When I arrived at the front gates of El Cerrito High School, I already felt as though my horizons had broadened. It was a strange feeling. Many, many days at school cultivated a yearning to leave the place. I developed a growing urge to pack up my bag and head off some place. So there I was, standing in front of my school, which garnered this feeling, and it was about to be fulfilled!
On the plane ride, I chatted to my neighboring passengers who were extremely friendly and pleasant. One neighbor, Alex, is a young hedge fund manager with a PhD in physics from a University in Krakow. Another neighbor, Lillian, an elderly Scottish woman, was traveling to New York to visit her daughter, who coincidently, is a Columbia Alumni!
Jamie,
ReplyDeleteThe real shame about going out in a group and wanting to get a group photo is that most of the time you just can't trust a stranger with your camera so you can be in the photo, too.
My problem--especially when I'm dealing with family members that I should trust--is that no matter how I set things up and what kinds of instructions I give them, when I rush to get in the shot I see them moving around and twisting the dials on the camera. And then they get upset when I have this pained look on my face when we look at the photos. What's a photographer to do?