On my photography outings, I’ve never used a variable wide angle as my only lens. The holiday season was a good excuse to visit Pike Place Market yesterday, which my wife and I would’ve done last week if it weren’t for the freezing temperatures. The closed-in, tight spaces of the market are ideal for wide-angle shots. The summer bounty of produce and flowers were long gone (as was the summer crush of tourists), but there were plenty of interesting subjects.

DeLaurenti Specialty Food and Wine

DeLaurenti’s butcher case

For many, no holiday season would be complete without panettone from DeLaurenti

Local Dungeness crab

Alaskan king crab legs

Pigs can fly

Holiday “floral” arrangements consist of evergreens, berries, mums and dried flowers

Rockfish (also labeled red snapper locally)

Idaho golden trout

Northwest truffles

Local steamers

Monk fish at Pike Place Fish Company occasionally ‘surprises’ unsuspecting customers

Custom doggie toys

Plenty of California produce to keep us going