I was shooting at Queen Anne Hill a few weeks ago at Kerry park. This park has one of the most iconic views of the Seattle Skyline. You get all the beauty of the city with the Space Needle and the downtown corridor and Mount Rainier as a back drop. You also get the Seattle waterfront with the new Ferris Wheel and Ferry boats leaving and coming into the city as the sun sets on a warm summer evening. It is truly magical. It was packed with photographers and tourists visiting from other cites. Tour buses will pull up and crowds of people will get out and come and stand with us (photographers) and take quick photos of the city and then leave for the next tourist destination.
What made this day even more special was the Moonrise. During the summer months the moon moves south along the earths horizon line while the sun moves north. Because of this, you get a perfect storm of sunset light reflecting off the glass buildings and a moonrise that will go over the city at twilight. What fun.
I got there early knowing it was going to be packed. I brought an extra tripod to put up next to my working tripod to save a place for a photographer friend that was going to be late.
I do make the effort to update my image files with the newest Seattle skyline imagery. I still make some sales of these images. But not as I once did, in the heyday of Stock. There are just too many images being taken at any given moment to make it a worthwhile, constant job to concentrate on skylines only or any subject that is easily accessible. This doesn't mean you don't shoot these subjects but you balance shooting with markability, interest and light.
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