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City Beach, Coeur D’Alene ID

Kirk Mastin — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:52:00 +0000

All Girl Alley Cat, Seattle WA

Kirk Mastin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:00:00 +0000

About a week ago I had the chance to photograph a truly rare event in the world of fixed gear racing: an all girl alley cat.

Until recently fixed gear alley cat races, where the entrants receive a ‘manifest’ they must follow as they pick their own quickest route through a city, were raced primarily by men.

My good friend Laila Ghambari along with some of her friends came up with the idea of a yearly all girl alley cat race to be held in Seattle.

I brought along a backdrop to shoot some of the racers, but due to bad weather the backdrop was pretty much instantly destroyed. It was a good thing, I just went with the available location at Greenlake Park and I got some photos that I liked.

I’m not sure where all this fixed gear culture photography is going. Sometimes I’m pretty stoked to be documenting it and other times I feel sure that it will be a short lived trend more akin to a fashion statement rather than a truly defined culture/sport.

-Kirk

Dog Days of Summer, Alki Beach, Seattle WA

Kirk Mastin — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:46:00 +0000

Dog and Umbrella. Alki Beach. 2008.

The Back. Alki Beach. 2008.

Orange Towel. Alki Beach. 2008.

Picking a Seagull. Alki Beach. 2008.

Beach Ball. Alki Beach. 2008.

Pocock Racing Shells: Lake Washington, Seattle WA

Kirk Mastin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:38:00 +0000

Putting in at the Lake Washington Rowing Club dock. Seattle, WA.

Two Singles, Sculling. Seattle WA.

Rowing in a Double. Seattle, WA.

Sculling in a Single. Seattle, WA.

There are only few things that I wake up for at 5am:

1. Getting first tracks on fresh powder.

2. Attempting a summit while mountaineering.

3. Shooting images of rowing.

Today I met with the wonderful people at Pocock Racing Shells (as well as Chip Davis, the head of Rowing News,) down at Lake Washington, to go out on the skiff and shoot new rowing images.

The weather was much improved over the dark dreary early morning shoots that I did last September.

This time I could wear a t-shirt and actually see well enough to manually focus

I’ll be going out on the skiff as much as possible this summer as I create more unique rowing imagery as well as a few short HD videos about Pocock and the rowing lifestyle.

I’m really looking forward to it!

(too bad I don’t actually know HOW to row, maybe after I master my mountaineering skills?)

-Kirk

Multicolored Bus of the Apocalypse, Golden Gardens, Seattle

Kirk Mastin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Bus of the Apocalypse. Golden Gardens Parking Lot.

Door Detail, Bus of the Apocalypse. Golden Gardens Parking Lot.

All in all, this bus creeped me out (the parts about different people/demons/whoever ‘sexing’ each other was pretty funny though.)

-Kirk

Just so damn awesome

Kirk Mastin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:01:00 +0000

If I could hang with two people for a week it would be Dan Deacon (Musician) and Jimmy Joe Roche (Video guy), the duo behind this pure blob of creativity.

Maybe this will happen? I bet I could make some kind of great/weird photo story from the experience.

-Kirk

4th of July at Thunder Creek in the North Cascades

Kirk Mastin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:39:00 +0000

4th of July Pass. Thunder Creek.

Tourist and Miniature Dog. Thunder Creek.

Our campfire. Thunder Creek.

Flip flops, bug spray, hanging out on a bridge. Thunder Creek.

Forest mushroom. Thunder Creek.

The Author as Cletus. Thunder Creek.

Gulf Islands, Canada.

Kirk Mastin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:08:00 +0000

Houseboat. Salt Spring Island. 2008.

Cat walker. Salt Spring Island. 2008.

Bonfire. Salt Spring Island. 2008.

I really needed a break, so my girlfriend and I packed up our bikes and camping gear and headed to the Canadian version of the San Juan Islands for a little R&R.

The Gulf Islands require a 3 hr drive, followed by a 3 hr ferry boat ride to arrive at the main island: Salt spring Island.

We camped there, by the sea, for two days, biking and checking out the beaches and farms of the area. At night, we roasted marshmallows and chilled out by the sea. On the third day, we headed to the least populated island, Mayne Island, to stay in a funky little cottage where we managed to squeeze in a day of sea kayaking around glassy smooth inlets full of seals and bald eagles.

I feel rejuvenated, but part of my mind is still back on the islands, chilling out.

-Kirk

Back from a break.

Kirk Mastin — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:43:00 +0000

Dazed in downtown NOLA.

Cheap House Demolition.

Laban Food Mart.

Flag Car.

Tourist: Shame On You.

Tai Chi next to the Mississippi River banks.

A Year

Kirk Mastin — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:00:00 +0000

It’s been a year of blogging with my new map counter and I am pleasantly surprised.

27,000 people!

So here’s to an even better ‘map’ year.

Let’s get to 60,000 shall we?

Coming up, a new fixed gear short film, a series of photos from New Orleans that I have not yet published, a remake of Sir Mix A Lot’s ‘Posse on Broadway’ and much more.

Thanks to everyone who finds it worthy to spend a minute or two here.

-Kirk