Snaps and Frames

After displaying a large knife at the STA Plaza, Tedzo C. Baker was tasered by a Spokane Police officer after a short chase that ended on the 100 block of  N. Wall Street in downtown Spokane, Monday Evening. He was arrested on suspicion of felony assault. Spokane Fire Department paramedics checked him out before placing him in a squad car. Colin Mulvany/© The Spokesman-Review

Just as I was leaving work, a call came over the scanner of a police officer chasing a man armed with a knife just a few blocks from the newspaper. I hoofed it over just in time to see paramedics checking the guy out after he’d been tasered by police.  I like the rainbow of colors mixed with the stark flashlight beam on the subject’s face. I’m not totally sure, but I think the paramedics  were taking the Taser prongs out of his chest.  Nikon D700, Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8

Waiting for the action to resume at the Spokane Shock arena football game Friday night, I banged off one frame of the back of some spectator’s head. I’m not sure why I took this picture. Maybe it was how the daughter’s hands were wrapped around her father’s bald head that caught my eye. Ambiguous yes, but I like it. At least I think I do. Photo/Colin Mulvany. Nikon D3s, Nikkor 300 mm f/2.8