I shot this picture last year during the annual Scott Kelby PhotoWalk when I was in Los Angles and as all good photographers, just getting around to processing it the way I envisioned the photo.
I am one of the all time great procrastinators, just as my sister or anyone else in my family and they’ll confirm it with out a doubt. Working for a newspaper for last fifteen or so years I’ve become accustomed to working on a deadline, unless it’s for myself, then I’m more like the TV repairman that never fixes his own set.
I did two year long picture projects where I shot a picture everyday for both years, and I had planned to do the same this year with portraits, but it didn’t work out as I’d hoped and it turned into a portrait a week project. For the most part I’ve shot one a week, but getting them edited and posted here to the blog has been a bit more of a challenge for some reason.
I’m going to do better and while there will be perhaps some rambling on sometimes, I’ll try to relate what I was thinking or what I like about the photos that I post here for your viewing pleasure. Hopefully you’ll go away from my post learning a little bit or at least with perhaps some inspiration for your own shooting.
Now, back to the picture…
I stumbled on this church off of Olvera Street that had a shrine attached to and everyone was having a great time taking pictures of family members that I assume were destined for their first communion. I watched the scene for awhile till this photographer showed up with a family and he had all this gear on him and shooting what appeared to be Polaroid Cameras. I just couldn’t pass up the photo and thought about turning it in for my PhotoWalk image, but opted for a picture I shot in China Town instead, which won the walk I participated in. Now as an afterthought, I think I like this picture better than the one I turned in, which I’ve included below.
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