Q&A with Eduard Koller Photographer

Q: Are you going to shoot the PRIDE PARADE today?
No, I didn't go to the pride march on Saturday - had a conflicting appointment. However, I managed to get to the pride fair at Seattle Center yesterday, and a took a few shots

Q: What camera do you use?
I'm using a Canon EOS 5D (sometimes with a backup Canon EOS 20D) with mostly 2 lenses: a 17-40mm f/4L wide angle, and a 70-200 f/2.8L IS for telephoto.

Q: Where were you on the Solstice Parade route?
I photographed the parade from different angles - at the beginning, from the proximity of the main stage, then I moved to different locations on the itinerary.

Q: What is your favorite 2006 Solstice snap and why?
One of my favorite shots from the Fremont fair parade is the one you've chosen for the blog. I feel it reflects best the spirit of the parade...

Q: What will you do differently next year?
Next year I'll try to get earlier, to photograph more from the preparation stage - I believe I missed quite a few nice shots... Also, I'll try to have more business cards with me - this time I ran out of them pretty quickly.

Q: How did your Fremont Summer Solstice Parade experience compare to previous years?
Comparing to the previous years, I believe the 2006 parade was the more artistic, ever - some of the painted people were fabulous.

Q: What do you think of the Seattle Times Photo/Audio slideshow?
The Seattle Times Photo/Audio slideshow? It doesn't have enough content to allow me to have an opinion about it -other than it doesn't have enough content :-)

Hope I answered your questions - if you have more, please feel free to send them my way.

Best,
Eduard

Eduard Koller: 06' Solstice Snaps

Copyright ©2006 Eduard Koller. All rights reserved.

Eduard Koller is a photographer that has shot several Solstice parades since moving to the Seattle area from Romania. To see Eduard's 2006 Solstice Parade snaps, go here.

Eduard has a masters degree in Computer Science, a doctoral degree in Mathematics and works as a software engineer at Microsoft. His digital photograph collection contains more than 25,000 images.

Monkey Wrench Puppet Lab Performance

The Monkey Wrench Puppet Lab performance at the 35th Fremont Parade

2006 Parade Multimedia Reports

2006 Fremont Solstice 13
Originally uploaded by beatnikside.

Audio reports direct from the Seattle Fremont Parade and Fair were published using the Sprint service and the Samsung SPH-A920 on the 4-H Network News Special Report Blog

Over 125,000 people lined the 2006 Solstice Parade route and a lot of them snapped the scene from their particular point of view with digital camera. Check out thousands of image from the 35th annual event on flickr.

See Seattle Times Story and Audio/Photo Slideshow

Fremont Solstice Skeleton - Parade Videos

Fremont Solstice Skeleton
Originally uploaded by Daffodilious.

See parade videos from the 35th annual Fremont Parade on Youtube
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Sample Video: Seattle Media Swarms The Monkey Wrench Puppet Lab Group before the parade begins


A couple of Parade videos have been deemed inappropriate for YouTube, so they are published on Vimeo.



Fremont Parade: Topless Banner Holders Unroll The Banner on Vimeo

4-H Network News: Thaddeus Jurczynski Interview - Puppet Maker

The 35th annual Fremont Parade is Saturday. Thaddeus Jurczynski, Hands-on Art & Science, sat down with Jack Olmsted, 4-H Network News for a discussion about his artwork and the big Seattle event.

Listen To Interview (MP3, 22 minutes)

2006 Fremont Fair Poster

SATURDAY, JUNE 17: 10am - 8pm
SUNDAY, JUNE 18: 11am - 7pm

Fremont Fair is located in the funky and friendly Fremont neighborhood—Seattle, Washington's own "Center of the Universe."

Now in its 35th year, Fremont Fair returns to celebrate the Summer Solstice and the best of our community: art, spirit, sharing, celebration and working together to help each other. During Fair weekend, people from all walks of life come together to shop, eat, drink, perform, smile, dance, run, converse, debate, groove and parade.