Aphid Fruglas Mizer

NEW BLOG

2008-11-17T23:25:00.000-08:00

Go check out my new blog for Dave Sizer Design and Photography. I will be keeping that up to date with my latest football shots and other stuff.

Oklahoma @ Washington

2008-09-16T23:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some shots from Saturday's game. The Sooners dominated the Huskies 55-14

Seahawks/49ers photos

2008-09-15T23:08:00.000-07:00

I just updated my Sports Shooter page with some shots from Sunday's Seahawks-49ers game, the 49ers won 33-30 in OT. It was a busy weekend for me, I also shot the Washington-Oklahoma game on Saturday. I hope to get some shots from that game posted soon. Here are the photos.

BYU @ UW

2008-09-07T08:57:00.000-07:00

New shots posted on my SportsShooter page from Saturday's Huskies/Cougars game (no, not THOSE cougars) UW lost on a horrible call by the officials after Jake Locker scored with 2 seconds left. Flipping the ball over your shoulder is NOT excessive celebration. What a crock! Enjoy the photos.

First Game of the Season

2008-09-01T18:04:00.000-07:00

Click Here for a few shots from the Seahawks/Raiders game last friday. The Seahawks won 23-16.

Cover Shot!

2008-06-14T13:48:00.000-07:00

So I was walking thru the grocery store last night and I walked past the magazine aisle. I had to do a double take. BAM! there it was, I saw my photo of Jake Locker (Washington Quarterback #10) on the cover of Lindy's Pac-10 issue. How cool is that?

New York, New York

2008-05-27T23:39:00.000-07:00

Just got back from a few days in New York City. What an incredible experience! We crammed alot of stuff into just 4 days including a game at Yankee Stadium. We wanted to check out a game there since this is the last season they will be playing there.
We stayed in a great little studio apartment in Harlem and had dinner at some really great restaurants. I was snapping pictures left and right the whole time we were there. Just like a tourist! I'll be posting those pictures on Flickr soon.

Spring? My Ass!

2008-04-18T21:09:00.000-07:00

So today for no apparent reason we got about 4 inches of snow dumped on us and it's still coming down. What's up with that? Yesterday I was mowing the grass and now I can't even see it!

Cletus has a drinking problem...

2008-03-28T10:55:00.000-07:00

Go Check this out

2008-03-03T22:11:00.000-08:00

Today I stumbled across this cool site called tumblr.com that is basically another blogging tool. I think I'm going to use it for more of a photo blog than anything else. Go check out my page.

Why I live here

2008-01-23T20:32:00.001-08:00

The last few days here in Seattle have been very clear and very cold. It has made for some amazing scenery on the way to and from work. I get the sunrise in the morning and the sunset at night. Throw in a full moon and you have plenty to stare at when you should be watching the road. Maybe that's why everyone drives like crap out here. I took this picture this morning as the moon was setting over the Olympic mountains.

Ah Buckeyes, ya kill me

2008-01-10T19:29:00.000-08:00

I gotta admit, I'm starting to warm up to the Buckeyes. It's starting to be fun to watch them dominate during the season only to get their asses kicked in the Championships. Good times...

Puget Sound at night

2008-01-09T20:17:00.001-08:00

long exposure right after sunset

Photos from Seahawks - Cardinals

2007-12-14T10:22:00.000-08:00

Another new update of photos from the Seahawks and Cardinals game on December 9 at Qwest Field in Seattle. The Seahawks won 42-21 to capture their fourth straight NFC West Division championship.

Photos from Seahawks - Bengals

2007-09-24T20:56:00.000-07:00

New update on Sports Shooter from yesterday's game against the Bengals.

New Photos on Sports Shooter

2007-09-16T09:31:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos I posted on SportsShooter.com from the Ohio State - Washington Game on Saturday. Click Here

One week to go!!

2007-06-20T14:21:00.000-07:00

This time next week I will be on the mountain doing what I have been training for the last several months for. There is definately some feeling of nervousness and anticipation. LAst week on the 12th, Mike and I went down to Mt. Rainier to train in the snow on the Muir snow field. It was the toughest thing physically and mentally I have ever done. It was a real wake-up call for what we will be doing next week. tick-tock-tick-tock...

Training on the Big Mountain

2007-06-06T10:04:00.000-07:00

Next Tuesday, Mike and I will be taking a day trip to Mt. Rainier to do a training hike from Paradise lodge to Camp Muir. This is the same hike that will be the first day of our hike on the 27th. So this will be the real test to see where I am at physically and mentally for this climb. It will be the first hike that we do that is almost completely in snow. This will be a new challenge hiking in snow boots. I'll let you know how it goes! We have been keeping busy these last few weeks doing our normal training hikes. We are now doing all our training with full weight packs. It's amazing how much difference that makes.

This time, the mountain won

2007-05-18T09:57:00.000-07:00

On Thursday, Mike and I did another Mt. Si climb. We got a later start since we were leaving from Shoreline instead of my office in Bellevue. This time I added alot more weight to my pack, it was 50+ pounds this time. Well, this turned out to be a bit much! About 2 miles in, I was really struggling and decided to dump out one of the bags of dirt that I was carrying up there and that helped out. For some reason this hike kicked both our asses. We finally got to the top right as the sun was setting (see photo). Which looked nice, but it also meant that we had to do most of the way down in complete darkness. It's actually a good thing because it gives me a change to get used to wearing the headlamps as we will be doing the morning we make the summit on Rainer. We are leaving base came at 1:00 AM, so the first few hours will be in total darkness.
I am kinda discouraged after this climb, It seems like these training hikes should start to be getting easier as we get closer to the climb date, but this felt like a setback. We are going to start trying to do multiple hikes during the weeks as our schedules allow. Hopefully this will help.

Training Continues

2007-05-09T09:50:00.000-07:00

Well, we are just under 2 months until our Mt. Rainer climb and our training continues. Mike and I did our first climb up Mt Si on monday. It went pretty well. This was definately the toughest climb so far. We have been doing Poo-Poo Point and Tiger Mountain until now and they are both great hikes, but Mt. Si takes it up a level. This is the hike that most say is the most similar to the first day of the Rainer climb from Paradise lodge to Camp Muir.
Here is a photo from a few weeks back on one of our hikes up Tiger Mountain.
June 27th is coming quickly!

Mountain Man

2007-03-31T00:27:00.000-07:00

I have told most of you this by now, but for those who don't know, I will be attempting to summit Mt. Rainier this summer. Mike Brown and I will be doing this on June 26-28 for the WhiskerCity "Kitty Climb" to raise money for the shelter. You can find out more info by clicking here. We have been training for about a month and are starting to crank it up a notch to be sure that we are in shape to take on the mountain. I am confident we will be ready. I'll post more details and updates as they come.

2007-02-11T10:49:00.000-08:00

I just joined the website Sportshooter.com, a collection of sports photographers and photo journalists. Go check it out!

And in a Flash, it was over...

2007-01-08T21:48:00.000-08:00

So I had the opportunity to shoot the Seahawks/Cowboys game on Saturday and it was an insane finish. What should have been a 19 yard chip-shot field goal to advance for the Cowboys turned into a fumbled snap that we will see on SportCenter for the next 10 years. But hey, it worked out well for the Seahawks! Also, I wanted to send out a big "CHOKE" to all the OSU Suckeye fans out there, you know who you are...

Wedding Website

2006-07-20T22:47:00.000-07:00

Well, I got the wedding website up and running, there are still a few holes that need to be filled in but here it is www.davesizer.com/wedding

HOW Wrap-up

2006-06-16T23:30:00.000-07:00

I know this is a few days after the fact, but I didn't have the chance to make a post on the last day. The conference ended with a bang with a seminar by Sally Hogshead. She was very funny and inspirational. She has a thought of "Aspire to be the dumbest person in the room" Meaning that if you are the smartest person in the room, you are not pushing yourself. Try being the dumbest person in the room getting as much knowledge from the others in the room. That's an interesting way of thinking.

I kept seeing these guys filming throughout the conference and wondered what they were doing. Check this link to see some of the short films by FRCH that were shot during the conference, pretty funny!

Overall, this was a great time and an awesome opportunity for me to be able to take part in. I am very thankful to my management for letting me take part in this. I will be able to feed off this for quite a while.