Monday, December 29, 2008

Once for Kicks


Once for Kicks
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
From Dial a Fight II at the Sunset Tavern in Seattle

mausoleum of the corregidora


mausoleum
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
The Mausoleum of the Corregidora in the city of Queretaro, Mexico. The mausoleum holds the remains of Dona Josefa Ortiz, a heroine of the Mexican war of independence.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

UNAM


UNAM
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Part of the campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México or the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Monday, December 22, 2008

my disabled bus


my disabled bus
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Just one moment from my four-hour commute to work Monday. My first bus showed up, but it was full. The next one was full. Then none came. Then I walked over to Greenwood Ave. and saw this one, but it's chains had broken off. The men in orange are the magical chain restorers, oft noted in legends.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

spindly snowy trees


spindly snowy trees
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Another in the Snowpocalypse series. This is one of the only, if the only, pedestrian streets in Seattle. And it lasts for one block and they let cars on it for deliveries (which explains the tire tracks). In Pioneer Square.

N. 80th Street


N. 80th Street
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Snowpocalypse continues in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood.

tree limbs over fence in the snow

Greenwood snowpocalypse, pt. 2

Friday, December 19, 2008

Moroccan snake charmer


Moroccan snake charmer
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Snake charmer at Ait Benhaddou, Morocco

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Occidental


Occidental
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Seattle Snowpocalypse vision 4

No parking


No parking
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Seattle Snowpocalypse* 2008 vision 3

Snow sculpture SFD 2


Snow sculpture SFD 2
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Seattle Snowpocalypse* 2008 vision 2

streetcar station


streetcar station
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Seattle Snowpocalypse* 2008 vision 1


* tip o' the hat to Annie Johnson

Monday, December 15, 2008

santa pictures


santa pictures
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
It's even tough for Santa this year. From downtown Seattle

buy more stuff


buy more stuff
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Can't you tell we're shopping!

free hugs


free hugs
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
No one wants a hug. From downtown Seattle's shopping district,

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Police cars


Police cars
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Keeping families and kids under control at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Amusement


Amusement
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Wild River ride at Seattle's Fun Forest. Reflection in the surface of the EMP

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Little plane in a big sky

A dramatic November sky and an itty bitty plane

Under the glow of Nordstrom

Shadowy figures at the corner of 5th and Pine in Seattle

Pine Street sheen


Pine Street sheen
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
The focus is on shopping

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Bill Gates in Wallingford

Found at 45th and Wallingford

Sunday, November 16, 2008

smith tower with street lights

Smith Tower and the Columbia Center obscured by trees, streetlight and Lensbaby

Thursday, November 13, 2008

sidewalk railing in the sun

After several days of rain and overcast the sun made a glorious return to Seattle Thursday. I shot this with this cool little lens called a Lensbaby. Dumb name, but amazing to shoot with. It's hard to describe, but the barrel of the lens is a rubber bellows, like those large format view camera you see with the cloth over the head of the photographer. You push and pull the lens like an accordion to focus, but it only focuses on a small area of the frame. You control what's in focus and what's out of focus. You can also bend the lens up and down and left to right to create these distorted motion blur-like effects.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Discovery at night


Discovery at night
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Discovery Park that is. In Seattle. Brrr.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Ronnie Returns (again)


Ronnie Returns (again)
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
He just won't go away. This time in a Fremont alley.

crash involving a VW beetle

I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir. From assignment 4 from my digital photography 2 class at Photographic Center Northwest

leaf on blue


leaf on blue
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Another in the puddle reflections series. From a great puddle at Occidental and King.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

corridor


corridor
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Corridor at Stevens Hospital near Seattle

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Red - PCNW - Assignment 2

This is red (obviously). I was having trouble with red until I remembered that I associate red with Dutch design (That may have something to do with the White Stripes, whose whole visual style was taken from the Dutch, and whose second album De Stijl, was named after a Dutch artistic movement. It then dawned on me that I was just a few blocks away from the Seattle Public Library, designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. The library with the Red Room. Lightbulb! This is the result.

Yellow - PCNW - Assignment 2

From an assignment at Photographic Center Northwest, where I'm taking a class this fall. The assignment is to photograph something that represents colors of the rainbow, while using a white balance that gives the image a cast of one of the colors. It's not necessary to have something of the color in the photos. This is yellow. I wanted to use the sun, hence the deliberate backlighting.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

high five


high five
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
From one generation to another. At Westlake Center (again) in Seattle.

Masked protesters


Masked protesters
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Protesting Scientology through masks at Seattle's Westlake Center.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Des Moines Beach Park


Des Moines Beach Park
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Des Moines Beach Park on the shores of Puget Sound in lovely Des Moines, WA, about 15 miles south of Seattle.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Haunted apartment building

An apartment building on Seattle's Capitol Hill is ready for Halloween.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Lighthouse and wheel


Lighthouse and wheel
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
In the Fun Forest at Seattle Center. For those who've never been there, the Fun Forest is this fading relic from the 1962 World's Fair. It's an amusement park, of rusty, peeling paint sorts, that takes up a good portion of the Seattle Center grounds. It's the kind of place that people flock to on weekends in the summer, and at other times it's a ghost town. Very Scooby Doo, you can also hear the voice of Casey Kasem.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

cuidado


cuidado
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
A merry-go-round horse in distress. From the Fun Forest at Seattle Center

objects in mirror


objects in mirror
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Scooter mirror in Georgetown, Seattle

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Alley behind the palace


Alley behind the palace
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Reflected window light in the alley behind the Palace Kitchen in Seattle. I saw the light from about a block away. It came from a building with these amberish windows, which gave a nice warm to the brick building across the alley.

Stairs


Stairs
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
These are the stairs leading from Pike Place Market down to Post Alley. I liked the curve of the railing and the way it leads the eye down to the bottom of the stairs. The man walked into the frame by accident, I like how he is in alignment with the post.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Wells Fargo building


Wells Fargo building
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Geometry in downtown Seattle. The Wells Fargo building, I think, is considered to be an example of Miami Vice architecture (whatever that means, but I wrote it) from the 80s. I have grown to appreciate it despite its earthtoney color, which is why I converted it to black and white, among some other retouching, although not as much as you might think. I do like to look at this and imagine it's not a building at all.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Emerald Downs cowboy


Emerald Downs cowboy
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Keeping a keen eye on the racetrack. From the hip.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Ballard bicycle basket


Ballard bicycle basket
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Just off of Ballard Avenue in Seattle

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Smith Tower and crow


Smith Tower and crow
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
More fun with puddles in Pioneer Square.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

leaf


leaf
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
It's been raining a lot in Seattle, which explain how I found such a puddle in August.

Monday, August 25, 2008

science center


science center
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Arches at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Ronald Reagan crime watch

Be good. Ronald Reagan is watching you.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

cracking paint


cracking paint
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
cracking paint on an old Volvo

water fence


water fence
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Sunset in the little bay in the ship canal between Ballard and Magnolia. With the help of a one second exposure and my tripod.

space needle funhouse


space needle funhouse
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
Ah, the Space Needle, as reflected in the metal tiles of the Experience Music Project building.

back o' the shanty


back o' the shanty
Originally uploaded by El Gregein
The back of the Shanty Tavern, Seattle, WA