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What a friendly lady.
I have to say, she may have been a bit overdressed for the weather that day.
Now I have to say, I'm a bit of a shy guy. So to take a picture like this takes a certain amount of effort. Especially when you realize how wide angle the camera is and just how close I actually have to get for a shot like this. Now I had to approach this woman and ask her to pose. She was charming and agreeable I'm happy to say. I was a bit flustered when she asked "What is your center of attention?". I realize I'm rambling here but contrary to appearances of this shot there are hundreds if not thousands of photographers here and the majority do not engage their subjects. However, when I would set up a shot like this and ask the person to hold the pose for several seconds, dozens of shutterbugs would jump in behind me and start clicking away. Just something I noticed.
coney island and the mermaid parade are two of my favorite things. today (saturday) i joined a bunch of luminaries (like darren aronofsky and his adorable nieces) to observe and judge (benignly) the mermaid parade. the sun was shining, the mermaids were shining, the old amusement park rides were shining. generally things were very shiny. and here are some pictures of/from coney island and the mermaid parade: tmblr.co/ZHkOLwO4TYxa