Saturday morning. Feeling good about the early morning shoot I just finished with Melissa, I head to the Camera Store to talk to them about a lens. It's just after nine as I pull into the parking lot. I notice a group of people at the back of the store watching something. Thinking it might be a Camera Store seminar or something I decide to briefly check it out before I head into the store.
What I find is a group of young people (kids to my old eyes) watching a young lady in a red jacket do hands stands. One guy is taking pictures with a point and shoot camera. I ask if I can take some shots. No response. She continues doing hand stands. He shoots, there is some random chatter. I pull out my Pentax K10D, no one said no, so I figured I'll see what happen.
"Whoa this guy has an SLR!", the excited comment from a guy beside me. I have their attention. We do an impromptu shoot. Just ten minutes. At least that's what the time stamps on the pictures tell me. Felt longer, just cause I know I had a number of good shots. They were very easy to work with.
The kids mentioned something about not wanting to twist an ankle right before their show. I asked "what show?", but didn't get answer so I dropped it. I gave them one of my cards.
"So you'll post the pictures somewhere on the internet" hand stand girl asked.
"Yeah - info is on my card, it will be a few days till I can post it"
"cool"
I went into the Camera Store, they were still shooting at the back of the store when I was leaving the store. Wish I knew more about the group. Would love to work with them again. Hope they see this post and the pics.
- Peace
