Here are some links to my recent multimedia work at the Sammamish Review and Issaquah Press newspapers:
Web video: Beaver Lake Triathlon
Web photo gallery: Sammamish Rotary Challenge Day soap box derby
Web photo gallery: Kumbha Mela Festival of India
Web video: The Rattlesnake Mountain Trail
Enjoy!
- C
Views like this are few and far between from the Plateau during the winter and early spring. I had my camera ready for this one, though, April 9 while on my way home from shooting a baseball game in Sammamish. From the Sammamish City Hall building, across the street from Skyline High School, you can see Seattle on a good day.
— C
The cool thing about being a sports reporter in a place like Issaquah and Sammamish, Wash. is all the high-profile people who live here. Not that Kip Brown is high-profile yet, but he was recently awarded the 2008 American Boat Racing Association Rookie of the Year honor. He placed fourth at the 2008 Chevrolet Cup at Sea Fair on Lake Washington.
The 33-year-old Issaquah-born Brown has been racing boats since 1995, but 2008 was his first season in an unlimited hydroplane — the U-17 Miss Red Dot. The Our Gang Racing team built the boat in six months in a shop in Preston, Wash. and first competed in the 2007 Sea Fair festivities, Brown’s uncle and former Rookie of the Year, Nate Brown in the driver seat then.
Last week, I got the chance to shoot Brown’s portrait at the shop in Preston.
The Brown’s are great guys. Kip is living his dream and Nate, his crew chief, insists Kip is not their driver because of family connections. He says Kip simply has the talent and passion for racing big boats at 180 miles per hour.
The above photo symbolizes Kip Brown coming out of obscurity (the shadows) into the light of mainstream boat racing.
Below, he shows how the crew inspect for knicks or blips in the finish of a sponson or boat siding.
Look for the story about Kip Brown starting March 18 at www.issaquahpress.com.
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