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In 1994, Seattle P-I photographer Grant Haller made an image of Bill Gates’ wedding

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s last print edition hit the streets on March 17, 2009.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of working there as a reporter was talking to a variety of journalists, including other writers, editors, artists and photographers.

They all have great stories and interesting backgrounds.

One of the photographers was Grant Haller, a 35-year staff veteran, who always surprised me with the stories he told me, as we passed in the office or went on an assignment together.

Earlier this month, I visited Haller, 65, and asked him to recount how he managed to get the photograph you see above of Bill and Melinda Gates’ wedding on Hawaii on Jan. 1, 1994.

After the jump, I’ve included video clips of the interview.

As far as he and I can tell, he was the only journalist to get a photograph of one of the most famous residents in the Seattle area – and a man known worldwide – at that moment.

The reason why the photograph above is unclear is because it’s a digital image of what I saw on Haller’s computer screen.

I do like things the way I see them.

The interview is a bit long. Yes, I’m still a bit old school.

But I think it was worth recording. And I think it’s worth watching.

Each video clip should have a slide showing the correct part of the interview series. But I think I put the wrong number in Clip No. 2.

Oh, yes. It took some work for me to put the video interview online. I’m glad I was able to do something different – and learn.

And in that old P-I tradition, I came up with a finished product.

Grant, thank you again for chatting with me earlier this month.

I hope my former colleagues are well.