Shrimp Burger with Slaw
Behind the Photographs
Not every photo walk leads to landscapes. Sometimes it
leads to lunch.
Every year, Photoshop guru Scott Kelby organizes a Worldwide
Photo Walk.
It's a simple idea.
Photographers gather in their own hometowns—or wherever a
local walk has been organized—and spend a morning doing what photographers love
to do: wandering around with cameras, meeting people, swapping stories,
exchanging business cards, and seeing familiar places through fresh eyes.
One year our walk landed in Fernandina Beach, Florida.
If you've never been there, it's full of personality.
Old buildings.
Quirky storefronts.
Interesting people.
And enough character to keep a photographer happily occupied
for hours.
As I wandered down the street, this fellow caught my eye.
He wasn't moving.
He wasn't smiling.
He wasn't trying to get my attention.
He simply stood there beside a chalkboard advertising the
day's special.
Shrimp Burger with Slaw.
Now, I have to admit...
I was so busy taking his picture that I never stopped to eat
one.
Looking back, that may have been the biggest mistake I made
all day.
The funny thing about that photo walk is that most people
think of me as a nature photographer.
You'd expect me to come home with birds or flowers or maybe
an old oak tree dripping with Spanish moss.
Not this time.
This fellow ended up being one of my favorite photographs of
the day.
And since you've made it this far...
Today is your lucky day.
I'd like to share a few companion photographs from that same
walk.
Funny how photography works.
You can spend the day looking for one thing...
...and come home with something completely different.
Sometimes that's exactly the way it was supposed to
be.
And yes...
I still wish I'd ordered one of those shrimp burgers with slaw.
I'd Walk a Mile
A weathered park bench, a pack of Camel cigarettes, and a
reminder that sometimes the smallest details tell as much about a place as the
grandest scenes.
I'll Get You My Pretty!
Some folks decorate for Halloween. Others seem to
audition for it.
The Bos'n
Every harbor has a few old salts with stories to tell. This one just happened to be carved from wood.
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