"Erik Empie, 19, of Algonquin sits up against a ride called Predator while waiting for friends to get off another ride during Cary Days at Lion's Park in Cary, Thursday, June 18, 2009."
Anyone who knows me knows that I despise shooting carnivals. I'm just not good at shooting them and I'll be the first to admit it. I don't know what it is, I seem to get over stimulated and can't concentrate on what I need to be doing.
Often I'll wander around for at least 30 minutes without shooting a frame. It's not because I'm not trying, it's because I just can't seem to "see" anything. This in turn frustrates me and I repeat the process a few times before my brain decides to turn on.
Thus was the case this evening at Cary Days. I only made one useable frame in the first 90 minutes or so I was there. Finally, after calling Lauren to let her know that I was going to be late to dinner because I was sucking so bad, I finally found something that I liked. I told Lauren that I was going to leave in 10 minutes so I figured that I could make one more lap before I had to go.
Like a light switch I saw Erik sitting alone on the ground and slowly made my way over to him. I worked the situation, trying to be inconspicuous as possible, for maybe three minutes before he got up. For someone who is supposed to be having fun, Erik looks bored out of his mind. On the contrary the people riding the ride above him look like their having a blast.
I feel your pain Erik, I probably had the same look on my face for most of the evening...until you changed all that.
-JCE
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