at a neighborhood cafe...

i'm not sure when my fascination with strangers started

but

it's grown immensely over the past few years

and

i thank my camera for that

::

i talk to strangers often. just ask my hubby.

if he turns his head for a moment while we're out

let's say standing in line to buy movie tickets

it's pretty much a guarantee that i have already started a conversation with the people

behind us

by the time he turns to look at me again

saturday we took our daughter out for lunch

{cute isn't she}

to a cafe she hadn't been to and i couldn't help but snap a few photos

~

it's that warm kind of place

where i just have to believe that everyone who eats there

has a fascinating story behind them

these three girls were sweet

and

at one point the blonde in the window seat was laying on her back

soaking up the sun

because

it's that kind of a cafe

~

i asked if i could take their photo for the cafe series i was shooting

and

they said of course

{for those of you who lovingly leave your comments for me saying you could never take the stranger photos i take or even approach a stranger. all you have to do is ask}

when we were leaving

the street scene above

~even if my loved ones hadn't been in it~

jumped out me like something from a movie

~

it was a great saturday

and

there's even more photos to come

from later in the day

*

for fun and some unexplained reason, i shot all my photos on saturday in black and white. on my camera there are options for color and one of them is monochrome and to say i fell in love with this option is an understatement. the photos to me almost look like they are from a film camera and to not have to edit them is like a dream come true.