Fun Downtown

This past Sunday, I had a recent photo session scheduled with some good friends of mine. As we were heading downtown, we came up on some road barricades a couple of blocks from Water Street so we tucked into a parking garage and walked the rest of the way. I figured that they were shooting a movie or something which is pretty common around town since the film studios are here. But as we got to Water Street there were no cameras or lighting or equipment trucks...just lawn chairs. Odd.

Anyway, we met up with the Skeltons and started walking around and taking photos. We took some posed family shots for their Christmas cards and then moved on to some candids which are always my favorite. I really enjoy capturing the way a family interacts. During our time together, this guy comes over a PA system and starts this clucking song and is singing about chicken. While I was thinking that I was just not in touch with my downtown artsy side, we turned the corner and saw that it was the Wilmington Christmas Parade. I have never been on a photo shoot when a parade broke out so this was a first. And I'm still trying to figure out the chicken dude and his context in the Christmas Parade. I was able to grab some shots of the Skeltons watching the parade which wrapped up our photo session. It was a pretty cool time and I found out that I need to be prepared for just about anything when I head downtown.

The Skeltons slideshow