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May 27
by Matt in Action, Magazine Clips, News 1 comments

2013 Ski to Sea Race

Yesterday I covered the cross country and downhill legs of the 2013 Ski to Sea Race for The Bellingham Herald. It was my first time covering the two legs that take place at Mt Baker Ski area at the beginning of the race. Luckily I had Ron Lang of Mt Baker Ski Area to take me around on a snowmobile to get the shots I need of all the action. Since it was raining heavily certain areas of the cross country leg were quit slick. I noticed from afar cross country skiers falling in one section, so I ran over there to get the shot. That photo landed on the front page of The Bellingham Herald you can see above. It was raining so hard that even with rain gear my on my Nikon D3 and Cannon 5D both cameras stopped working about an hour into the race. Luckily I packed a Nikon 7100 and a 50mm lens in my camera backpack and was able to finish shooting the race. Below are a few more photos from The Bellingham Herald’s photo gallery. You can view all the photos here and view all of the Herald’s Ski to Sea coverage at […]
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May 24
by Matt in News 1 comments

My backyard is a construction zone

A parking garage and new apartment complex is being built directly behind my apartment building. So, for the past several months I have witnessed the slow process of constructing a building. Here’s a few photos from today of the construction site in downtown Bellingham, Washington.
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May 21
by Matt in Macro, News 2 comments tags: Bellingham, bugs, macro

Caterpillar invasion

Every year Caterpillar’s reign down on trees in Washington state in the spring. This year I took the time to actually photograph some of these insects as they swarm the trees in downtown Bellingham. All photos copyright of Matt McDonald. Photos are available for print and commercial use.
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May 18
by Matt in News 0 comments

Alabama Street fire in Bellingham

As a staff photographer at The Bellingham Herald I never know when I am going to get called into work. Last night I was called in to take photos of a fire off Alabama Street in Bellingham. It was an abandoned house and no one was injured, but it served as a great practice for myself for future breaking-news events. I really enjoy covering breaking news because you never know what you are getting into and trying to capture a quality photo is a challenge. For these photos I used my Cannon 5D and a 50mm lens. You can view all the photos here: CLICK HERE
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May 15
by Matt in Macro, News 0 comments tags: food photograpphy, lemons, macro, studio, yellow

If you like lemons or the color yellow, you will love these photos

On Saturday I decided I was going to give my new Nikon D7100 a test run with the 105mm macro lens. I setup a real basic mini-photo studio with a few flashes and ran through a bunch of different angles to attempt and capture the essence of a lemon. Here’s the photos I got. All photos copyright of Matt McDonald. All photos are available for prints and for commercial use.  
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May 07
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Bellingham fire coverage

Yesterday I was called out of the office to cover a fire at the Sunset Pond apartments in Bellingham. I snagged the front page photo and created a gallery and video for the BellinghamHerald.com. Read the story here: Click Here View the full photo gallery here: Click Here Watch the video here:
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Apr 25
by Matt in News, Video 0 comments

Kulshan Chorus photos and video

A recent assignment for The Bellingham Herald about the Kulshan Chorus focuisng on Roger Griffith directing his final rehearsal with the Kulshan Chorus on April 22, 2013. Griffith is retiring from the chorus after the concert on April 27, 2013 at WWU’s Performing Arts Center. Matt shot the video and created a gallery to accompany the story. You can see the gallery here and the video of the final rehearsal below. Full Story: Click Here Full Photo Gallery: Click Here
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Mar 27
by Matt in Landscapes, News 0 comments

Bellingham Sunset at Glass Beach

Three HDR photos taken at Glass Beach in Bellingham, Washington March 26, 2013. Photos by Matt McDonald.
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Mar 04
by Matt in News 0 comments

Planet Honolulu

Some people call them “mini planets” others call them “polar panoramas.” Regardless of what you call them they are fun to make and are good to have in your Photoshop bag of tricks. We started this polar panorama by combining the two photos below. We used the stars from the photo of Teddy Bear Cove in Bellingham, Washington. We then converted this photo of Honolulu, Hawaii into using the Polar Coordinates option in Photoshop CS6. After some additional tweaking of the panorama we combined the two images for the final result below. We have only made three of these thus far that we actually like and you can see them here: Equalmotion.com/polar-panoramas
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Mar 03
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Bellingham Herald: How to make kombucha with Chris McCoy at Kombucha Town

Matt took a portrait of the Kombucha Town crew for the The Bellingham Herald’s business section and shot a 30 second informational video about how kombucha is made. Chris McCoy, owner of Kombucha Town,explains the process of creating the fermented beverage kombucha from tea. Kombucha Town opened on the sixth floor of The Herald Building in downtown Bellingham in December 2012 and sells bottles of its product in that spot and in area stores and restaurants. Video/editing by Matt McDonald | The Bellingham Herald Read the full story here: Click here
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