October 17, 2005
Onion Man, Seattle
The Onion Man's assistant was handing out free samples of Eclipse Mints.
"Not so spicy," Cole and Owen agreed.
Seattle video
Near the Space Needle, they've got a gigantic fountain that alternates between spraying huge streams of water and entering a deceptive quiescent state that invites people to come up to the fountain and try to touch it.
I suggested to Cole (10) and Owen (7) that they try to touch the fountain, and that I would follow them to take their photograph as they touched it.
We waited for the fountain to quiet down, then rushed down to the base of it. But instead of photographing them and running away, I shot video instead (MPG), telling them to "wait a minute...I've just about got it...", as they screamed "TAKE IT! TAKE IT! TAKE THE PHOTO!"
After I had ample footage of them screaming at me to take the photo, I switched back to photo mode and took the photo:
Ah—the pleasures of parenthood.
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