Roll #8

Scenes from Port Townsend

My oldest sister, brother in law, and their two dogs drove from Michigan to visit us for a week. We lounged on the Fort Warden Beach in Port Townsend in the afternoon and I admired everyone’s beach-set-up. I am very shy about photographing people, moreover, the idea of being caught photographing someone who is then very unhappy with me. So I have been trying to push myself to take pictures regardless, and accept that if someone takes issue with it I will navigate it with as much grace as I can muster.

The rest of the roll is from the finish line of a multi-day sailing race, up and down the Sound. Not only do I hope to nurture photography, specifically film photography, in the coming years but I also hope to stretch my sailing and paddling wings. There is a human-powered race held every summer from Port Townsend, through the inside passage, to Ketchikan, Alaska. I would really like to do that.

The Washington 360˚ Finish Line: