Seattle Rules: Photo taking

This is a photo of my old apartment complex, right next to a 7-11.  Excellent for midnight munchies...

I was going through my photos of Seattle and slowly realized...I had not taken nearly enough.  And as I was looking back, I realized I had committed a few faux pas and had missed a lot of opportunities.

SO!  To continue the rule game...

Rule #1: Take lots AND LOTS of photos!  Even if you think you've taken too many of the same thing, if you have a digi cam, snap just a few more.

Rule #2: Invest in more camera batteries.  Do not ever turn your camera off, things happen quick everywhere, and so much so in Seattle where everyone is double-fisting cappuccinos.

Rule #3: Carry light!  Carry a wallet, coffee mug, cell, and camera and nothing else.  This is more of a general rule of thumb, but the idea behind it is you'll always be ready to snap a photo.

Rule #4: Snap the finer things.  Seattle has tons of sites to see, like any other city.  But don't concentrate on the big picture; the beauty of Seattle is in the details.  When you go to the library, don't snap photos of the whole building, but the weird book-ladder on the first floor book-return drop.  Or the written words in the floor.  Or the vaulted ceiling on the 3rd floor.

Rule #5: Try not to get any Seattlites in the photo.  If you take a photo of a public place and there are Seattlites in the photo, some of them might get offended that they're in it (I tried to take a photo of the wrong Starshmucks coffee place in Pike Place and was nearly mugged!).  If you can, try to pose the photo for a moment or two so people know to get out of the way.  Or try to time it when as few
people as possible will be in the photo.  And if someone poses...just snap anyway.

Rule #6: Be semi tasteful.  This ties in with the whole "Don't buy something with "sleepless in Seattle" written on it" thing.  People, when they come to Seattle, for some reason want to pose outside the first starshmucks, or pose with the Pike Place pig, or Pose with the Space Needle...this in and of itself is not tacky.  But, for all that is good and holy, do NOT pose with the gum wall...

Rule #7: Be more than willing to disregard any of these rules if they don't go with the flow of the moment...