Read the first official review of a TIA timelapse video!
Short Films Matter Reviews TIA’s “All Hallows Eve in the Emerald City”
The Otherworldly Ocean at the Edge of the Earth
Enjoy creative images from an ocean's soothing illusions.
Seattle Welcomes the Year 2023
🥳 Another new year is here! 🥳
TIAA #47: “13 Decembers”
This is a tale about 13th anniversaries.
TIAA #45: “We’re Gonna TikTok-Tok ’til Broad Daylight”
This is a tale about a popular city park and the app that is TikTok.
TIAA #44: “Siblings Synchronize!”
This is a tale about leaping back and forth in time, frozen in mid-leap.
All Hallows Eve in the Emerald City
Enjoy a spooky and entertaining two-minute video to mark the occasion.
TIAA #40: “Silhouette Solace”
This is a tale about one stunning moment above two countries.
TIAA #38: “An Entrance Most Entrancing”
This is a tale about one of Earth's most legendary celebrities.
TIAA #32: “A Gleam of Golden Light”
This is a tale about catching the light and sharing the light. (It's also about life being a long-time adventure).
TIAA #28: “Nomad No More?”
This is not really a tale this time. Rather, it's a testament about finally calling a place "home" - at long last.
TIAA #27: “The Helpless Animal & Useless Photographer”
This is a tale about the time I had felt completely useless and impotent as a photographer.
TIAA #21: “Going Back to My Roots”
This is a tale about sharing an image that I wanted to share two months ago!
TIAA #18: “A Rainbow to Remind You”
This is a tale about the ephemeral enigma we all know as a rainbow.
TIAA #14: “Reality is Relative”
This is a tale about the week I've had interacting with different people (mostly in person, this time) and what I learned.
Hello Seattle. It’s Been Fog Too Long.
TIA invites you to view how foggy weather transforms the Emerald City into an otherworldly realm of eccentric mystery and eerie intrigue.
Happy New Veer
2022 will be a year for TIA to change course, both personally and professionally.
Maritime Thoroughfare in the City
Please enjoy a very entertaining timelapse video of the Chittenden Locks (whose local moniker is the Ballard Locks), which is an essential part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal serving thousands of vessels throughout the Seattle metropolitan area. Constructed between 1911 and 1917, the Ballard Locks’ principal function enables access for boats and ships to... Continue Reading →
“Could Have Told You So”
Enjoy a timelapse video of the sailboat activity and weather variation at Shilshole Bay in Seattle.
Sleepy Saturday Morning in Seattle
During the weekend of March 27th, I decided to revive my objectives for creating timelapse photography videos. It was a primary objective in 2020, but the pandemic struck the planet, and my objective was no longer a priority. A year later, I would like to resume my quest to add timelapse videos to my skillset... Continue Reading →
“Snowmageddon Chronicles”: Redux
One last look at the record-breaking snowstorm in Seattle during the Valentine's Day weekend.
“Snowmageddon Chronicles”: Part One
Contrary to popular preconceptions and misconceptions, snowfall is infrequent in Seattle, and blizzards are even rarer. That's why the snowstorm Seattle received between February 12th and 13th is rather historic. The Emerald City was buried with nearly nine inches of snow, making February 13th the snowiest day in Seattle since January 1969. Since we typically... Continue Reading →
Yesteryear 2020 – One Last Look
This article will be the final entry for La Vue Atypique in 2020, a year that many people around the world are looking forward to not (or never) looking back at ever again. There is little need or desire to recite the multiple reasons for 2020's universally accepted moratorium as the world continues, presently, to... Continue Reading →
11 Years of TIA!
December 1, 2020 is, unbelievably, the 11th anniversary of TIA International Photography. This was the day that the City of Seattle registered TIA as a licensed sole proprietorship in the business of offering professional photography services back in 2009. This article serves as a greeting of gratitude for all of you who have been perpetually... Continue Reading →
TIA’s Adventures in “Photocycling” / Chapter One
"Photocycling" is the art of capturing images of different subject matters while cycling.
Quarantined City: Seattle Life Offset by the Coronavirus (Part III)
This is Part III of my photo essay that features different neighborhoods and landmarks of Seattle, notably areas that are typically very busy and filled with the hustle and bustle of people and vehicles before the populace was fully informed of the disease's incredibly rapid and lethal contagiousness from person to person. If you're a... Continue Reading →
Quarantined City: Seattle Life Offset by the Coronavirus (Part II)
This is Part II of my photo essay that features different neighborhoods and landmarks of Seattle, notably areas that are typically very busy and filled with the hustle and bustle of people and vehicles before the populace was fully informed of the disease's incredibly rapid and lethal contagiousness from person to person. If you're a... Continue Reading →
Quarantined City: Seattle Life Offset by the Coronavirus (Part I)
If you're reading this article, you are probably fully aware of the ongoing global health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). What commenced as a rash of respiratory illnesses in Wuhan, China back in November 2019 has now gripped the entire world in March 2020. In late January, Kirkland, Washington, a suburb east of... Continue Reading →
Where the Cranes Reign (Factoid #6)
SEATTLE FACTOID #6 Seattle has erected more cranes for construction than any other city in the United States for three consecutive years since 2016. "Seattle at an Angle" / View of downtown from the Skyview Observatory at Columbia Center Seattle's Urban Evolution, Ad Infinitum:An aerial view of downtown Seattle with Westlake Avenue as the central... Continue Reading →
A Needle Like No Other (Factoid #5)
SEATTLE FACTOID #5 When the Smith Tower was erected in 1914, it remained the tallest building not only in Seattle or Washington State, but on the entire West Coast of the United States! In 1962, the record was broken by yet another structure in Seattle, one that has become world renowned and probably the most... Continue Reading →
