B-17 Tour at Boeing Field

B-17 tour at Boeing field by original B-17 pilots and crew. This is a restored B-17G-VE restored by the Experimental Aircraft Association. This particular aircraft (serial #44-85740) was delivered to Army Air Corps on May 18, 1945, too late to see action. For a complete history see the EAA web site. This was a rare experience to meet the guys who flew B-17's and listen to their stories.

Spruce Goose Cockpit

This is the Spruce Goose cockpit right behind where Howard Hughes piloted the famous flight. For more details see This Youtube video.

The Fabulous Wailers Issaquah Concert

Young and old attended a Concert on The Green July 26th to hear the Fabulous Wailers, one of the most important bands in the history of rock n roll." For some nostalgic rock history.

'61 VW with 409 V8

Scott Morgan of Preston, WA brought his 1961 VW beatle to the Lance Lambert car show on 6/26 at the Triple X Drive-Inn to show his handy work of fitting a 409 V8 engine into the trunk of this 61 VW. This little hummer goes from 0 to 60 in 9.9 seconds and tops out at 135 MPH... not your fathers VW. Every hour at the car show Scott fired up the engine and answered questions for a crowd of 20 to 30 onlookers.

Oldrides Car Show at Triple X Drive Inn

Two old rides at the Triple X Drive Inn. Car owners and show goers hang out at the old Root Beer drive inn and admire old hot rods and eat big juicey hamburgers just like it was in the 50's and 60's.

Fourth of July Handcar demonstration

This was shot during a handcar demonstration during the fourth of July celebration. The reason the handcar appears twice in this image is that I shoot 4 fisheye photos and I rotated in the same direction as the handcar was moving. Can you find the people that appear twice?

Issaquah Eagle - City Hall and Police Station

Eagle statue in front of the City Hall and Police Station in downtown Issaquah.

Poo Poo Point - Take off spot for paragliders

If your heart doesn't get pumping hard on the way up the 1.7 mile, 1700 foot climb then it will for sure start pumping standing on the edge of the Asto turf take off point visualizing what it feels like jumping off this cliff with a paraglider. When it's clear as it was this day, there's a great view of Issaquah, Squak Mt on the left and Lake Sammamish beyond Issaquah. The trail to Poo Poo point starts at the paragliding field on Issaquah-Hobart Road.

Cool Beans Expresso interior

Coolbeans Expresso in the historic old Issaquah Theatre building- cooler than your average Expresso stop it Features western memorabilia and good conversation. Rick (the owner) and Fannie (Ricks friendly lab)always greet you with a smile. Voted the best Expresso shop in Issaquah for many years. As of about 2009 CoolBeans expresso and it's proprietor Rick are gone because the old Issaquah theater has been remodeled. I miss stopping in a talking to Rick.

Downtown Issaquah during Salmon Days

Walking through the crowded streets of Salmon Days. Salmon Days is a popular Fall festival welcoming back spawning salmon to their home at the Issaquah Fish Hatchery. The event draws in the area of 150,000 people to Issaquah each October. I was attracted to the challenge of shooting a hand-held spherical panorama in a crowd and the colorful image the balloon vendors made. There is only one or two people in this panorama panorama that appear in two locations eventhough this panorama is 4 frames and took about 40 seconds to shoot.

Inside the Triple X drive inn

This historic old XXX drive-Inn is the last XXX on the planet. It's Filled with 60's memorabilia, frequently hosts classic car and truck shows and still serves great sloppy-juicy burgers and root beer. The colorful collection of 60's signs and memorabilia hanging from the walls and ceiling create a visually stimulating room. The checker board floor only adds to the visual effect.

For a schedule of car shows see the new Triplex Web site

About This Blog

This blog is a collection of images that show all directions at once. The images are created by combining a sequence of 4 photographs shot with a fisheye lens in four different directions. That is, shoot North, rotate 90 degrees, shoot East, rotate 90, shoot South, rotate 90 shoot west. This process of shooting 4 photos takes about 40 to 60 seconds because the camera needs to be level in 2 planes and you need to rotate the camera around the entrance pupil of the lens so that the images "fit together" exactly.

After the 4 fisheye images are "stitched" together (I use PTgui Software to do this) the result is a equirectangular image like the thumbnail photos on this blog. These equirectangular images are a single rectangular image that shows all directions at once. They look a little funny because to show all visual information in all directions at once in a rectangular image so something must be distorted. There is no distortion through the horizontal center of these image but as you move closer to the top (zenith) and bottom (nadir) there is more and more distortion until at the very top and bottom pixel is a line across the entire image. An equirectangular image is just like a Mercader projection of the earth that everyone is used to seeing.