I keep kicking myself because I waited until about nine months ago to care about exploring my own backyard (again). As I have, I keep realizing that I've been to all these places before -- with my Mom and Dad or the Boy Scouts -- and looked at things differently. Nowadays, I see things in …
Author: Glenn Nelson
Based in Seattle, Wash., within three hours of three national parks, Glenn Nelson is the founder and publisher of The Trail Posse, which documents and encourages diversity and inclusion in the outdoors. He has won several national awards for his writing, photography and Web publishing. A graduate of Seattle University and Columbia University, he was born in Japan and started his career at The Seattle Times. He later founded HoopGurlz.com (now at ESPN), which covered girl’s basketball and college prospects nationally, and helped found Scout.com, a network of college and pro sports websites. Nelson is the primary author of a teen book about the NBA, has been published in numerous magazines and book collections, had a photo in a Smithsonian exhibit, and has been profiled by NPR.
Performance Art: Jazz
I met a mother of a jazz drummer last night during the amazing performance by Thomas Marriott and Joe Locke at Tula's and, as I was explaining my enthusiasm for photographing artists in performance, realized that a lot of my jazz work is not present on this blog. So I'm rectifying some of that. (NOTE: …
The “Moses” Sunset
Yes, I have the bug. Call it sunset-itis. A few weeks ago, I was showing some friends (all professional photographers) around Seattle and they could not stop marveling at the light. After all, light is almost all a photographer cares about. Since we have almost constant marine layer in Seattle, even during the dead of …
Sunset in Seattle
I had arthroscopic surgery on my right knee recently, so I've been unable to go out with my big lens. While I recover, I figured I'd work on landscape photography. My surgeon said I could be out in nature with heavy gear at the end of August. Here are some of my first attempts at …
The Buzz: Glenn Nelson 