Morning Walk: Seattle (09/02/09)

The morning fog came rolling in:

So it seemed like a good time to hit the Pike Place Market for an early coffee -- cool weather, not a lot of people, maybe some interesting photos.

You can see how densely the fog blanketed the downtown skyline:

The fog did a pretty good job of obscuring the details above, resulting in a focus on what was at street level (if not on the dark, wet bricks of the street itself).

Note the guy sitting down by the side of the street, taking his smoke break -- he's not pleased that I'm snapping photos. He's probably thinking to himself, "F***ing tourist!":

The dim, cloud-shrouded morning made ordinary objects, such as this refrigerated beer truck, seem much more beautiful and richly colored, while the overhead lights offered a more golden than usual glow:

That's our friend Jim walking down the sidewalk in the photo above. He's visiting for a couple of days and had no idea that visitors are required to make appearances on my blog. It's the rules.

A Jim-Free photo of the beer truck below. Amstel Light never looked so appealing:

I'd read on another photographer's blog that dim, cloudy days make for excellent photography moments -- that colors really pop since they're not getting washed out by bright sunlight.

For example, a produce stand:

Colorful crates, stickers and a very orange jacket:

And men working above:

While the over-arching purpose of the walk was coffee and a chocolate croissant at the French bakery in the market, the opportunity for picture taking was a bonus. It's good to have a purpose in life, but it's the bonuses that make the world go 'round.