john . 42 years old / denver . colorado
have i mentioned that i am a little busy these days? well, i am. 12-hour days at the café are not conducive to finding strangers. i meet strangers, but i can't exactly pull my camera out of my back pocket and fire some shots at my customers and still manage to get everything else done. besides, i think the people that come in there just want to get a coffee and are more than likely not up for participating in a barista's side project. sigh. i remember the days when i was a barista on the side...
i want to say a public thank you to two of the hair stylists that come over to cover for me while i go ferret the streets for strangers: to brittney ("coco") and lydia i am indebted. it really means a lot to have people support me as i continue to work on this project. with my time being completely filled up at work, i am often quite nervous that i will just have to pull the register key and bolt out onto the streets to find someone in a super hurry, but one of these two ladies invariably comes to the rescue.
today i headed out into the sunshine with my friend, hillary. i saw a young man i wanted to ask, but he ducked into a chocolatier and i didn't have time to wait. hillary mentioned wanting to head over to a lovely little places called "the market", so we walked that way. shortly thereafter, i spotted a man sitting in the sun on a bench. he was listening to something in his headphones and eating what i assumed was ice cream out of a little bowl.
i approached him with the regular pitch and he asked if he could go on sitting and eating his ice cream. i told him he could. we exchanged some information and then i fired some shots of him in his own world: enjoying frozen yogurt (not ice cream) complete with a fruity pebbles topping while plugged into his headphones. he did a very good job of pretending i wasn't there. it was perfect. then i interrupted his world by asking him to move into the shade so i could take some portraits of his face.
john was very nice. first of all, i was completely surprised when he said he was 42 years old. he told me he eats right and does a lot of yoga. he said that consuming less alcohol probably helped, too. john works in media and has been and still is the manager of magazines. he gave me a long list of his responsibilities in the process and it sounds like he knows the industry quite well.
john had to be at a meeting in 10 minutes and i promised him that our interaction would only take 5. i did my best to stay true to my word, but it was hard. i always want to talk more. and listen. and learn. and then share it all with you! well, john and i parted ways and then i decided i needed a frozen yogurt, too. i ordered a small acai berry with fresh raspberry for myself and a small coconut with fresh peaches for coco. i have to tell you... they were worth every penny!
thanks for the recommendation, john. and thanks so much for your time.
have i mentioned that i am a little busy these days? well, i am. 12-hour days at the café are not conducive to finding strangers. i meet strangers, but i can't exactly pull my camera out of my back pocket and fire some shots at my customers and still manage to get everything else done. besides, i think the people that come in there just want to get a coffee and are more than likely not up for participating in a barista's side project. sigh. i remember the days when i was a barista on the side...
i want to say a public thank you to two of the hair stylists that come over to cover for me while i go ferret the streets for strangers: to brittney ("coco") and lydia i am indebted. it really means a lot to have people support me as i continue to work on this project. with my time being completely filled up at work, i am often quite nervous that i will just have to pull the register key and bolt out onto the streets to find someone in a super hurry, but one of these two ladies invariably comes to the rescue.
today i headed out into the sunshine with my friend, hillary. i saw a young man i wanted to ask, but he ducked into a chocolatier and i didn't have time to wait. hillary mentioned wanting to head over to a lovely little places called "the market", so we walked that way. shortly thereafter, i spotted a man sitting in the sun on a bench. he was listening to something in his headphones and eating what i assumed was ice cream out of a little bowl.
i approached him with the regular pitch and he asked if he could go on sitting and eating his ice cream. i told him he could. we exchanged some information and then i fired some shots of him in his own world: enjoying frozen yogurt (not ice cream) complete with a fruity pebbles topping while plugged into his headphones. he did a very good job of pretending i wasn't there. it was perfect. then i interrupted his world by asking him to move into the shade so i could take some portraits of his face.
john was very nice. first of all, i was completely surprised when he said he was 42 years old. he told me he eats right and does a lot of yoga. he said that consuming less alcohol probably helped, too. john works in media and has been and still is the manager of magazines. he gave me a long list of his responsibilities in the process and it sounds like he knows the industry quite well.
john had to be at a meeting in 10 minutes and i promised him that our interaction would only take 5. i did my best to stay true to my word, but it was hard. i always want to talk more. and listen. and learn. and then share it all with you! well, john and i parted ways and then i decided i needed a frozen yogurt, too. i ordered a small acai berry with fresh raspberry for myself and a small coconut with fresh peaches for coco. i have to tell you... they were worth every penny!
thanks for the recommendation, john. and thanks so much for your time.
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