Our $75-Photos

We parked beside this wooden fence
where other cars were lined up.

After spending lunchtime at my cousin's home in Glendale, we headed to Griffith Park in Los Feliz. The weather was perfect for another practice shoot. We parked beside the wooden fence where other cars were lined up. As I readied my lens, he complained about the light being harsh. Then he got off the car for a quick cigarette. I really didn't mind about the light. All I cared about was my time away from home with a camera on my hands, err, his hands with me on focus...

There, over the fence is a group of people having a picnic-party. Children were playing and so my daughter itched to cross over there.

While hubby focused on the fence,
we aimed at the other side.

I should have brought her ball, I thought. She's going to get jealous with those kids. I don't think those little strangers are going to play with her neither. But then again, hmm... maybe not. Most kids are usually welcoming.

While hubby was focusing on the wooden fence, we were aiming at the other side. I didn't want to get out of that spot because I was playing bokeh with hubby. So, I tried to help Sophia climb over the fence, which was a silly thing to do.

Trying to help her climb over this fence
was a silly thing to do.

Well, it didn't really happen as you can see...

We continued to walk farther while hubby went on and on and on taking pictures on the same angle. I'd say they were all redundant. But it wasn't that frustrating as he was practicing. I was modeling - bokeh-modeling, if there was such a term. I'm good at it, actually. I don't have to put make-up on and dress up. I'm just a blur slowly walking away from the camera. And so, as Sophia and I reached that tree at the very end, it was my turn to shoot...

My little one seemed tired and getting sleepy here. This was supposed to be her afternoon nap and I took it from her. Mommy bird felt free when she got out of her cage - enjoying times like these. Poor girl, I thought.

But guess I was wrong. When we finally went over to the other fence, the tweety bird flew from her mommy's wings. She was all fired up.

The weather looks fine, doesn't it? It is that time when the season is merely transitioning. Summer, slowly heading out the door. Autumn, shyly coming in. Sophia wears one of her backless dresses she got from Nanay. I should've not worn a white shirt under that black Bebe apron blouse. Well, kidding. The cool wind will hurt my back. What can you say about my shades with a touch of orange? Doesn't it look stupid? (LOL!) It's from MySpace, by the way. Yeah, MySpace, the company/website. I used to sit beside this MySpace guy who gets flooded with expense reports all the time he gets sick. (Haha! Kidding!) I wonder what's happening there now?

Anyway, what I was trying to say here was we had fun. The weather was permitting. We were all ok. No diaper change. No tantrums. No hassles . . . until . . . something unexpected came up on times like these...

Below are the last three photos I took . . . before hubby saw the parking enforcers putting a ticket on his windshield!!!

Mom, I don't understand why these leaves fell down when it's still summer.
~Nelonie A. Crlencia ©2009


Is this autumn, Mom, when leaves crowd on the ground and make a crunching sound?
~Nelonie A. Crlencia ©2009

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More cool photos in my Griffith Park set here.

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Times Like These by Jack Johnson