"why do you want to take our pictures"
"i'm gonna leave my board at the bottom so i can get air for ya....are ya ready"
"why are we backwards"
"i call it a johnny hoppin"
"seriously dude...you want us to skate right at your face while you're sitting there"
~~
i love shooting people
~complete strangers~
especially in their own environment and
after the winter's dry spell
it was fantastic to be outside yesterday
~~
i headed to the skateboard park
which is kind of a scary place
but
once again
since i have a "wear my jeans low so you can see my boxers" teenager myself
who doesn't skate
they don't bother me
~~
they are always so curious as to why i want their photos
and
always cooperative to do anything i ask
~~
obviously
the skateboarding photos weren't enough for me
and
i had to have my
tried and true
jumping photos
that i started last year
~~
they were wonderful with my crazy wishes and laughing through each photo
and
then giving the ones who wouldn't jump
a hard time
~~
oh
thank you warm weather
for letting me breathe again
38 comments:
I'm blown away! These are awesome!
i always love your jumping shots.
i pretty much want to live by you. we'd have so much fun!
yay for jumping photos. they are always so much fun... to look at or to take.
i recently re-discovered my florida beach jump shots from our trip down there last april. it made me feel all springy inside again.
nothing like a gorgeous day and some fun pictures to put a spring in your step!
These shots are fantastic! You can see both the stillness and action together, neither compromising the other, just co-existing beautifully.
How very fun!! These are great shots! And I am sure they LOVED getting their pictures taken- really! Enjoy the calm before the storm...
Oh Beth you did wonderful as usual. Gladd to be outside too.
Awesome post! Love it! Would love to ask total strangers for their picture but I'm not very good at putting myself out there that way. Bravo for your courage and fearlessness. You inspire me :)
looks amazing beth!
Love your photos at the skate board park. I have done that once and had so much fun. I think I must do it again. It is always a fun challenge for me to do action shots. You inspire me with your creativity.
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Love these shots Beth! You are too cool! So glad you made them jump! Yay for warm weather too ;)
i admire you for just asking like that - i get shy sometimes.
great shots!
We drove by the skate park yesterday and saw all these happy teenagers enjoying the spring weather... you sure did a fabulous job capturing the moment! Love it!
~ Molly
You are the photo dudette hangin' with the dudes at the skate board park. Cool. Great photos.
Sweeeeeeeeet action shots! Love it
These are fantastic, so nice to see them all having so much fun. My kids are just slightly older but still dress the same...good thing they make cool boxers these days!
Wow, beth. I still suck at motion, always seem to be a milli-second behind it.
great shots.
I don't want to copy you, but I SO want to copy you and DO THIS!!!! And that Johnny Hoppin' fella? That is my nephew Ryan all over the place, like a DEAD RINGER TWIN!!! whoa.
do they ever want your blog site address so they can see the photos?
Such wonderful shots!
Loved them!
Thanks for sharing!
Margie :)
I've given you a "sunshine" award...it's on my latest post...cheers
Jumping into spring, there, Beth ? Yay ! So glad you are taking it all in !
Big Love.
It was so much fun to visit your post today. Really great job on these. You must be a heck of a director to get them all to cooperated so well and it looks like you and they had a ball!
lol! too cool! jump!
xo
margie's son skates. I love the photos but can't watch it in real life, the thought of skin scraping on pavement eeks me out,
You are totally down with that, Beth. We are cool like that together, you and me....
And, I do applaud your braveheart. Those skater kids can get kinda wild with their jumpin', and board swirlin' around....
I so admire that you take photos of complete strangers. You are so cool....and so brave. You got awesome shots with them. Rock on!
Even tho I have 2 teens, teenagers unwittingly intimidate me. Bravo to you!! But, my 1st thought as I looked at the pics was "oh, to be able to wear short shorts again!"
My teens at school would love you! Awesome!
Awesome shots!! How the heck do they jump so high??!!
great shots and great cooperation ...
amazing shots... and i love the way you tell your stories beth...
fabulous!!
♥ kim
They are great shots, love the guy sitting not cooperating. They must think your nuts when you say, "Um, ok, I need you all to jump for me." Your a hoot. Great stuff.
I haven't gotten the guts to shoot strangers yet, at least while they know.
beth in a very good way i am so so so jealous of you...
this must have been such a brilliant series of moments.
xox
These are so joyous and filled with energy and fun. Inspiring!!!
I'm glad for our sake you got to breathe again.
and I agree about the being comfortable around beautiful young people.
I usually have assorted varieties coming and going , eating at our table, and these past few days, tanning in our backyard.
Wouldn't trade it for anything.
I've offered that thank you to the weather lately, too - wish I could duck out of here NOW and enjoy it!
Great job. Hope I wish I had their energy :-)
xo
great shots! lovely post!
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