Participants prepare backstage during the 20th annual Seattle Invitationals, an amateur Elvis impersonator competition, in Seattle, Washington January 23, 2015. The event drew hundreds of spectators for 20 contestants at the Crocodile, a venue in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)
I spent some time at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood last week for Bloomberg. Great place and nice people.
Mike Edwards repairs a stern tube on a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Pacific Fishermen is a full service shipyard established in 1946 to service tugboats, passenger cruise, charter boats and yachts in addition to traditional fishing vessels.
Decorations welcome visitors at the entrance to Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
Metal filings cling to Mike Edwards as he repairs a stern tube on a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
Workers take measurements while repairing a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
Mike Edwards repairs a stern tube on a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
Workers repair a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
Jesse Anderson works with steel in the metal shop at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
Taylor Tunison repairs a window on a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
Workers repair a fishing boat at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
Today, Starbucks opens a new upscale flagship retail location in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood called the Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room. The company has its sights set on the higher-end coffee clientele, and this store is the first foray into that field. Starbucks is set to open 1,500 smaller versions of this Starbucks Reserve location. You can read the story here.
Columbus Day is no longer Columbus Day in Seattle. Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day. There was great celebration in Seattle after Mayor Ed Murray signed a resolution enacting the name change.
A man points to the sky during a celebration marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the Daybreak Star Cultural Center on October 13, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. Earlier that afternoon, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray signed a resolution designating the second Monday in October to be Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Reneé Roman Nose addresses the crowd.
Nikk “Red Weezil” Dakota (R), from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, celebrates with others from various tribes.
There were some great performances.
A man sings.
People cheer while listening to a speaker.
Tobacco bounces on a drum.
Rapper Nataanii Means (R) performs while Nikk “Red Weezil” Dakota (L) does an impromptu dance.
Men celebrate in front of Haida artwork.
Daybreak Star was packed.
People sing and dance.
More song and dance.
Celebrations lasted more than five hours. This was a big deal and an opportunity for a diverse gathering of American Indians from across the country.
Reneé Roman Nose receives a hug after leading an emotional closing prayer.
Kids play football in near a mural.
Austin Whiteraven Hehman stands near a grill covered with fresh coho salmon.
(Announcement: In related news, this post is also featured on The Huffington Post, as I will now be blogging for them on occasion. Follow my Huffington Post blog entries here!)
Phhhoto is an oddly named and extremely fun iPhone app that is the answer to all the visual questions you didn’t know you had. How can I share motion without worrying about audio? GIFs! How can I fall in love again with exploring the world like I did so long ago through photography? GIFs! There’s a certain magic that I’ve discovered with this app, and I really do feel the same as I did when I first picked up a camera and explored the world by making pictures.
(Broad Street & Beaver Street, New York)
Simply point your camera at something, press the shutter once, and Phhhoto will take a brief series of pictures to create an instant GIF. It’s amazing. Make a caption and click share, and then go find something else to GIF (I think GIF is going to become a verb soon, FYI).
The social side of the app seems to be modeled after Instagram, so when you browse others’ posts, you can like them and make comments. Also, you can save the GIF as a video for sharing on Instagram and other social media platforms. The original GIF is always saved as a GIF on your phone, and it is a nice surprise to see that the motion in the GIF actually moves if you are to send it to someone via the iPhone’s messaging app.
The app is quite new, so I’m sure it will improve, but one thing that bugs me is that you are forced to shoot verticals. Also, there is a bit of a delay after hitting the shutter button. Regarding the social side of the app, the network seems to be growing but the creators haven’t yet implemented an alert system. Once I’m able to know when people like and comment on my GIFs, I will be very pleased 🙂
I’ve included a few GIFs I made below. Download the free Phhhoto app and follow me: @davidmryder.
(Blue Moon Tavern, Seattle)
(My garage, Seattle)
(Fishing for coho in the Duwamish River, Seattle)
Bertha, the massive tunnel-boring machine, is stuck underneath Seattle and Seattle Tunnel Partners must dig a giant access shaft in front of Bertha to lift her out and fix her. New York Times reporter Kirk Johnson’s story is here and some pictures I shot for the article are below.
Workers wait while a large metal pipe, used for digging, is moved into place at a construction site where a large shaft is being dug to access “Bertha,” the tunnel-boring machine that sits below and needs repairs, in Seattle, Wash. on Friday, July 25, 2014. The new access shaft will be 120 feet deep and 80 feet wide, and is built by creating an outer wall of smaller shafts, each filled with concrete and interlocking. (David Ryder for The New York Times)
A worker enters the tunnel dug by Bertha.
The construction side above where Bertha is stuck.
A detail of the teeth on a large digging tool.
Welding some new teeth on after damage occurred. Seattle Tunnel Partners announced delays in digging the access shaft due to stubborn concrete.
Temporary steel struts cast shadows over the site of a future operations building for the tunnel dug by Bertha.
A worker moves tubing near the entrance to the tunnel dug by Bertha.
This was a fun one to work on, especially since I love soccer so much.
Matthew Futterman of The Wall Street Journal wrote a nice in-depth piece about the transformation of the U.S. men’s national team and the influence of coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s attacking style. I contributed by filming interviews with current Sounders coach Sigi Schmid, along with players Clint Dempsey and Brad Evans.
Have a look at the piece on the front page of today’s issue of The Wall Street Journal, or see it online with great interactive features, including my video work.
Thanks for looking.
(Marvin Baker enjoys a hot meal at Seattle’s Outdoor Meal Site.)
I met some really cool people recently while contributing interviews and footage from Seattle for a short documentary film about the Food Recovery Network, produced and edited by NationSwell. The Food Recovery Network started as a project that took extra food from college campuses and fed that food to homeless populations. Now, the project has expanded to include restaurants, caterers, and dining halls, in an effort to further pursue the issue of hunger in the U.S.
See the short film below, which highlights the TASTE restaurant at the Seattle Art Museum and the local Seattle-area non-profit Operation Sack Lunch.
Read more on the NationSwell site.
(Tedd Wetherbee is pictured inside the planned location for The Gallery, his marijuana retail outlet in Gig Harbor, Washington May 7, 2014. Gig Harbor has enacted a six month emergency moratorium on retail marijuana, leaving Wetherbee in a difficult position. REUTERS/David Ryder)
Local pot bans and temporary moratoria are throwing a wrench in some folks’ cannabis business plans. Here’s an excerpt from Eric Johnson’s story:
Tedd Wetherbee spent months, and at least $30,000, setting up his marijuana shop in the Puget Sound hamlet of Gig Harbor, and planned a grand opening once his Washington state retail license was issued in July.
Then, with no word of warning, the local city council voted unanimously last month to enact a 6-month emergency moratorium on pot businesses, citing concerns they could violate a buffer zone between marijuana sales and schools.
“I was just shocked. I’ve signed a 5-year lease here. I’ve got $6,000 worth of tile arriving next week,” said Wetherbee, standing in his unfinished shop, The Gallery. “It’s dead now.”
Have a look a the full story here at Yahoo News.
Today’s issue of The New York Times features a nice story by Kirk Johnson highlighting the Boy Scouts of America about a year after their historic vote to allow gay scouts while banning gay leaders. I contributed some photos here in Seattle, while the main character – a gay Eagle Scout who will be banned after he turns 18, was photographed by Drew Angerer in the DC area. My job in Seattle was to document Troop 98, whose gay leader was banned and whose sponsoring church was also banned after it refused to remove that leader, Geoff McGrath.
Pictures are below; thanks for looking. You can read the story online here.
Seattle Troop 98 members Adrian Benitez, right, and Angel Arvizu, second from right, joke around while they wait for their father, Kevin Reed, center, who adopted the boys with his husband, while he chats with the Rev. Dr. Monica K. Corsaro, left, after a troop meeting at Rainier Beach United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington on April 24, 2014. The Boy Scouts of America recently revoked the church’s charter and banned the troop’s leader, Geoff McGrath, because he is gay, and this meeting was the first to take place since the church’s charter was revoked.
Seattle Troop 98 member Jon Mimura stands for a portrait with the logo for the troop, which he designed, at Rainier Beach United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington on April 24, 2014. The Boy Scouts of America recently revoked the church’s charter and banned the troop’s leader, Geoff McGrath, because he is gay, which leaves an uncertain future for Troop 98.
From left, Seattle Troop 98 Assistant Scoutmasters Andrew Vose, Adrian Cowens, and Donovan O’Brien are pictured after a troop meeting at Rainier Beach United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington on April 24, 2014.
A rainbow illuminates the sky during a meeting of Seattle Boy Scout Troop 98 at Rainier Beach United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington on April 24, 2014.
Seattle Troop 98 members Adrian Benitez, left, and Angel Arvizu wait for their father, Kevin Reed, who has adopted the boys with his husband, while leaving a troop meeting at Rainier Beach United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington on April 24, 2014.
The Rev. Dr. Monica K. Corsaro stands for a portrait at Rainier Beach United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington on April 24, 2014.
Badges adorn the uniform of Seattle Troop 98 Assistant Scoutmaster Donovan O’Brien after a troop meeting at Rainier Beach United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington on April 24, 2014.
The Rev. Dr. Monica K. Corsaro, center, stands for a portrait with Seattle Troop 98 Assistant Scoutmasters Adrian Cowens, left, and Donovan O’Brien, right, at Rainier Beach United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington on April 24, 2014.
A woman picks up a sign during a May Day demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Sponsored by El Comite and the May First Action Coalition, this is Seattle’s 14th annual “May Day March and Rally for Workers and Immigrant Rights.” REUTERS/David Ryder
Araceli Jaime dances in a traditional Aztec costume during a May Day demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Sponsored by El Comite and the May First Action Coalition, this is Seattle’s 14th annual “May Day March and Rally for Workers and Immigrant Rights.” REUTERS/David Ryder
People march down Jackson Street during a May Day demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Sponsored by El Comite and the May First Action Coalition, this is Seattle’s 14th annual “May Day March and Rally for Workers and Immigrant Rights.” REUTERS/David Ryder
A demonstrator, who accidentally tripped and fell, receives help from a friend during a May Day demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Sponsored by El Comite and the May First Action Coalition, this is Seattle’s 14th annual “May Day March and Rally for Workers and Immigrant Rights.” REUTERS/David Ryder
Participants chant during a May Day demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Sponsored by El Comite and the May First Action Coalition, this is Seattle’s 14th annual “May Day March and Rally for Workers and Immigrant Rights.” REUTERS/David Ryder
A spectator watches participants march during a May Day demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Sponsored by El Comite and the May First Action Coalition, this is Seattle’s 14th annual “May Day March and Rally for Workers and Immigrant Rights.” REUTERS/David Ryder
Itzel Santiago (C) carries her daughter, Yaretzi, 3, during a May Day demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Sponsored by El Comite and the May First Action Coalition, this is Seattle’s 14th annual “May Day March and Rally for Workers and Immigrant Rights.” REUTERS/David Ryder
A protestor marches during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
Protestors march during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
Protestors tussle with men dressed in costumes during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
A counter protestor (C, white shirt) tackles an anti-capitalist protestor during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made.
Protestors surround a motorist during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made.
Police target protestors with pepper spray during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
A protestor reacts to being hit by pepper spray and then treated with a milky liquid during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
A protestor taunts a police officer during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
Police yell during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
A protestor gets treated with a milky substance after being hit by pepper spray during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made.
Protestors add garbage, signs, and other fuel to a fire in the middle of an intersection during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets and demonstrated late into the night, with intermittent violence and at least seven arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
A flag is pictured near a fire in the middle of an intersection during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets and demonstrated late into the night, with intermittent violence and at least seven arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
As a bonfire burns, police rush into an intersection and arrest a protestor during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets and demonstrated late into the night, with intermittent violence and at least seven arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
Police arrest a man during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets and demonstrated late into the night, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
Police arrest a man during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets and demonstrated late into the night, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
Police arrest a man during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets and demonstrated late into the night, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
Police secure the street near a statue of Seattle icon Jimi Hendrix during an anti-capitalist demonstration in Seattle, Washington May 1, 2014. Hundreds marched through the streets and demonstrated late into the night, with intermittent violence and at least nine arrests made. REUTERS/David Ryder
Attendees are pictured inside McCaw Hall during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)
Howard Schultz (L), CEO of Starbucks, is pictured on stage with surprise guest Oprah Winfrey (R) during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 19, 2014. The two announced the new Teavana Oprah Chai Tea product. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)
Attendees cheer inside McCaw Hall during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)
Starbucks employees hand out gift bags to attendees of the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)
Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, speaks during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)
Members of the Playing for Change band, including Elliott Small (C), known as “Grandpa Elliott,” perform during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)
Debbie Harlow takes pictures with her phone, which bears a Starbucks logo, during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)
Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, speaks during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)
Howard Schultz (L), CEO of Starbucks, is pictured on stage with surprise guest Oprah Winfrey (R) during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 19, 2014. The two announced the new Teavana Oprah Chai Tea product. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)
Sandy Roberts pours samples of Starbucks Reserve Sun Dried Ethiopia Yirgacheffe coffee during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)
Adam Brotman, Chief Digital Officer of Starbucks, is pictured on stage during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Ryder (UNITED STATES)