At Skyline Montessori some children seem to be having difficulty with gravity.

When trying to catch wide-angle shots of kids at play (as opposed to standing back and using a telephoto lens), it's necessary to move the camera rapidly in order to keep it close to the rapidly moving tykes. So I usually hold it upside down, gripping the large SLR from the bulbous base, use the second shutter release button (it's designed for shooting vertical photos while looking through the viewfinder), and chase the kids with the camera held at knee-level, spraying lots of frames.

A few of them are actually well-composed, but most of them need lots of cropping. And actually looking through the viewfinder is luxury I cannot afford when things move so fast.

The new Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened Sunday morning, kicked off with a 5K run across the bridge that attracted over 10,000 participants. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

Marla Chandler grabs bills with her mouth during radio station 106.9 FM's "Bobbing for Bills" competition. Contestants including Chandler had 106 seconds to remove money from an inflatable pool during the annual Freedom Fair on Ruston Way in Tacoma, July 4, 2007. Chandler gathered $117.(Janet Jensen/The News Tribune)

For more pictures from this year's Fourth fun, visit the gallery here.