heirloom tomatos
I have been carrying my Polaroid Land Camera around all week, in honor of 'Roid Week, hoping to catch an interesting shot to share to the group photo pool. I even brought it with when I went grocery shopping at Safeway tonight. As I whipped it out to shoot these pretty tomatoes, the nearby produce guy stocking the shelves said, "You know, you're not supposed to take photos in the store without management permission. When I lived in California we never let anyone photograph anything...except for this bus of Asian businessmen who would come in with cameras and take lots of photos. But they were the only ones."
I shrugged and said, "I did not know that. I don't mind asking the manager." He said, "Wait, I'll call him. Do you grow heirloom tomatoes or something?" He admired my 1950s Land Camera. "Nope, "I said, explaining "Polaroid Week" and just simply that I liked the combination of colors on his display
Produce guy disappeared for a minute or two and then returned, waving his arm high and giving me the thumbs-up to snap away.
Later after paying for my groceries I peeled apart the developed photo and brought it back to show the produce guy. "Nice. Great eye," he said.
heirloom tomatos
I have been carrying my Polaroid Land Camera around all week, in honor of 'Roid Week, hoping to catch an interesting shot to share to the group photo pool. I even brought it with when I went grocery shopping at Safeway tonight. As I whipped it out to shoot these pretty tomatoes, the nearby produce guy stocking the shelves said, "You know, you're not supposed to take photos in the store without management permission. When I lived in California we never let anyone photograph anything...except for this bus of Asian businessmen who would come in with cameras and take lots of photos. But they were the only ones."
I shrugged and said, "I did not know that. I don't mind asking the manager." He said, "Wait, I'll call him. Do you grow heirloom tomatoes or something?" He admired my 1950s Land Camera. "Nope, "I said, explaining "Polaroid Week" and just simply that I liked the combination of colors on his display
Produce guy disappeared for a minute or two and then returned, waving his arm high and giving me the thumbs-up to snap away.
Later after paying for my groceries I peeled apart the developed photo and brought it back to show the produce guy. "Nice. Great eye," he said.