lois

I'm trying desperately to catch up on all the blogging I haven't been doing. This is from late May on a Saturday assignment where I had the pleasure of meeting Lois while a team of volunteers installed a ramp from her garage to her back door. Lois was navigating a 6-inch drop from door to garage floor with her walker every time she went through the door.
Upon using the ramp for the first time (bottom photo) 84-year-old Lois exclaimed, ""These are the most wonderful people I've met in my life!" regarding the team who installed the ramp and did yard work around the house.
Lois also told me about her youth growing up in Alaska, and how she learned to play the piano by ear by sneaking through the window of the woman's restroom at the church next door to her childhood home to play the piano when no one was around.

Lois from Mark Mulligan on Vimeo.

I had just gotten my 5D, so I took a little video of Lois playing. The picture at the top of this post came at the end of her performance. It's hard to decide if I should have kept the video going until the end. The chance at a still photo seems to trump video though. Truly an amazing woman.

Mr. Mohawk

Making Mr. Mohawk from Mark Mulligan on Vimeo.

Video I put together a couple weeks ago that was published today with an article about Phil Andruss, a local guy whose a favorite of sports section fronts for his super-fanness.

Article:

This was definitely an experiment for me. Approx. 1000 stills in the piece. Took awhile to figure out how I wanted to put it together. Five-year-old computer with Final Cut Express did not appreciate handling that many files at once. Learned a lot though.

One year ago today

Happy Graduation to all the students of AHLC!
Especially to Zee.

found

12-year-olds with Cameras

12-year-olds with Cameras from Mark Mulligan on Vimeo.

Annie spent the spring working with a group of fifth-graders at Quil Ceda Elementary School learning photography - documenting themselves, their families, their communities and their lives.

On Thursday, June 4, 2009, the kids had an exhibition at the school.

The kids' photos that were displayed in the exhibition are in a slideshow at Annie's new blog.