Dry cranberry harvest, North Cove, Wa.

After living and working here for 11 years, and photographing the cranberry harvest most of those years, I tried something new this year. On the Peninsula the cranberry farmers do a wet harvest where they flood their bogs. In north county they do a dry harvest, a far more labor intensive way. 

You'd think that with all that red I'd show these in color. Instead I was taken with how the textures involved in the process looked in B&W, so here you go

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IHS homecoming game, Ilwaco, Wa.

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Relay for Life cancer survivor portraits, Ilwaco, Wa.

Read their stories in this week's Observer

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In the mud pit at the Three Course Challenge, Camp Rilea, Gearhart, Or.

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NHS vs. Valley volleyball, Naselle, Wa.

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Shoreside streets and sands, Seaside, Or.

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Dan Driscoll, Willapa Bay tide land, Oysterville, Wa.

I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but Dan Driscoll was one of the first people I met when I moved to the Peninsula 11 years ago. I've been happy to call him a friend in the time since and I'm always happy when I get to photograph him while he works. This week he is being featured on the front page in a story about his fight with the county to keep his business open.

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From the first week of fall sports, Naselle, Ilwaco, Wa.

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