Amanda and I need a cameraperson. I came to that conclusion while reviewing the photos we took together this weekend in one location in particular.
For a while now I've wanted to get a photo of the two of us in front of town hall in Tumbler Ridge. The building is iconic and will never be separate from Tumbler Ridge in my mind.
So on Sunday, Amanda and I went for a brief wander and ended up going by town hall. We stopped for a photo, and I took a few attempts at it. The first few ended up much like this photo:
They were set up great for showing town hall and you can clearly tell where we are. But Amanda and I aren't framed very well. In fact, when we looked at the photos on my camera, Amanda insisted that we try again to take a photo with the two of us more centered. So we did:
This photo is much, much better for composition on the two of us, but town hall is hidden behind my head. We could be in any town, in front of any building.
Now, if we'd had a third person to act as photographer, we could've gotten an amazing photo. As it stands, the components are great, but neither attempt quite captured what I had hoped for.
That said, I *did* get to stand in front of town hall kissing Amanda for minutes on end while we took these photos, so I really did get what I hoped for! :-)
Well, Mother Nature cooperated with us, and Amanda was able to drive out today. It has snowed, and the wind was blowing all day, but it wasn't enough to keep Amanda from coming to visit!
That said, the low temperatures and the wind have combined to make it unlikely that we'll do much in the way of taking photos while she's here in Tumbler Ridge. We may head out and try for a couple (I'd really like to take one of us kissing in front of town hall!), but when the wind chill is -32, it's not very conducive to taking photos. We may have to settle for photos where we're kissing through our scarves...
In any case, I'm very happy that the weather cooperated enough for Amanda to visit this weekend, and I'm going to finish up this blog post quickly so I can enjoy the rest of the time I have with her before she leaves tomorrow afternoon.
