May 14 2008
Five Places To Get A Great Photo In The Seattle Metro Area
Here’s a list of five places to practice your photo skills without leaving the Seattle Metro area.
- Discovery Park - with it’s miles of nature trails, views of the Puget Sound and West Point Lighthouse this makes a great place to take photographs year round.
- Saint Edward State Park - nature trails, dog walkers and views of North Lake Washington makes this an ideal location to try out macro photography as well as testing your longer lens as the floating planes take off and land at the Kenmore airport.
- Seattle Arboretum – What’s to say about one of the most beautiful parks in the city? Every tree is a work of art. Combine that with ivy covered bridges, views of Lake Washington an occasional group of youngsters in that age old summer tradition of swinging from a tree into the water – you have the picture perfect subjects.
- Alki Beach – This is where the photographers go – day and night - to capture those Cityscapes you see on every postcard. I love to capture the city at night, and the skyline has changed since I first took my camera there one evening in the late 1980’s.
- Lincoln Park – With the Fauntleroy Ferry docking here this is a great place to capture a Puget Sound tradition – a photo of the Ferry. There is a bike/walking trail that runs along the water. While the trail itself is busy at times and not much to look at – the west facing view makes it a great place to capture a sunset over the Puget Sound.
