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Teamwork makes the dream work!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged Cheer, CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, portraits, spirit on September 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Julie Bucio leads off our CHS cheer portrait session. (John Fisken photos)

Jaden Marrs

Mica Shipley

The Wolf cheer squad, moments before taking the field for the first game of the season.

Moira Reed

Kiara Burdge

Natalie Hollrigel

OK, life isn’t always fair.

We’re starting off with that because I have 25 portraits of Coupeville High School cheerleaders and not enough room to run all of them at one time.

I mean, I have the room (it’s the internet, there are no page lengths), but very few people will scroll through that epic a story.

Most of my photo essays are a crisp six to eight photos, which has seemed to be the ideal length for readers.

Enough pics to feel like you got your money’s worth (even though you viewed this page for free…), without total brain overload.

So, I tried to make things as equal as possible by tossing the numbers 1-25 in a random number generator and letting the whims of fate pick who gets their glossy portraits on the internet this fine day.

Truth be told, at some point this season all of the portraits will appear, so, for those who didn’t make the cut (as selected by sheer randomness), your time will come.

And after all, photo #4 is a team photo, so you’re all there anyway.

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A portrait of the artist as a young athlete!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, Football, Girls Soccer, Volleyball, tagged Aiden Crimmins, CHS Wolves, James Joyce, John Fisken photos, Mikayla Elfrank, portraits, Raven Vick on September 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Freshman spiker Raven Vick leads off our series of fall sports portraits. (John Fisken photos)

Aiden Crimmins, senior, tennis.

Megan Thorn, freshman, soccer.

Gavin Knoblich, freshman, football.

Jaschon Baumann, sophomore, tennis.

Kalia Littlejohn, sophomore, soccer.

Chris Battaglia, sophomore, football.

Mikayla Elfrank, junior, volleyball.

Everyone approaches their portrait differently.

Some smile. Others go as far to the opposite extreme as possible.

Whichever route they pursue, John Fisken (and his trusty camera) are there to document their choice.

The pics above are just a small taste of those he captured at recent CHS fall sports practices.

To be fair, I randomly selected two athletes from each of the sports (volleyball, tennis, soccer and football), varsity and JV, to showcase some of his work.

To see more (purchases help fund college scholarships for Wolf student/athletes), pop over to:

Volleyball — http://www.johnsphotos.net/Portraits/Coupeville-VB-2016/

Football — http://www.johnsphotos.net/Portraits/Coupeville-FB-2016/

Soccer — http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/GS-20160901-Coupeville-vs-Sout/

There isn’t currently a link for the tennis portraits, but if you contact Fisken at http://www.johnsphotos.net/, he can let you know what he has to choose from.

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Valen Trujillo shoots, scores!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, Emma Smith, portraits, summer camp, Valen Trujillo, volleyball, Western Washington University on July 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Emma Smith catches a brief moment of phone time in between sessions at a summer volleyball camp in Bellingham. (Valen Trujillo photos)

Tiffany Briscoe

Ashley Menges

Allison Wenzel

Katrina McGranahan

Lauren Rose

Sarah Wright

Kyla Briscoe

Maddy Hilkey (left) and Ally Roberts

Valen Trujillo is what they call multi-talented.

When the Coupeville High School senior is not busy pounding volleyballs, as she and her teammates did at a four-day Western Washington University summer camp last week, she’s still busy putting her many skills to work.

One of those side projects is snapping portraits of her teammates, as shown in the pics above.

Take note, John Fisken.

There’s a new paparazzi in town and she has an eye for the biz.

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John Fisken spreads his wings!!

Posted in Photos, tagged Happy birthday, John Fisken photos, Lindsey Roberts, Luke Merriman, paparazzi, portraits on June 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Madeline Strasburg and Co. celebrate a home-run in this vintage shot. (John Fisken photos)

Behind the scenes with Wolf hoops stars Luke Merriman (left) and Risen Johnson.

Bringing out the playful side of Wolf hoops stars Luke Merriman (left) and Risen Johnson.

Joey Lippo holds on to the ball, and Fisken nails the shot.

Documenting the electricity (and the rain) in the air before a soccer playoff game, with (l to r) Sage Renninger, Lindsey Roberts and Sophie Sandahl.

The paparazzi is branching out.

Camera clicker John Fisken, who has made a name for himself snapping pics at sporting events on and off Whidbey Island, has expanded his services.

Fisken, who by sheer coincidence celebrates a birthday today, has launched a web site — John’s Photos — where you can experience all of his snappy plans for the future.

While he’ll still be offering all the usual sports fare, a mix of action shots and behind the scenes portraits, Fisken will now be available to shoot just about anything, with two minor exceptions.

No weddings and he’s not going into the delivery room with you to document lil’ Billy or Sally’s probably-messy entrance into the world.

But, want a beautiful family portrait?

Want someone to document your prom, your military ball, your family reunion or a billion other things?

Need crystal clear pics documenting your real estate listings?

He’s the guy, boasting a strong work ethic and reasonable prices.

You could reach out to him cause it’s his birthday.

Or, you could do it because he’s very, very good at what he does, both in terms of picture quality, diversity of what he shoots and his ability to work with anyone.

I mean, he puts up with me for nine months a year, as I harass him day and night with increasingly bizarre and frantic sports shooting requests.

If he can survive that, he’ll do just fine getting great aunt Ethelyne to let him capture a photo worthy of putting on the mantle.

But don’t just take my word for it.

To see what I’m rambling about, pop over to his site and see what Fisken offers, while basking in some of the work he’s already produced.

The travelin’ photo man can be found at:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/

https://www.facebook.com/Johns-Photos-1036515406386382/?fref=ts

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Faces in the crowd!!

Posted in Fashionable Fans, tagged CHS Wolves, faces, fans, John Fisken photos, portraits, Softball on April 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Kyla Briscoe (and her happy frog blanket) wait wistfully for warmer weather to return. (John Fisken photos)

Robert Nastali tries to decide which daughter is his favorite at the moment. It all hangs on this at-bat.

Wolf volleyball ace Ally Roberts keeps it low-key, so as not to be swarmed by autograph seekers.

Rich Briscoe debates whether slapping the umpire on the back of the head would help him make better calls.

The day was overcast, yet Sylvia Arnold was still shooting off rays of sunshine from every pore. Uncanny.

Sean LeVine — soccer guru, EMT, dad, possible runway model (he’s already got Blue Steel down cold…).

Moments after this picture was taken, the photographer vanished. Coincidence?

Gretchen Smith basks in the glow of watching granddaughter Sarah Wright, Coupeville’s catcher/cleanup hitter, be super-awesome on the diamond.

Fans, fans as far as the eye (or camera) can see.

Coupeville sports boosters are as dedicated as any you will meet, and jam the stands for almost every Wolf sports event.

Softball is no exception, and, as CHS played Meridian Saturday, wanderin’ photo man John Fisken let his camera slide through the crowds to snap some portraits for us.

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