WELCOME and thank you for viewing my gallery.
The eye behind the lens creates the image. And yes, like all photographers, I am driven and challenged to find that one great shot. Finding the perfect light, the one that lasts for only a few brief seconds before vanishing, is part of the thrill for me. Much like the hunt for one great find at a Paris flea market on a rainy Saturday morning, it keeps me coming back for more.
I live in an amazingly beautiful part of the country. The Pacific Northwest has vistas that still the heart. This is an attempt to express and share with you a journey through my lens.
-Karolyn J. Seeley
  Brighten My Day Discuss |  Design History Discuss |  Pumpkin Pie Seaso... Discuss |  Fall Bounty Discuss | ||
 All is Calm Discuss |  Last Night of Oct... Discuss |  Island Summer Discuss |  Rounding the Corn... Discuss | ||
 Anacortes Pier Discuss |  At Rest Discuss |  Polished and Prou... Discuss |   All in a Row Discuss | ||
 Vintage FORD Discuss |  Stellar Morning Discuss |  Lopez Sound Discuss |  Taking the Dog to... Discuss | ||
 Summer BBQ Discuss |  Morning in the Ba... Discuss |  Morning at the Do... Discuss |  Young Eagle Discuss | ||
 San Juan Sunrise Discuss |  Vintage Discuss |  A Place to Wait Discuss |  WORLD at Rest Discuss | ||
 Lifting Fog Discuss |  THE WORLD Discuss |  Lifestyles Discuss |  Expensive Island ... Discuss | ||
 Red Bike Discuss |  From the Inside O... Discuss |  Shaw Island Farm Discuss |  Seaplane Takoff Discuss | ||
 Blind Island Discuss |  Light Summer Driz... Discuss |  Tide Flats Discuss |  Diamond Head Discuss | ||
 Ocean Front Dinin... Discuss |  Maui Magic Discuss |  Oregon Coast Discuss |  Waikiki Discuss | ||
 New and Old Waiki... Discuss |  Waiting for Sunsh... Discuss |  Bliss Discuss |  Memorial Day Trib... Discuss | ||
 After the Close Discuss |  NewYork City Deli Discuss |  Manhattan Neon Discuss |  Victoria, B.C. Discuss | ||
 Roof Tops in the ... Discuss |  Vista House Discuss |  Spring Colors Discuss |  Stormy Day on the... Discuss | ||
 Morning Light Discuss |  Old Lava Flow Discuss |  Kona, Hawaii Discuss |  Old Sausalito Discuss | ||
 Shadow Scroll Discuss |  Widows Walk Discuss |  Red Hot Ride Discuss |  Choose Me Discuss | ||
 Pumpkin Pie Discuss |  You Blink First Discuss |  Parked Discuss |  Salt Air Discuss | ||
 Under the Pier Discuss |  Summer Glee Discuss |  Time Warp Discuss |  Winter Day Discuss | ||
 Skagit Farm Hous... Discuss |  In The City Discuss |  Flame Discuss |  Skagit Valley New... Discuss | ||
 Countdown 2011 Discuss |  Rancho Bernardo Discuss |  Happy Holidays Discuss |  Ferry Crossing Discuss | ||
 Lighting the Way Discuss |  Merry Christmas B... Discuss |  Holiday Trim Discuss |  Dusk in Seattle Discuss | ||
 Mukilteo Lighthou... Discuss |  In Memory Discuss |  Chocolate Kisses Discuss |  Extra Gothic Prot... Discuss | ||
 Vacant in Bryant ... Discuss |  Tall Ship Rigging Discuss |  In the Hood Discuss |  Tie Up Discuss | ||
 Quill and Ink Discuss |  November Day Discuss |  Perfect Autumn T... Discuss |  Shadowed Passage Discuss | ||
 Napa Winery Discuss |  Vintage Woody Discuss |  Vintage Escape Discuss |  Standing Guard Discuss | ||
 Gothic Dreams Discuss |  Jellyfish Discuss |  A Quiet Spot Discuss |  Cease Motion Discuss | ||
My Dad was a professional photographer involved in aerial reconnaissance. Somehow my eye responds to this latent family gene albeit in a different photo direction from his. I sometimes wonder what he would think of my digital images as he was a purest, more in love with the optics than the photo. I too have a fondness for film, and sometimes wonder if you can only capture the heart of the soul with film. This is a thought to ponder as I click my digital shutter.
I usually crop with my eye and prided myself on shooting full frame but have now begun to branch out into cropping and altering images in Photoshop. This has opened up a whole new world and I am enjoying it so much. As my shutter snaps, hopefully, it turns a single moment into a small piece of art. I love to travel for images much like we read for images. Both convey a question to the observer or reader. Sun glinting on a small child’s face, a tile roof top, a sailboat at anchor, a gate or pathway winding into a smoky aura of light, each leading our minds to wonder who, where and why.
Living in the Pacific Northwest, beauty abounds. Most photos on this site will be Northwest and marine scenes that surround every corner of my daily life. But it is also sprinkled with travel photos, architecture, wildlife, gardens, my favorite people or strangers who captured my attention along the way. My personal goal is my own artistic satisfaction. It is a passionate joy for me and a quest to become a better photographer with each shot. Hopefully YOU, the voyeur, can come along on this journey with me through my lens.
Copyright for these photos belongs to Karolyn J. Seeley
Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.