Personal Essays

Usually I go unnoticed as I take photos from the open window. I’m incognito in the van with the roof rack and spear diving stickers on the back windows. People at the beach are usually watching the ocean and don't pay any attention to the traffic going by. But on rare occasions I get caught. My subject notices me just as I spot them. And then ‘click’ – a moment captured. But this time I am not alone. They even mug for the camera! Just what I need, more encouragement. My husband just shakes his head and buys me another memory card.