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JOSHBASSETT|PHOTOGRAPHY

 

Photographer & Designer

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I'm a photographer and designer in Seattle, Washington. I recently moved to the PNW from Washington, DC and have been enjoying getting to know the area. I am available for portrait and engagement sessions, as well as commissions, weddings and other events. 

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@joshbassettphoto

Mondays... 🌚
This post got really long unintentionally - but hopefully entertaining if you like Star Wars or art or the meaning of life... ?? It's funny how an image can mean different things to different people. I suspect that most would find nothing too special about this shot. Just some trees and stars. But in the moment I felt really compelled to shoot this specific shot. I know every second of the original Star Wars trilogy inside and out, and as I was out shooting the Milky Way earlier this summer, I turned around and for a moment, felt transported to a very specific scene in Return of the Jedi where Luke builds a funeral pyre for his dad, then the camera pans up to the starry sky with the silhouettes of the forest trees, as fighters streak by and fireworks are going off (always thought it's weird that X-wings would be shooting off fireworks- or maybe they're just flying by as they are being shot off, but why would they have brought fireworks down to Endor? Rebels just keep them in their supplies in case of major victories? Anyway...) So, like I said, I was looking around while a 20 second exposure was going on, saw the sky behind me, and it hit me. This was Endor at the end of ROTJ! I turned my tripod around, away from the action that was the galactic core and Liberty Bell mountain at Washington Pass to shoot some tree silhouettes. I specifically remember @roguephto ask what I was doing, as if there was something cool behind us he was missing, then realized, nope, just the trees. And so on it's own, this photo is kinda boring, but to me there's a story there. I feel like there might be some sort of life lesson here, but I'll let you interpret what that might be, since it's probably different for each person, and I guess that's what art is.
Something exhilarating about crisp, cool mountain air
The weaker the signal, the sweeter the noise
After a long, hot, dusty hike leaves you beat and covered in sweat, dirt, sunscreen and bug spray, nothing can compare to the amazingly refreshing feeling of diving headfirst into a freezing cold creek of freshly melted ice from the mountaintops above, and cooling off while washing away the grime. Although, unlike @sweatinginstyle, I did not use a stone to scrub my armpits "clean" 🙋🏻🚿
Ever since 2012, I kept not seeing bighorn sheep in places where they are abundant. I didn't see any as we biked through Montana 5 years ago, which was disappointing. Not seeing them at Zion last summer was a particular bummer, especially because Carrie saw a bunch up close. I saw some for like a second driving through the Rockies in Colorado earlier this year... but I felt like it didn't really count since we drove past so quickly and couldn't stop. So finally, at Glacier I got to see one of these guys up close. As we hiked the Highline trail, some folks going in the opposite direction gave us a heads up that there was a bighorn at the top of the climb we were on, and I got really excited, and switched my lens to the telephoto zoom to be ready. When he came into view, he was smaller than I expected and just eating grass. We watched for a few minutes and he eventually made his way up on some rocks and I got a better view for a photo. This looks like a younger guy - I am still looking to see a full grown male with big ass horns, but for now this was satisfying enough. 🐑
#SeaFair2017
Thinking about these breezy lakeside mountain views from last weekend as I sit here in my no-a/c apartment sweating my butt off at 11pm and breathing in particulate-filled forest fire air... 🙃
More night skies at Glacier Heaven's Peak || Glacier National Park || 1:45am
There is a lot to be impressed by at @glaciernps - but one thing that stands out the most to me compared to a lot of the other National Parks I've visited is the diversity of landscapes here. Especially compared to the surrounding area. The shrinking glaciers will be gone in a few years, and I don't know how that is going to affect the landscapes here (aside from obviously glaciers being gone), but I'm sure it will some way or another, which is a bummer.
It's been exactly one year since @sweatinginstyle and I wrapped up our cross-country road trip and rolled into Seattle to begin a new chapter in our lives. We arrived here with no jobs or apartment and have managed to make it work, and eventually carved out a decent life so far. We've met a lot of great new people... Seen a lot of new places... and drank a lot of great beers. Here's to another great year! 🤘
Stayed up late to shoot the stars at @glaciernps this weekend. I was probably overly terrified of being mauled by a grizzly or mountain lion, which sort of affected my shooting- but actually... probably the right amount of terrified. I was excited to get to use some new equipment for shooting astrophotography... Before leaving Seattle for Montana, I made a last second decision (after doing a lot of research) to trade in some lenses to upgrade my wide angle game with a new @venuslaowa 12mm wide lens (inspired by @roguephto) as I needed faster wide glass to get the night shots I wanted, and so far so good... #laowa12mm
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