--- title: The photos on my website date: 2021-01-21T21:38:21Z modified: 2023-05-04T03:29:29Z permalink: "https://rrchapman.us/photography/the-photos-on-my-website/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "This is a brief description of the photos taken by and used on most of the pages of Robert Chapman's personal website." wpid: 189 categories: - photography featured_image: /wp-content/uploads/2020/10/In-Grand-Avenue-Park-in-Everett-Washington.jpg featured_image_alt: In Grand Avenue Park in Everett Washington. author: Robert Chapman timestamp: 2023-05-04T03:29:29Z tags: - photography --- Except for a few cases, such as the decorative photos on my portfolio page, the static website pages have my pictures on them, unless otherwise stated. This is a little about each of these photos of mine. ## Home page The cover photo was taken in [Index, Washington](https://goo.gl/maps/ikQW6fgu4McbNCSJ7). The bridge in the foreground carries the Burlington Northern Santa Fe mainline over the North Fork of the Skykomish River. The one in the background is the road used to enter the town from US 2. ![Bridges at Index, Washington.](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Bridges-at-Index-Washington-1024x614.jpg?resize=525%2C315&ssl=1) Bridges at Index, Washington.I took this photo of a flower at the [Byodo-In Temple](https://byodo-in.com/) in Kahaluu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, with my smart phone. ![Flower at the Byodo-In Temple in Kahaluu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Flower-at-the-Byodo-In-Temple-in-Kahaluu-Oahu-Hawaii-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) Flower at the Byodo-In Temple in Kahaluu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi## About (Résumé) This is an exception to my normal picture on this website. I usually try to use one of my own pictures. This is a screenshot of the page on the h2g2 website of the [definition of technical writing](https://h2g2.com/entry/A425431). Trying to improve this definition would be like trying to polish the chorale prelude on “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” (Sleepers wake, a voice astounds us), BWV 645, of Johann Sebastian Bach. ![Technical writing is the art, craft, practice, or problem of translating that which is logical into that which is grammatical. Technical writing forms a bridge between the logical (the primarily binary concepts understood by computers, robots, lawyers) and the illogical (the haphazard, inconsistent concepts misunderstood carbon-based life forms, highly intelligent computers, lawyers) via the medium of the grammatical, the haphazardly logical system incomprehensible to both. The practice of technical writing presupposes that you, the illogical, actually want to learn about the logical subject, which of course is in all cases false. This basis in a false presupposition makes technical writing a pursuit typically favoured by those with arts degrees from obscure universities.](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/h2g2-definition-technical-writing-1-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1 "Technical writing is the art, craft, practice, or problem of translating that which is logical into that which is grammatical. Technical writing forms a bridge between the logical (the primarily binary concepts understood by computers, robots, lawyers) and the illogical (the haphazard, inconsistent concepts misunderstood carbon-based life forms, highly intelligent computers, lawyers) via the medium of the grammatical, the haphazardly logical system incomprehensible to both. The practice of technical writing presupposes that you, the illogical, actually want to learn about the logical subject, which of course is in all cases false. This basis in a false presupposition makes technical writing a pursuit typically favoured by those with arts degrees from obscure universities.")Definition of “technical writing” from the h2g2 website.This picture is a sunset from Waikīkī, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. OK, the detail oriented among us may argue that I was looking towards Queen’s Beach from a hotel off of Kūhiō Beach near the Kapahulu Groin. My guess is that over 95% of people reading this would not understand that description. So, let’s go with Waikīkī for this time. ![Sunset from Waikīkī.](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sunset-from-Waikiki-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) Sunset from Waikīkī.Here is a picture taken of what the British named Diamond Head, but originally named _Lē‘ahi_ in ʻŌleo Hawaiʻi, on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. The picture was taken as the moon was beginning to rise. ![Moonrise over Diamond Head (Lē‘ahi)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Moonrise-over-Diamond-Head-Le%E2%80%98ahi-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) Moonrise over Diamond Head (Lē‘ahi)The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, houses the largest collection of Hawaiian and Pacific cultural artifacts and natural history specimens in the world. ![Hawaiian Hall complex of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Hawaiian-Hall-complex-of-the-Bernice-Pauahi-Bishop-Museum-in-Honolulu-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) Hawaiian Hall complex of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu (original home of the Kamehameha Schools)The final picture has stage props from the Kent Stowell production of the _Nutcracker_ by Pacific Northwest Ballet designed by Maurice Sendak. When the company retired this production, a resident of Seattle bought these and other props from PNB, displaying them at Christmas. ![Props from the Kent Stowell Nutcraker](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Props-from-the-Kent-Stowell-Nutcraker-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) Props from the Kent Stowell Nutcraker## Recommendation of James P. Simpson This picture was taken the evening of July 4, 2008, overlooking Possession Sound in Everett, Washington. It was taken with an Olympus camera I used to use frequently. ![Fireworks over Possession Sound at Everett, Washington, on July 4, 2008.](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Fireworks-over-Possession-Sound-at-Everett-Washington-on-July-4-2008-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1 "Fireworks over Possession Sound at Everett, Washington, on July 4, 2008.") Fireworks over Possession Sound at Everett, Washington, on July 4, 2008.## Portfolio The pictures of the two oil paintings are in the public domain and not mine. In front of the Honolulu Zoo is a statue of Mohandas Gandhi. Considering where it is, are you surprised there are leis on it? ![Mohandas Gandhi statue in Kapiʻolani Regional Park before the Honolulu Zoo.](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mohandas-Gandhi-statue-in-Kapiolani-Park-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) Mohandas Gandhi statue in Kapiʻolani Regional Park before the Honolulu Zoo.On Maundy Thursday, it is traditional to reserve the sacrament for communion on Good Friday. It is common to place the sacrament in a “garden” where you can wait with Jesus for an hour, as he asked his disciples to do on the night he was betrayed. This was the Altar of Repose one year at Church of the Redeemer in Kenmore, Washington. It was set up in the baptistry. ![Altar of repose at Church of the Redeemer in Kenmore, Washington](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Altar-of-repose-at-Church-of-the-Redeemer-in-Kenmore-Washington-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) Altar of repose at Church of the Redeemer in Kenmore, WashingtonWashington Mutual is no more, a casualty of financial issues in 2008. The Washington Mutual Tower has a new name in downtown Seattle. This picture was taken in an outdoor garden midway up the tower where you could get some fresh air, eat lunch, and enjoy a spectacular view. ![Deck from the former Washington Mutual Tower](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Garden-on-the-deck-of-the-former-Washington-Mutual-building-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) Deck from the former Washington Mutual TowerIt has been a while since you’ve seen a picture taken in Hawaiʻi. I need to correct that. This picture of the “Salmon-Thirty-Salmon” livery airliner of Alaska Airlines was taken at their gate in HNL. ![Alaska Airline's Salmon-thirty-salmon at Honolulu International Airport](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Salmon-thirty-salmon-at-Honolulu-International-Airport-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) Alaska Airline’s Salmon-thirty-salmon at Daniel K. Inouye International AirportEarlier I gave a detail-oriented person’s description of a sunset mentioning Queen’s Beach in Honolulu. Sans Souci Beach is next door to Queen’s Beach. This short video was taken walking back from dinner to our hotel along Sans Souci. The last picture was taken from the [Sounder commuter rail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounder_commuter_rail), waiting for a return ride to Everett, Washington. ![King Street Station from the Sounder](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/King-Street-Station-from-the-Sounder-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) King Street Station from the Sounder## Contact Some of you may recognize the volcano in the cover photo on the Contact page. You know that I did not take the photo in Hawaiʻi. Instead, it was taken in Wakinakona (_Washington_ in ʻŌleo Hawaiʻi) where the [Twin River enters the Strait of Juan de Fuca](https://goo.gl/maps/F743PVhqPaSwBUWSA). I took this photo with my phone, as I do most of the time these days. My SLR Canon Digital camera was at home for this trip. However, this shot needed my digital camera and telephoto lens. ![Pae i ka nalu o Wakinakona.](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pae-i-ka-nalu-o-Wakinakona-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) Pae i ka nalu o Wakinakona. (Catching a wave in Washington.)However, my smartphone worked fine for this photo is from the North Shore of Oʻahu in January 2020. And, I have evidence that I know where Pipeline and Off the Wall are located. ![Rockpiles on the North Shore on Oʻahu.](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Rockpiles-on-the-North-Shore-on-Oahu-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) Rockpiles on the North Shore on Oʻahu.## This page Here is an exception for not discussing the photos for the blog pages on this website. The cover picture on this page is a compass rose taken at Grand Avenue Park in Everett, Washington. The various watercraft within the rose are all associated somehow with the history of Everett, such as a [Native canoe](https://www.hibulbculturalcenter.org/Exhibits/Canoe-Hall/), a [whaleback boat built in Everett](https://www.heraldnet.com/news/the-wreck-of-the-ss-everett/#:~:text=The%20SS%20City%20of%20Everett%20was%20to%20be,whaleback%20steamship%20built%20in%20Everett.&text=The%20SS%20City%20of%20Everett%20would%20go%20on%20to%20have,Canal%20and%20around%20the%20world.), and the [Calista](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calista_(steamboat)). ![In Grand Avenue Park in Everett Washington.](https://i0.wp.com/www.rrchapman.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/In-Grand-Avenue-Park-in-Everett-Washington-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C295&ssl=1) In Grand Avenue Park in Everett Washington.## Other photos of mine While I haven’t been doing a lot of updating of it lately, I have a [Flickr page](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rrchapman/albums). It probably is time for me to create some more _public_ folders here. Because I use Google Pixel smartphones, Google has most of my more recent pictures. If you want to see some folders of pictures from Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, I’ll share links with those folders. You’ve already seen some of them on this website.