One day these images will make me cry. 😢

Off the record - I can be a very emotional person (just don't tell anyone as I have to keep my street cred at a certain level). I get disappointed with myself when I cry at the end of stupid movies like Avatar - and not the good one by James Cameron - but the bad one Avatar The Last Airbender. LOL Well at least I don't cry at silly commercials! 😜

As a follow up to yesterday's post - it's official. My wife and I are the proud owners of a new 2018 Honda CRV EX-L! It's a big deal as cars are a huge investment. Not only that, it's something that's a necessity in our modern day world as it's something we rely on a daily basis. Have you ever had a crappy car and need to go somewhere far? It's pretty scary right?!

All that being said it wouldn't have been possible without the help of a dear family friend Helen and my Mom. As a photographer (and as someone who's sentimental) I like to document my life. And given the fact today was a big day I wanted to be sure I take some photos with my "good camera". I was documenting the past few days with my cellphone but I wanted to make sure to get a few "good ones" with my "real camera".

About an hour ago I was transferring the photos from my card to my laptop and when I saw this image it struck a chord with me as it was very symbolic.

My mom is in the foreground and that's my wife in the background. It wasn't a posed shot and they were just looking off into yonder. Now what this symbolizes - I don't know, I'm kinda at a loss for words. But I'm sure in the future I'll be able to verbalize the symbolism here. However looking at it now it's very powerful to me.

I didn't want to look like a crazy person setting up a tripod and a camera in front of the dealer as it'd look kinda weird and neurotic. I'm sure many people watching would think to themselves why don't I just hand my camera off and have the salesman take it?

But the way I have it setup with back-button focus and having to chose the focus point, etc, etc, it'd take me 5 minutes to train someone to get the shot. Plus I've found when you hand a camera off to someone - it always comes out crazy - which is why I bring a tripod and set it up the way I envision the shot.

As a sidenote - here's the photo the salesman took with my cellphone:

For me there's too much dead space on the left and right and it's always best to "fill the frame". But I'll chalk it up as authentic as it's what I got at the moment.

So instead of taking an awkward tripod shot in front of the dealer I decided to head to Nahant beach which was 10 minutes away...

Down the road (no pun intended) I know I'll be getting (more) emotional when I look at these images as it was one of those days that will stick with me for life.

If you've made it this far - thanks for checking this post out and for allowing me to share this special moment with you guys!

HUGS