Strange Days

On Monday, I took a slightly different route to school. I was 2 minutes down that road when a man stopped me. A man in a wheelchair. A man who didn't appear to speak English. Actually, he didn't seem to be able to speak at all.

He motioned for me to push him. I'm a nice person I suppose, so I did.

His approval was punctuated by ho hoooooing (that's the only way to describe it) and by thumbs up. I figured he wanted a ride down the street. But once we were at the crosswalk, he motioned that he wanted to go up the hill. Have you ever pushed a person up a hill? It's a lot of work. Plus I had two bags on me.

I got up the hill and he motioned, ho hoooed me and thumbs uped me to continue. Suddenly the thought crossed my mind that I was saddled with this guy.

About 6 blocks later, he made me cross the street. Which was fine because I was going that way. But then he wanted to continue. I had to go to the film store. I told me I had to leave him there. It made me a little nervous. I live near a mental health facility. Did I just help him escape??? He took my hand, shook it and then gave it a big kiss. I turned and quickly made MY escape into the photo store.

When I came back out, he was gone. Guess he found another willing pusher.

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A little bit of a size difference

A little bit of a size difference
Originally uploaded by sharinakagawa

I'm not entirely sure when we all became adults. Long ago, it was when you finished high school. You graduated, you got a job, you got married, you were grown up. But my generation is different. We flit around for years, blowing in the wind as it were. Or perhaps it is just me. Because one day, I woke up and it was 10 years from high school. 10 years. I was still blowing around but a quick glance around at my friends, and instead of the young-ins that I once knew, there were adults in their stead.

Scary.

Houses have been bought. Vows have been said. And now, the first baby of my close friends has been born.

There is no denying it. At the tender age of 28, I just can't get away from the fact that I am indeed an adult.

Last weekend, I headed up island to celebrate the birth of Cale. It's very strange to think of Rina as a mommy but when there is a baby in the room, there is no denying the fact. Cale was very quiet and basically slept through the shower. And I was relieved to find that my friends didn't go all "gooey" on me. The shower was basically adults hanging out with two babies in the room and presents for Rina.

At the end of the shower, I did a quick shoot with RIna. Didn't get exactly what I wanted but I got some salvagable images.

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Cutest Thing in the Whole World!

Just saying.

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Busy busy busy

Gosh, it's hard to believe how busy one can get just like that. School started, it seemed like another easy breasy semester and then boom... assignments up the ying yang.

One of these days I'll actually have something funny happen to me that I can blog about that does not have to do with Photography. Maybe.

Until then ... check out my student website. I'll make a fancy flash one when I finish school but for now this is it. www.sharinak.com

Must go. Photoshop class today. Then 6 hours of studio time.

S.

Advanced Lighting

The school brought in one of the top photographers from Vancouver to teach us advanced lighting techniques. Which would have been super cool if people hadn't talked all the way through the 4 days! I'm turning into one of those students... the ones the snap at the youngin's . Well... it was bound to happen one day.

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I figure it's easier to upload them once a week. The guy from Vancouver has 3 intern positions for Western students in April and goddamn it, I want one!

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Day 4

This picture a day thing may be harder than I though...


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At work

Ah work... does anyone actually like their work???? Anyone??

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