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Contributing photographer close-up: Ron LaRue

My Edmonds News occasionally profiles the photographers who regularly send photos to us. Today, it's Ron LaRue. After graduating from the Burnley School of Art & Design, I moved to...

Contributing photographer close-up: Bill Ray

I have primarily been a nature photographer since high school in the '50s. In recent years I have been fascinated by birds and astro-landscape photography. The Edmonds Marsh and fishing pier are favorite birding...

Contributing photographer close-up: Denise Meade

I'm a genuine Washingtonian from birth and have loved nature and photography since my early teens. Sadly, I didn't learn to do photography when I was young. When I...

Contributing photographer close-up: David Carlos

I’ve been interested in photography ever since I was a kid, when my mother would let me borrow her Fujica 35-millimeter film camera. In high school and in college,...

Contributing photographer close-up: Michael P. Lowell

I started on my journey photographing years ago using my folks' Fuji 35mm film camera -- it had a dented 35mm lens but still worked. As life does, family...

Contributing photographer close-up: Vicki Hone Smith

A Northwest native, I've lived in Edmonds since 2009. I've been capturing moments and images on camera since the age of 9, when I got my first Argus box...

Contributing photographer close-up: Lee Lageschulte

I have traveled and photographed the world  -- the Arctic Circle, Norway, Sweden, Finland, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Denmark, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Crete, Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Italy, Israel, Jordan, Sicily, Portugal, Lichtenstein, Egypt, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia,...

Contributing photographer close-up: Sharon O’Brien

I have had a passion for art and photography most of my life. As a watercolor artist, I donate all proceeds from the sales of my work to the...

Contributing photographer close-up: Kevin O’Keeffe

I’m an opportunistic picture taker, so I have to rely on the limitations of the camera I have at hand -- now an iPhone 8, but I am eagerly...

Contributing photographer close-up: Ken Pickle

Ken Pickle is a retired professional meeting planner (34 years with Safeco Insurance) and also retired Navy (6.5 years as a NFO and 22 years Naval Reserve Intelligence). He...

Contributing photographer close-up: Sam Spencer

I minored in photography at an Eastern university in the 1970s. After retiring from my brokerage career in 2003 I decided to go back to school to catch up on...

Contributing photographer close-up: Julia Wiese

I have owned a camera since my early 20s. I even have the first photos I took and developed in a photography class. As always happens, life gets in...

Contributing photographer close-up: Chris Walton

Publisher's note: Thanks to a reader suggestion, we are introducing a series of profiles on our contributing photographers. I am a retired biomedical engineer who has lived in Edmonds with...

Contributor close-up: Nathan Blackwell

Publisher’s note: We continue our profiles aimed at helping readers get to know the people behind the names you see in our publications. Here’s the background on reporter Nathan...

Contributor close-up: Bob Throndsen, reporter

Publisher’s note: We continue our profiles aimed at helping readers get to know the people behind the names you see in our publications. Here's the background on reporter Bob...

Contributor close-up: Healthy Eating columnist Deborah Binder

Publisher’s note: After 11 years in business, it’s time our readers got better acquainted with the people behind the names you see in our publications. Here, learn more about...

Contributor close-up: Jennifer Marx, Edmonds Kind of Play columnist

My first interaction with My Edmonds News was in December 2009, not too long after it was founded. I saw a request on social media for family Santa pictures...

Contributor close-up: Rachel Gardner, Art Beat columnist

Publisher’s note: After 11 years in business, it’s time our readers got better acquainted with the people behind the names you see in our publications. Here. learn more...

Contributor close-up: Restaurant writer Kathy Passage

Publisher’s note: After 11 years in business, it’s time our readers got better acquainted with the people behind the names you see in our publications. Here. learn more about...

Contributor close-up: ‘Looking Back’ columnist Betty Lou Gaeng

Publisher’s note: After 11 years in business, it’s time our readers got better acquainted with the people behind the names you see in our publications. Here. learn more about...

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