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Photo day a hit for little league stars

Posted in Little League, tagged baseball, Central Whidbey Little League, John Fisken photos, Mandi Black, Softball on May 20, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Diamond stars flex for the camera. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Some hits, some runs, some cheesin’ for the camera.

Central Whidbey Little League’s current baseball and softball stars hit a rite of passage recently, posing for team pics.

Some of the more informal ones can be seen here.

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Gaze upon a collection of random pics

Posted in Photos, tagged CHS Wolves, Ember Light, John Fisken photos, Paul Messner, Softball on May 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Willow Leedy-Bonifas returns to Earth. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

We’re sweeping out the archives.

The pics seen above and below have two things in common.

One, they feature Coupeville athletes or athletic supporters.

And two, they’re some of the last photos sent my way by John Fisken before he took his Diet Coke and went home, ambling off to semi-retirement.

So, with no games today as we wait for district playoff action to kick into full gear starting Thursday, now is a perfect time to slap ’em on the page and let ’em marinate.

“I’m just saying, it feels like we’re being watched…”

Ember Light fires off a serve.

Megan Richter and her junior associate catch a softball game on a sunny day.

The hunt for missing softballs is a never-ending one.

Paul Messner has his eye(s) on you.

Kickin’ up a dust storm on the way to softball glory.

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Camera clicker is gone, baby, gone

Posted in Everything changes, tagged John Fisken photos, photography, retirement, US Navy on April 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

The older of these two guys is leaving the school sports photo biz. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Diet Coke in hand, he’s hitting the road.

Photographer John Fisken, who has haunted Whidbey Island sporting events for the past two decades, is moving on to different pursuits.

“It’s been a fun ride, but time to end,” he said.

Fisken publicly confirmed Tuesday that he is retiring from sports photography at the end of April, taking to Facebook to offer a farewell.

“My original plan was to hang up my camera at the end of the 2025-2026 school year,” he said.

“Circumstances have changed, and except for the few commitments that I already have on my calendar, I’m retiring at the end of the month.”

Fisken expressed his thanks to those who have been along on his ride.

“It’s been a lot of fun, and being around the young people has helped keep me young,” he said.

“I’ve enjoyed watching the growth and success of various teams, as well as felt their pain over the past two decades.”

His website, JohnsPhotos.net, will remain active through the end of the year for those who want to continue to purchase prints

Meanwhile, he plans to dive deeper into researching his family history, then travel extensively once wife Diane retires from teaching in the Oak Harbor school district.

After graduating from Seattle’s Roosevelt High School in 1980, Fisken served in the US Navy for 24 years, landing on Whidbey in the early 2000’s.

After videotaping games with a camcorder early on, first in Hawaii, then Oak Harbor, he morphed into a photographer, following an interest which had first sprouted when he was in high school.

From covering Wildcat games, at the middle and high school level, Fisken later expanded to snapping pics in Coupeville, and, eventually, South Whidbey.

Fisken’s favorite football photo features Hunter Smith plunging into the end zone for a touchdown.

Fisken ran a blog, Oak Harbor Sports Report, from 2008-2016, and his photos have appeared frequently both on Coupeville Sports and in the Whidbey News-Times.

Along the way, he expanded his photo snapping to include parades, military ceremonies, graduations, dances, and breaking news, such as cars and trucks plowing through buildings and raging fires.

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They’re burnin’ down the house

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged burn baby burn, John Fisken photos, Luisa Loi, North Whidbey Fire and Rescue, Oak Harbor on April 21, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Luisa Loi is ready to face the fires of Hell. Or at least those generated by the local fire department. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Can you feel the burn?

Wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken and inquisitive writer Luisa Loi did recently, as they took part in a training burn conducted by North Whidbey Fire and Rescue.

The house in question was located over on Swantown Road in Oak Harbor.

Now, all that’s left are the memories, and maybe a few embers still blowing in the breeze.