Friday, August 21, 2009

Single white female & night photography

Okay, so I'm not single. But I am female, and I do love night photography.

Here's the thing, when John is out working late, and I have a Friday night with nothing to do, I enjoy going out on my bike scouting locations for night shots. But being a female alone in the dark makes me feel incredibly vulnerable.

I have said in the past that I would go and get myself some mace...One of those things that looks good on paper but I've yet to do. Perhaps I'll tie a string around my finger tonight so I remember to complete that task tomorrow?

None the less, I did go out tonight and indulge myself in a wee bit of night photography. I only shot from three different vantage points.

My favorite from the night:


old cars are just too cool


a21 night 4 10x8

The last photo brought warm fuzzies to my heart... I was sitting in the median on East Johnson and a truck came to a slow halt by me. My first thought was, "oh great, I'm about to be harassed", and then out pops a 12 year old girl's head, "Hey, do you need any help?"
I was not expecting this and replied a cool, "No...". The driver who was probably the father said, "Oh, well it looked like your bike was broke or something".
Then I realized they were caring Madisonian people. I said, "Thanks for checking, I'm fine!".

Wow, I did not realize that this good natured spirit still existed in the world! Maybe it's a Madison thing, or maybe there's still hope for good in the human kind.

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