Photos

Last Friday I visited a shop in downtown San Anselmo to see if I could get an email address to send a copy of an image I'd taken awhile back that I posted here under the name Window Shopping. The owner was behind the counter and was delighted to share her home email address. Then she mentioned her husband was considering hiring a photographer to take a photo of her business and asked whether I'd be interested. I said it might be worth considering and that we could discuss it after I sent her the photo.

As you can imagine, I took the opportunity to walk across the street to the small park in front of Town Hall and took a few photos. I noticed the woman walking along the sidewalk and thought it might be nice to have a pedestrian in front of the shop. Just as I raised my camera a group of youngsters arrived on the scene. Suddenly this character was speeding along the sidewalk. He struck this rather dramatic pose as he reached the older woman who appears a bit cautious in her gait. The humorous part of this brief meeting of the generations occurred a couple of seconds later when this young man fell off his skateboard and landed on the sidewalk. (See attached workshop!)

I added a second workshop in the form of a triptych that shows the complete sequence. I'd forgotten that I captured the whole event. Enjoy!

As you see the older woman was unperturbed by it all. Oh... the impetuousness of youth! Of course, this woman seemed unimpressed by the antics of this young man.