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Alaska 2.0 #WEinAlaska2018

elisa — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 21:06:07 +0000

This was my 2nd Alaskan Cruise of the Inside Passage – so some of this may look familiar. One technical difference, beyond the company, was that this was shot with my Fuji X-T20 versus previously with my Canon 5d2. And since it was 6yrs later(2012 for reference here), though the same time of year, the days and light were really different, and am sure there was a few(more than) different frames. This year, there was a Skagway photo tour, a Juneau whale watching cruise, and a tour of Butchart Gardens when we stopped in Victoria BC. Although, with the Juneau stop, since I was only 2wks post op and sore post Skagway photo tour, I had to defer all long lens shooting to the hubs(@wadehas on flickr) with the reliable 70-200, who then managed to catch some spectacular bubble netting by some humpback whales. I sure was bummed to miss getting up personal with that, but alas, that is how it is. Still lots of photos of pretty mountains, lakes, ocean, an orca, some seals and sealions, and an eagle amongst all the massiveness of the gorgeous glaciers. In an upcoming follow up blog to this, I will write about post vacay project I did with select images from everyone in our group, but I’ll leave that for the next bit of words. Also, reminisce with instasnaps here #WEinAlaska2018.

For now, Happy Christmas Eve world…I present – Alaska 2.0, enjoy!

Slideshow Fullset:

Lava, Luau, Loco Moco & Love…Big Island Hawaii 2016

elisa — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 01:26:13 +0000

So, where to start…

I decided last spring that I wanted to spend my next birthday in Hawaii…because, well, sun, beaches, sunsets and paradise;) It’s good for the soul, and glorious for the camera sensor.

It really is peaceful excitement when you first set foot in paradise, and this trip proved why in many ways.

Let’s get the big excitement out the way first, #engagement…it was perfect and photographic all at once. We were walking around the Japanese garden in Hilo. I was like, why aren’t you taking more pictures…?! LOL.

Then he gave me a gorgeous book of all the pictures and fun we have had together over the last 2+ years, a birthday present I thought…and wrapped it up with a perfect proposal. There is much more backstory to the what led up to that, but for now, we’ll just say it was a perfection in paradise.

In photographs, the vacation bookends the perfect engagement setting with bountiful beautiful gazing sights. Just don’t forget the mosquito repellant!(serious Dengue Fever has the island in a current state of Emergency)…

From lazing on the beach, glowing crater, sea arch, and this apparent island specialty – Loco Moco, it just got better and better.

Oh, and there was a luau, a sunset or two, a sunrise with steam rising, palm trees and waves…and even the southern most point in the whole U.S. of A…not necessesarily in any of that order…

And maybe, some turtles, Banyan trees and oh yeah, that one Japanese garden…

So much gorgeousness…it’s endless ~ enjoy the slideshow – xoxo…

2015 in review

elisa — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 22:23:11 +0000

2015 is gone, another year in the books…

A year passed by, that was both fast and slow… A trip to New York to see Gaga & Tony, a singular capturing of music and lights, a long gaze of Pride & Love, a passage through the Gates of the Mountains, a border crossing visit to the new Canadian flagship in Vancouver, a road trip to the PDX to catch the incomparable Madge…so much. Some captured via the newly fixed fish – finally, many many other via iPhone old and new…some just in the brain cells.

According to Instagram, these were my most popular…

Many images never rendered to jpg…but languished raw on my hard drive until now…thankfully a year passed, and this annual posting motivated them online…

My favorites across the sensors…

~Full Screen link here – 2015 Year in Review~

Freeway Park ~ Spring in Seattle 2011

elisa — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:07:16 +0000

Took the new LX5 on a spin around town, specifically a jaunt through Freeway Park, in the middle of downtown, and caught the spring flowers, magnolias, cherry blossoms, tulips and whatnot (read I don’t know what the other flowers were)…all in the first burst of bloom amongst our barely there Spring in Seattle…I tried to shoot it wide open the whole time to see how it really performs at it’s limits…

Some of the images – not bad for a little point & shoot:)

Archive slideshow (click here for non flash version)

Freeway Park Seattle 4-9-2011 – Images by Elisa Sherman

Laura Jansen at the Showbox Market 3-9-2011 on seeLOUDER.COM (new photos!)

elisa — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:13:43 +0000

Laura Jansen in opening set at the Joshua Radin show at the Showbox Market, March 9th, 2011 – on seeLOUDER.com

Check it – http://seelouder.com/photos-laura-jansen-opens-for-joshua-radin-at-the-showbox-market-3-9-2011.html

Preview – Lifehouse at the Showbox Sodo 3-5-2011

elisa — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:57:31 +0000

First the lighting / colors for Lifehouse were lush…

That said – this particular image – I just played w/a b&w treatment – more soon on Soundspike.com and for sure a blog…

Scott Hutchison on seeLOUDER.com (new photos!)

elisa — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:31:40 +0000

New photos up of Scott Hutchison (of Frightened Rabbit) solo at the Showbox –
http://seelouder.com/photos-scott-hutchison-of-frightened-rabbit-solo-at-the-showbox-sodo-2-22-2011.html

Preview – Josh Ritter at the Showbox Sodo 2-22-2011

elisa — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:54:10 +0000

Amos Lee on SoundSpike (new photos!)

elisa — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:48:13 +0000

http://www.soundspike.com/photos/527-amos_lee_in_seattle.html

Passion Pit 11-30-2010 (concert photography blog)

elisa — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:44:48 +0000

Just over a year after shooting them the first time – I caught Passion Pit again this last November 30th, 2010 – more lights, more energy – just more! After a rousing set from first outing of Mister Heavenly, Passion Pit took the stage, and didn’t disappoint!

Assignment photos on soundspike –
http://www.soundspike.com/photos/448-passion_pit_in_seattle.html
http://www.soundspike.com/news/article/1153-passion_pit_news_in_pictures_passion_pit.html

Now some of my faves as well as a full archive slideshow –

Full archive slideshow –

Passion Pit at the Moore Theatre 11-30-2010 – Images by Elisa Sherman