Todd Lappin's Quinceañera ceremony photos
It's hard to argue with Todd Lappin's Cardinal Rule of Elemental Photography:
Photos always turn out much better when you have a camera on hand to take the picture.Lowrider Love on a Sunday Afternoon (Telstar Logistics)No camera? No photo. It's as simple as that. Who knew?
Happily, the solution turns out to be equally simple: Carry a camera as often as possible. Having tried many different makes and models, we tend to favor Casio's Exilim line of ultra-thin, point-and-shoot cameras. Telstar Logistics has owned several Exilims over the years, including the pocket-friendly Casio EX-S600 that's in service with us now.
This Sunday it did what it does best as we were running errands in the neighborhood around our global headquarters. While passing through San Francisco's Mission District under the bright midday sun, we came across a long line of Chevy lowriders idling outside a local church.
It was a Quinceañera ceremony — the Latina version of a sweet sixteen or bat mitzvah — and the lowriders were on hand to let the ladies ride in style. The wee Casio was tucked away in our pocket, so we unholstered it, pressed the shutter button a few times, and let the innate awesomeness of the spectacle do the rest.
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Reading this headline I thought, wow, Todd's a little old for a quinceañera, but better late than never! You go girl.
!Feliz Compleanos a ti, Todd!
These celebrations can get amazingly huge, and pretty much look like weddings when they parade around the Mission.
Ive got to give a recommendation to the olympus "SW" series of thin point and shoots. Waterproof, crushproof, drop-proof=you always get the shot!
the camera takes mediocre pictures, but you never have to fear for the safety of your expensive camera
This shot reminds me of sitting stoned in a Steak n Shake with roller girl car hops floating past. A fantastically painted blown El Camino/Sprint with a huge pink plexi bubble-scoop covering the velocity stacks loped in threatening to walk the milkshake glasses off of the tray hanging on our window. I can still see and hear that night in my mind, that truck was the shit! Always wished I had some pics of that rolling work of art.
I have a friend who carries a little Canon powershot in his pocket at all times for this very reason. He has hundreds of amazing shots, my favorite being a random goat with a bell around its neck wandering down a street just outside the French Quarter in New Orleans.