I’ve always enjoyed doing something a little different with snapshots – it’s such an oddity to me to have people standing, staring into the camera, in front of some spectacle.  It’s this odd detachment of ‘here I am’ yet I’m not looking or interacting with the space I’m in – instead, I’m staring back at you, the viewer, who is god only knows where, staring back at me, in front of this scene, staring oddly back.

And so, I’ve always preferred the more natural, casual photo; taken while the subjects are still interacting within the space they’re in.

This photo was taken while I was back on the East coast in 2005, while visiting with my family, celebrating the return of my little cousin Jimmy from serving in Afghanistan.  He and his wife Shelly organized a great day bringing family and friends together for food and drink and celebration.  For me, this started with a round of golf.

After a delayed overnight flight and a rude re-introduction to the early morning heat and humidity of an East coast August, I was shuttled onto the course to meet up with my partners for the round – I was honored to be teamed up with my cousin and uncle and enjoyed their obvious camaraderie.

This image was appropriately taken with my Olympus point & shoot film camera – a true snapshot camera.  But that having been said, I’ve taken several images with it over the years that I’ve really enjoyed and it has proven to be much more than just for snapshots.  Of course it has been a long while since I’ve pulled that camera out, it having long been replaced by digital point and shoot cameras.

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