The Friday night lights came to the end recently; the local teams WestSeattle  (4-4) and Chief Sealth  (4-5) have ended their seasons. They
both played home games at the Southwest Athletic Complex, an artificial
turf field with the stands on one side and the field lights on the other.

Sitting in the stands the lights reflects off of the field making it almost impossible to photograph from the stand side. I grew up in Texas where on Friday night
the football lights draw thousands to the stands. It's almost like everyone in town
looks forward to the big game but in the metro league it was different.

A quieter game played with the same amount of heart.

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Last election  I was on a bus in Mexico going from Oaxaca to Merida. Late in the night, the music stopped for a newsbreak. “Obama  es elegido Presidente!” People on the bus began to cheer, looking towards Americans to see their reaction.  A man my age looked at me and I gave him a thumbs up. That was the end of it.

For the next nine months I was overseas. I missed all the public excitement and anticipation that a new Presidency brings, not to mention the first African American Presidency.

This time was different. Click here for the full gallery. 

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I've always loved Halloween. As a little kid I would be a pirate or ghostbuster and hit the hot and humid sidewalks of southeast Texas.

Since I became a photojournalist, I've always had to cover some kind of Halloween event - from church get togethers to treat or treating on Halloween night. Last year, I followed the children of Galesburg, Ill., as they trick-or-treated at local businesses. Since moving to Seattle I didn't know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised to find the first ever Harvest Festival was like a living breathing Norman Rockwell painting. The Harvest Festival shut down the main streets of the Junction and opened it up to a farmer's market along with booths manned by local businesses in the center of the street. Children paraded around the block with the West Seattle High School marching band leading the way. I never have seen so many unique hand made costumes before at any other event.