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Jun 20

by matthew in Magazine Clips 0 comments tags: Bellingham, bellingham herald, kids, magazine clips, magazine covers, sailing

Recent magazine cover photos

Over the past few months I have had the challenge to capture magazine cover photos (with not a lot of time) for Whatcom Magazine, Bellingham Families and Bellingham Health. You can read all of the stories and see more photos from the magazines at BellinghamHerald.com.

Jun 18

by matthew in Action, Travels 0 comments tags: db skimboards, europe, flatland skim, germany, skimboarding, travels

DB European Skim Tour: Germany

I spent a month in Europe last summer capturing photos and video of the DB Skimboards team. You can see the video here and a few photos from our stay in Germany. You can see all of my photos, videos and words from the trip by going to SkimMagazine.com and clicking this link.

Jun 03

by matthew in Action, Travels, Video 0 comments tags: action, mt baker, mt baker seshup, skiing, snowboarding

Mt Baker Seshup Photos and Video

A few of my friends convinced me to go up to the 2014 Mt Baker Seshup at Mt Baker last weekend and I do not regret the decision to go in the least bit. It was a beautiful day and a damn good time. Close to 200 people gathered to watch some of the top snowboarders in the region show their stuff at the 2014 Mt. Baker Seshup on Sunday, June 1, on Grandma’s at the base of Mount Herman near Mt. Baker Ski Area. The session featured a gap on the in run and a 10- to 12-foot jump that launched riders 20 to 25 feet in the air and 40 feet out. The event was co-sponsored by Aslan Brewing and Casual Indurstrees. For all of my photos make sure to checkout the full gallery on my Facebook fan page by CLICKING HERE. A few of my photos of Pat McCarthy made it into The Bellingham Herald that you can see below. You can read more about it in the short story I wrote for The Bellingham Herald HERE.

May 26

by matthew in News, Travels 0 comments tags: brooklyn, bushwick, new york city, nyc, photography, travels

New York City: Brooklyn Photography

I spent 10 days exploring New York and my time spent in Brooklyn was easily the highlight of the trip. The area is very hip and most would say it is dominated by hipsters, but I would like to think the area is full of young people creating and experimenting with art, business, music, food and theatre that gives the area such an inspiring/trendsetting feel. It was my first time to New York and I stayed with my brother Tom and his roommates Tori, Rachel and Maggie, at their house in Brooklyn. His house is in the Bushwick area, which is in the northern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The area kinda reminds me of a much larger, more diverse Bellingham, which is rapidly changing. As the rent in most areas like Williamsburg, Brooklyn have skyrocketed, young people have been begun to retreat deeper along the L Train subway line to Bushwick area from what I was told while I was visiting. Now the prices in Bushwick are rising also, so people have to move further down the subway line since it is more affordable. Bushwick has changed a lot over the past decade. According to […]

May 26

by matthew in Action, Magazine Clips, News 0 comments

2014 Ski to Sea Race Photos

Another Ski to Sea is in the books. I worked from 4:30am to 8pm yesterday to capture the race and to help put together four photo pages for The Bellingham Herald. You can see all the stories, photos and video from Ski to Sea at BhamHerald.com/skitosea and you can see a few clips and photos I captured from the race below.

May 20

by matthew in Magazine Clips, News, Portraits 0 comments tags: Bellingham, Portraits, ring flash, ski to sea

Ski to Sea Preview: Racer portraits

I was given the task to create some portraits for the Ski to Sea special section that The Bellingham Herald puts out each year. I used a ring flash and a random wall in the basement of The Bellingham Herald building to create all of these portraits. I also had a bunch of photos from last year’s race run in the special section and will be back up on the mountain covering the cross country and downhill legs of the race again this year.

May 19

by matthew in News, Travels 0 comments tags: chelsea, high line, new york, new york city, nyc, parks, travels

New York City: The High Line Photos

I spent 10 days in New York and one of my favorite experiences was walking the High Line. The High Line is a 1-mile New York City linear park built on a 1.45-mile section of the elevated former New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line, which runs along the lower west side of Manhattan; it has been redesigned and planted as an aerial greenway. A similar project in Paris, the 3-mile Promenade plantée, completed in 1993, was the inspiration for this project. The High Line currently runs from Gansevoort Street, three blocks below West 14th Street, in the Meatpacking District, to 30th Street, through the neighborhood of Chelsea to the West Side Yard, near the Javits Convention Center. Formerly the viaduct of the High Line went as far south as Spring Street just north of Canal Street, but the lower section was demolished in 1960. Photos captured on the High Line in New York City by Matt McDonald from Bellingham, Washington. All photos are availble for prints and exclusive commercial photo use. For more information send an email to matt@equalitydesigns.com or look at my 500px.com account.

May 14

by matthew in Travels 0 comments tags: music, new york, new york city, ny life, nyc, subway, verbal ase

New York City: The Subway

I have driven so little since I turned 16-years old that I have owned the same truck for 15 years and it is just about to hit 140,000 miles. I hate driving, so I was very intrigued to try the subway system in New York City. When you aren’t in a rush to get anywhere the subway is great and I would much rather watch people in a subway then be stuck in a car in traffic on a freeway. The New York City subway was pretty much what I thought it would be. People would sometimes run to the subway cars and rush into them like their life was on the line. A large majority of the time people just didn’t look that happy though. I am sure if I rode the subway everyday for years I would have fallen into the New York City routine. The only time I had to wait a significant amount of time is when one of the subway lines had a stalled train and the crowds built up quite a bit. Outside of that the New York City subway was a very efficient mode of transportation. The New York City subway is one […]

Apr 29

by matthew in Landscapes, Macro 0 comments

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Photos from the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in Mount Vernon, Washington. Photos are available for print and for commercial use.

Apr 23

by matthew in News, Portraits 0 comments tags: Bellingham, Portraits

Portraits with Megan Lynn Lee

Last week I had the pleasure of capturing some portraits of local jewelry designer Megan Lynn Lee around Bellingham. Here’s a few photos from the photo session.