Met my folks out in the bay area to celebrate Mother’s Day and have some getaway time. Caught sunset on Mt Tam, shot some hoops on the abandoned basketball court, went to a Sunday market, hiked a few miles in Muir Woods, and was nearly blown away on the trek to the Pt Reyes lighthouse.
Theres something to be said about being a photographer and utilizing that with people you love. I had a conversation recently with an old friend about this. As photographers, we have this incredible gift to document the lives of our families. We move apart, distance keeps those memories at bay for so much time. But when together, let’s make it count. I don’t want to just muse on these occasions. I want something tangible, a capsuled moment that i’ll never forget.
Playing basketball with my parents on that old abandoned YMCA court, watching them watch the ocean while the sun settled out at sea. That meant something to me. Us eating late night Chinese in the quietest ghost town of a diner. My father and I fighting near hurricane strength wind just to meet a fence that kept us from our lighthouse descent. My parents walking along Baker Beach together and the way the sun washed over my mom’s face.
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” – Kurt Vonnegut
The following were shot on Kodak Gold 200, Portra 400, and Ultramax 400 with 35mm and 120mm film.
