45 years of news photograp

Over 45 years in the business and every fall.... come on late, I try to get a shot which depicts that specific point in time when the true turn from fall to early winter arrives.

In my mind I visualize the last leaf or last leaves and have taken various images at various angles, times and colorizations.  It appears to me that this is exactly what the photographer was attempting to do in this image...and from the full portfolio I see many images of trees with sullen or mysterious moods. In light of my own attempts, and if I assume correctly, then this image works for me.

I see little to no PP and if so it is hidden well. Another said that they too have seen such images and live scenes in the Pacific NW. I lived in the wilderness moutains of Washington East Side for a dozen years and I too have seen this type of scene and have recorded it. My images are comparable...yet different.

For me....it is a good example of a mood and time of change. IOW...it would certainly be worthy of publishing in a smaller circulation newspaper where it might be more appreciated in a way only locals would understand.

Robert Shannon Sr.
Editor Pacific NW News
bobshannon.org
NPPA -Retired

 

 

Almost 20 inches fell in under 24 hours in Spokane Washington. This

happened on December 17-18....The sun finally broke through on the 19th!

You think I have the wrong name? No...I HAVE AGORAPHOBIA. Agoraphobia

is essentially an anxiety disorder that is the fear of fear. I fear

taking this picture....dead on serious...

4000 Miles of rare Palouse grasslands are being slowly torn up by our

ever growing population in the world. the Mountain in back is 100

miles East and Called Mica Peak. this was to be used for a story

concerning the city of Cheney building a park where feed and wheat was

grown...cutting room floor. I had 60 to choose from:-)

I first came to this location in 1996. The local sheriff was finding

dead bodies nearby..and having been an old journalist...I

queried....This location is only a couple miles from where a serial

killer of prostitutes left his bodies. He is now convicted and

sentenced to death. Yates is the mans name....a good 'Christian' some

said. He killed dozens of women...I took this photo today in 2008 and

still felt chills....

This Crack Willow thicket runs close to the unused RR Tracks in Remote

Grasslands of Washington State. It is MUCH better in large

format...Taken with Canon HG10 AVCDVX 16:9 Video

A VERY Rare glimpse into my own life....me sitting and drinking a

Busch Lite....and doing a video for Eseek Productions....I decided to

play with the self timer..I can't possibly look as bad as this!!! Can

I ? good golly and htey say only the good die young..ah well

Bob

Self Portrait

So many buttes that they appear to disappear into the horizon..and

indeed they do...In this picture one can get a real good idea of just

how large these buttes are...consider this...The tiny winding line is

a fence. I have stood next to that fence and it is about 5 feet

high...Now think of that as you look upwards toward the top of the

butte! And from the top, one can see dozens more surrounding this

one...some with grasses and some with feed...and some with weed...and

some with basalt..slowly then dropping into the Channeled Scablands.

It is an amazing site! to see this an know that ancient times people

lived here...they never felt they owned it, but there were just

caretakers in the oral traditions..

I happened to be out shooting a movie documentary of the change of

seasons in Eastern Washington. This particular spot was full of

autumnal colours...but these three characters came in from perhaps

central casting...Needless to say I waited until they left my scene

before continuing:-)

This has a warm autumnal days walk. I can smell it! A Beauty!

Bob

 

Looks like the neo-nature urban warfare.....almost art deco...21st century style:-)

This old truck has been parked here for 19 years. The house (*left of

truck and partially hidden) looks even older and is pretty much a

shambles, but still inhabited.

The title has double meaning...

Cell Phone tower

Fall Storm Clouds (aka Storm Cell)

...as you very well know...I am somewhat a phobic when it comes to your spider images or anyone's for that matter. Having said that, this one is fantastic Ram!

Bob

This is going to stick with me whereever I go...It is so good...You're my hero..I wish I were young once more and able to have access to teh gear of today...

Bob

 

The agricultural borders of the Western Plains. Mullein and rare

prairie grasses along the Cattle Line. Seen very much better in LARGE

This was once prairie lands home of Chief Joseph who said: "I have

carried a heavy load on my back ever since I was a boy. I realized

then that we could not hold our own with the white men. We were like

deer. They were like grizzly bears. We had small country. Their

country was large. We were contented to let things remain as the Great

Spirit Chief made them. They were not, and would change the rivers and

mountains if they did not suit them."

I learned all of my photography from my father in a period starting

circa 1952, including darkroom work. All of the photos in this album

are taken under direction of my father or by my father pictured. His

guidance gave me a profitable and rewarding career in photography from

which I am now retired.

First Class mail goes in the box. All junk mail straight to the

garbage. One mans DIY simple answer to a problem. As see in rural

western US a few days ago...

This is a "Business Template for Film". That's the technical term. Ihave done many over the years for about a dozen movies. It has been along time. This one I just did for an Indie film which is inproduction now locally in Eastern Washington. It is one of the manywhich I did not choose to submit.

These are used to lay over, either in film fonts or segues into newscenes..In this case it will be use as a part of a collage...well notthis one..but the rest:-)

In the Rugged Wilderness Mountains of the Pacific NW. Taken for a

"Visitors Guide"....Version 2. Not printed. There were 7 versions.

The Palouse of Washington. Wild Oats growing outside of a farmersproperty one which was Posted. The Oats have spent the summer in thesun, hence 'Toasted'...If you roll them they will make oatmeal.Really!:-)

Done by me for the cover of a Local Cereal Company Brochure

2nd copy, not printed

Bob Shannon

 

A Young Japanese Foreign Exchange Student, meditating in the park near

Eastern Washington University.

Self portrait. I am doing a documentary in HD video for posterity.

Truly I was done filming and reaching to stop the camera at this

particular moment. It is the neuvo way of taking images according to

the National Press Photographers Association (*of which I am a retired

member). Many print newspapers are now working with it. I just play

with the still of it...but the video is "serious" business:-)

Just a take and grab shot from today...Nice bike though eh?