Today there was a fire near Waterloo town square. I was enjoying a lovely lazy Thursday afternoon, sipping my coffee at home, debating where to meet up with my friends Isabel and Benson (check out their blog) when I saw my friend Tracy‘s post on twitter about the fire(post 1, post2). I immediately knew that the street/documentary photographer in me had been awoken and any hopes of continuing on in my state of relaxation were futile. So armed with my roller-blades, my trusty Nikon, 50mm f1.8 and 70-300 zoom lens, I went off to document as much as was left to document. Since many people posted images of the fire, I thought, few would stay behind to properly document the aftermath …so here was my chance to shine. Of course I was wrong, there were at least three others with lenses considerably larger than mine at the scene, but I am rather happy with the results.
I also met up with Isabel and Ben who brought me a hammock from Mexico (which I am awesomely excited about and will post photographs of it in action as soon as I find a place to mount it). They got engaged since last time I talked to them, so soon enough you’ll be seeing images from the torture/portrait session that I am planing to do with them.