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Seattle photography, video and web development. Matt McDonald is a photographer, web developer and new media entrepeanuer based in Bellingham, Washington.

You can find more of his work at the following publications and businesses:

CNN
ESPN
The Bellingham Herald
Skate Slate Magazine
Bellingham Families
DB Skimboards
DB Longboards
Skim Magazine
BuildStrong Productions
Equality Designs
Forever Skim Magazine
Flatland Skim Magazine
What’s Up! Magazine
KIRO 7
KOMO 4
HLN
SkateSlate Magazine
Concrete Wave Magazine

05/04/2026

May the 4th be with you from Seattle!

An X-Wings flies around the Space Needle in celebration of !

04/22/2026

Happy 64th birthday Space Needle! A little collection of my Space Needle photos captured over the years. 🎉

04/17/2026

It’s tulip time! 🌷

04/01/2026

Once again umbrellas are great photo props and I guess they help stop the rain as well.

01/03/2026

Pacific Bonsai Museum inspires a closer look at nature through the living art of bonsai. I have wanted to check out the museum for years and I finally had the opportunity to. At any given time, around 50–60 trees are exhibited outdoors in the museum’s open-air gallery, with the specific display rotating seasonally so visitors always see something new..

Here are some of the museum’s most remarkable bonsai:

- Trident Maple – A classic deciduous bonsai with beautiful branching and fall color, part of the Domoto family collection from historic Californian bonsai growers.
- Japanese Black Pine (Furuzawa Pine) – A tree grown by artist Juzaburo Furuzawa, started from seed in a tin can during wartime incarceration and cultivated for decades — a poignant symbol of resilience.
- California Juniper – A dramatic native North American bonsai with rugged, twisted form showing the natural beauty and age of the tree
- Chinese Elm – Elegantly shaped with fine foliage, this venerable elm represents classic bonsai form and refinement.

I do have a small bonsai tree of my own that I struggle to keep alive (sorry Bonsai Bill) and it was super cool to see all of these different little living pieces of art. I highly recommend checking it out and look forward to going back soon.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year! Seattle NYE fireworks shows from years past. It was very foggy to start 2026.

12/29/2025

Stopped by the dog park in Edmonds and captured some photos passing by the snow covered Olympic Mountains.

12/26/2025

2025 has been quite a year, and it was fun to look back on all the media I captured. More than ever, I realized just how many different aspect ratios I worked in this year, which honestly got a little silly. So this photo recap focuses on my favorite horizontal photos. Trying to make a year-in-review post that works across multiple social media sizes is more time than I want to spend on this small annual project.

With that in mind, these are my favorite photos of the year based purely on my own judgment. They’re the images I enjoyed the most and that brought me the most joy during the creative process. If this recap were based on social media engagement, it would look very different and lean much more toward journalism-focused content.

On that note, enjoy, and I’ll see you in 2026.