Unexpected

This was one of my first digital photos. I was excited. My new toy (a brand new Sony DSC-V1) just came in the mail and I was anxious to try it out. First thing that came to my mind at that time of the day was to catch the sunset. So I went to the highest point in town and took a series of photos that proved me that I had much to learn (and after all these years, I still do). The available light was decreasing by the minute. So I was almost ready to leave taking a last shot to a street lamp when all the street lights lamps turned on. I stared for some seconds and decided to try a different composition. So here is the first attempt. This was one more lesson about light. I was amazed how I got the right parameters so quickly... and how, after several attempts, I couldn't repeat the unexpected.

Florence at night

I had spend the day walking around Florence, Italy but I had to make a 300km car trip after dinner. So I went into some work to choose the restaurant: I wanted something not too much expensive but where I could eat well (a reward after all the walking) without having to wait too much. Well, it turn out to be an expensive restaurant and they were taking forever to bring the food. So I left the restaurant in a hurry. While running to the car I was discovering Florence at night. I just had to stop a few times to just look. In one of those times I took this photo. Not too much time for preparations or thinking. Just had to place the camera in something hard and still (like a bridge), set the shutter and wait a few seconds. Even when we are running from one place to another we should take the most of every moment we live.