The beginning:
I’m sure you all know that things don’t always turn out as scheduled. For instance, Marlene and I had planned to go to the Sacramento Zoo for the first photo outing of 2020; however, I left my camera case (full of gear) at my kid’s house. I didn’t think my Nikon D3100 and an 18 – 55 mm lens would do well at the zoo. So where to go?
Marlene said that she had three things to take pictures of, but never got to it. This seemed perfect! A short but sweet shoot and all in Sacramento. We just wanted to get out with our cameras. The first on her list was a horse statue, but it had galloped away. Where, we didn’t know. So, on to the next, a bigger than life sized lumber jack statue outside a Lumberjacks restaurant He hadn’t stomped away!
Next was the bigger than life size chicken. I tried to get various angles, but it was fenced in. But, it was unusual!
The end:
For the last shoot of 2019, Marlene and I decided to tempt the possibility and do some street photography at The Fountains, in Roseville, an outdoor mall featured in this blog many times. I thought on December 26 there would be a lot of bargain shoppers, but I was wrong. One store owner allowed us to take photos of his beautiful inventory, and a lot of it was on sale. Here’s what we found.
Look for new stock! 
Flower Power! 
Dogs are allowed in some stores. 
Now, here’s a sale! 
Window shoppi ng. 
Inside the store. 
Art in 3D! 
A global effect. 
A beautiful arrangement. 
Resting by the fire pit. 
Relaxing while waiting. 
Heading home with dog and purchases. 
A Goldendoodle brought a shopper with him.
There you have it. The beginning and the end. A little backwards, but then………
Slow Shutter Speed 
Sounds like a bit of a frustrating day – hope you get your gear back soon! On the other hand, you did a fine job with your lower end stuff and I enjoyed this quite a bit.
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Thanks -N! I got my gear back the next day. I think we need to realize that not everything you shoot will be of something wonderful. I thought it was a challenge to shoot something that was ordinary. I’m glad you enjoyed this post.
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This reminded me the day I went hiking to Flims… The conditions were perfect: the fog was just starting to disappeared, the light was soft and golden, filtering through the trees, there was fresh snow everywhere, the lakes had a beautiful turquoise colors… AND I FORGOT MY SD CARD!!! I felt so so so frustrated (and I was carrying the big 100-400 as well as the camera + a 24-70mm… so much weight for nothing!!)… At least you found a plan B (or various, hehehe) and, seeing the photos, they turned out well.
That giant chicken sculpture reminded me also to the Kelpies in Scotland (they are weird and beautiful horse statues!)
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Thanks Mercedes! I’ve not put the SD card back in the camera too. Once when all I had was my 3100! My 7100 has two SD card holders and that’s saved me a couple of times. I also have a couple in my camera bag, but if you don’t have the bag!!
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I love how you find ordinary objects and make them interesting. I really do try to channel you when we travel. Cheers to the New Year!
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Thanks Donna! Next time you travel, let me know a head of time and I’ll be sure to get inside your head. When I saw how big the lumberjack was, I decided to get it from as many angles as I could. The chicken–oh well!!
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