Multimedia

Pantless in Seattle

I love the work that Improv Everywhere does. They stage these huge public works of improvisational theater. If you haven’t see any of their hilarious antics, you need to check them out. So, when I heard that Seattle would be having a No-Pants Light Rail Ride, I knew I was going to do video of it. Organized by Emerald City Improv, the event had an amazing turnout. With so many great stories, so many great moments, I could have edited this many different ways. I decided to focus on Mike Warred, a traveler from Las Vegas who knew nothing of the event but decided to join in. Wow. To me, that’s really impressive. Maybe even more impressive than the fact that he just happened to be wearing Superman boxers.


The Gift of an Arm

One of the greatest parts of working at The Seattle Times is being able to work with photographers such as Alan Berner. Alan is one of the best people and therefore one of the best photojournalists I know. He cares about the people he photographs and he puts his heart each into each story. Alan made a picture story on Abeynah Adefris, an Ethiopian boy receiving two prosthetic arms here in Seattle, and I had the priveledge of making that work into an audio slideshow.


Boeing 787 Dreamliner First Flight

The 787 Dreamliner flew for the first time today and I was able to be there and witness it. I did live video leading up to the takeoff, published clips throughout the day on my iPhone using Qik and turned raw video clips from my Sony video camera quickly. I then used video I shot, video shot by Steve Ringman, video shot by Cliff Despeaux and audio from the air traffic control (captured on a police scanner taped to my tripod) to produce this piece.


WTO protests in Seattle: looking back 10 years later

This week marks the tenth anniversary of the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organzation, the “Battle in Seattle.” Here, Harley Soltes, who was a Seattle Times photographer at the time, and John Sellers, who was a protest organizer, talk about that week and the years since.


Real Salt Lake wins MLS Cup

I was able to shoot video at the MLS Cup held here in Seattle, Real Salt Lake against Los Angeles Galazy (including David Beckham). I shot several iPhone videos using Qik and my iPhone during the game and published almost instantly. I also shot with a Canon 5DmII, and produced a higher quality piece after the game.






Artistic roller skating

This piece was shot by the fantastic Seattle photographer and Seattle Times staffer Erika Schultz. I had the pleasure of editing it with Erika. Think figure skating, but with roller skates.


Election night coverage 2009

Yesterday it was all hands on deck. We covered both sides of three races. With our staffer and the help of three UW students and a journalist on a newspaper exchange program from South Africa, we did it. With everyone out in the field, I watched the speeches most of the candidates made on TV and took notes so I’d be ready to go when the tapes arrived. Tapes were dropped off at my desk, I edited and posted as quickly as possible. Here’s how it all turned out:



Seattle news breaks in South Carolina

Today I had to answer the question, how do you report on Seattle news that breaks in South Carolina?

Boeing was supposed to announce their decision about whether a new assembly plant would be built in Washington or in South Carolina. We were ready to run out and cover the announcement. Then, a wrench was thrown into our plan: the announcement was to be made on the floor of the South Carolina State Senate. They would have a live video cast online we had permission to use. We linked to it, and I recorded the audio. After the speech was made, I edited with audio with some of Mike Siegel’s images he made on a recent trip and viola! Multimedia reporting on breaking news. I hope every day of my new job here at The Seattle Times will be this fun.


All-Comers Track and Field

Children and adults of all ages can compete in the All-Comers Track and Field event, which is organized by Bellingham Parks and Recreation and held every Monday evening at Civic Field during the summer.


The Kalish Experience

These are two videos I’m putting together to hep promote The Kalish picture editing workshop. It features photos made by Kevin Martin and interviews with Kevin Riddell and Micheal P. King, who both participated in the workshop this year. I have a few more of these to edit, here’s the first two.

The Kalish Experience | Kevin Riddell from Danny Gawlowski on Vimeo.

The Kalish Experience | Michael P. King from Danny Gawlowski on Vimeo.


The Kalish 2009 | Photo Booth Movie

The Kalish 2009 | Photo Booth Movie from Danny Gawlowski on Vimeo.

The Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshop is focused on teaching visual storytelling to mid-career picture editors, designers, assignment editors, word editors and multimedia producers. This piece was created to document the participants in the workshop’s twentieth year.

For more information, visit www.kalishworkshop.org.


Cupcake Eating Contest

During the Dirty Dan Days festival in Fairhaven, participants are invited to compete in a cupcake eating contest sponsored by Katie’s Cupcakes. Whoever could eat ten cupcakes the fastest would win.


Costume Bingo

The Evergreen AIDS Foundation hosts monthly, themed costume Bingo event to raise funds for its community work.


Stream of Dreams


A Canadian workshop, taught for the first time in the U.S., teaches Columbia Elementary School students about water conservation.