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On Location: Seattle

Recently, the The Chris and I were lucky enough to travel to Seattle to represent our company at a conference we sponsor. Though officially we were there to attend and throw a party for the conference, we were able to spend a bit of time shooting the beautiful city of Seattle. Despite our worries leading up to the trip, Seattle greeted us with awesome weather, making the trip that much better. In fact, I was told by some locals that the "it always rains in Seattle thing" is a rumor they make up to keep the crowds from moving to their awesome city.

Being that it was our first time visiting, we squeezed as much as we could into the short period of time we had available to shoot. For me, the favorites of the trip included the Seattle Waterfront, the legendary Pike Place Market and the wonderful food. Read on to see the shots and learn a bit about Seattle…

The Pike Place Market

The Pike Place Market is the place we have all seen on TV, with the fish-throwing vendors and is probably one of the most popular attractions in Seattle. Its full of vendors peddling fresh produce, seafood, meats, freshly made pasta and flowers. There are also tons of food stands and restaraunts that make heavy use of the fresh products sold around the market. Its an awesome place to shoot becasue of its sheer size, colors and interesting people. On a street bordering the market, is the original Starbucks, which though kinda cheesey to be impressed by, was cool to see, considering the amount of money I’ve spent over the years on their overpriced but addicting product .

The shots above were all taken with the good ole Canon 30D and Canon 17-85 f/4-5.6 EF-S IS lens.

The Seattle Waterfront

Luckily enough, out hotel was smack dab in the middle of Seattle’s waterfront area. This is a stretch of land on Puget sound filled with hotels, restaraunts, the Seattle Aquarium, bike paths and parks. On the water side of the road, the buildings all sit on huge piers over the water. Shooting here was great, because we had a range of subjects from the Seattle skyline to waterfront parks, to a sculpture garden. We also took the opportunity to walk around at night and take some great long exposures of the marinas and piers.

Again, these were shot with a Canon 30D and 17-85 lens.

The Food

Yes, the shots here are a bit lacking, only because the food was so good, it didn’t last long enough to shoot. What can I say, I was food-blinded and forgot . Food in Seattle is downright awesome. Known mostly for the huge varieties of fresh seafood, most of the restaurants we visitied were not lacking in this department. From salmon pot pie to fresh dungeness crab cakes to oyster shooters, we took advantage of Seattle’s bounty of seafood options. The combination of the quality food and the friendly service is very impressive and makes Seattle my favorite U.S. city for eating so far. Definitley a foodie’s heaven.

For Seattle thats gonna just about do it, but I’ll take this opportunity to apologize for the lack of posts lately. The combination of travel and overall busy-ness has made it tough, but we have some awesome stuff on the horizon including some new interviews, guest posters, and the continuation of the "Ultimate Guide" series.