While at the engagement shoot this weekend, I noticed some caution tape blocking off part of the parking lot so that it could be used for an event to bring in a local aquarium. Being a visual person, I studied it from all angles and noticed how it could be viewed as protecting the wildlife if you were at just the right angle.
This year especially I’ve been enjoying spending time outdoors and thinking of how we have to work harder to protect our undeveloped land so future generations can enjoy it. Due to time constraints, I didn’t have a lot of time to photograph it as I had to join the group in photographing the couple, so I only took a few including this one on the left with the forest blurred to symbolize what would happen if we don’t protect it.
After the session with more time, I took the one on the right with more things in focus to symbolize protected land. As I was photographing it, a little boy ran into it, and knocked on piece of tape down. His dad offered to replace it, yet since I was going for a “found in real life” piece, I told him it was fine. Indeed, only one piece suits the second one better.
I spotted these two beautiful dogs outside a coffee shop, reminding me how important it is to have a camera with me, in this case a point and shoot, always. Their owners offered to move, yet when they tried the dogs wouldn’t even stand as still as they were in this photo. I love dogs especially those with two eye colors. Seeing this again reminded me of people with two eye colors and wondering what someone with heterochromia, the technical term for having two different eye colors, would put on their drivers license. Google is no help with this one today, so if someone knows, please feel free to comment on it below.
I’ve been enjoying attending a lot of networking events lately. I’ve found bringing a point and shoot to them allows me to get some good, even some great shots of details without stepping on the toes of the official photographer. Sometimes out of habit I’ll ask if they mind if I take some shots for the blog, which I’d always do if I had the Leica with me, and I”ll get the “why would I mind if you shoot with that little thing” look.
On Friday I went to the 2010 Kickoff of the Silicon Valley Young Professionals group at The Capital Club (on the top floor of the Knight Ridder Building) in San Jose.
The club was full of people in all sorts of industries making connections. I think it was the first time I’ve ever seen the club using the low key decor for an event. It’s amazing how beautiful the club looks on a regular basis.
At 17 stories up, the view of the buildings below is just spectacular.
While the night grew darker, I took a few shots of the San Jose Capitol building which has been finding its way on my blog a lot recently. While I would have preferred to have used my Leica on a tripod for these shots, they turned out pretty good given the limitations of the camera (which I had to use on full zoom to get these).
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