Day 127 - Rain On My Windshield

Day 112 - Saturday Rain

Day 43 - Suicidal Raindrop

Device: Nikon D3100

Lens:  55-200mm f/4.0-5.6

Focal Length: 200mm

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/3200

ISO Sensitivity: 12800

SW: LR3

Location: São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Today was day two of pre-carnaval, I head down to André’s house to pick up my camera since I left it with him so as not to lose or damage it whilst in Casteritas, good thing I did too because it would have been soaked along with everything else that I had on me. I stopped by and chatted a bit with him and Carol and then head to the bloco which was happing in Bomfim. Oh how the sky looked terrible, you could see the storm clouds approaching ever so quickly. Against my better judgment I continued  treading forward, halfway up the it started to rain at a steady pace, I began to power walk, and it seemed that the faster I walked the harder the rain came down… I ran - all hell broke loose it rained really hard I didn’t even care about my clothes or shoes I was mostly worried about my camera. I found a plastic bag on the floor and put my camera bag in it to avoid the rain getting in.  So there I was, strolling in the rain, walking home. I gave up on the bloco today, but as the say here amanhã promete, (tomorrow promises) , the equivalent of our “tomorrow is a new day.”

Day 27 - Reminiscing Raindrops

Device: Nikon D3100

Lens: VR 55-200mm F/4-5.6G

Focal Length: 200mm

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/3200 sec

ISO Sensitivity: 6400

SW: LR3

Location: São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Rainy days are great, for me they take me back, back to those early days when rain would not stop us from wanting to go outside and play. It had the complete opposite effect for me, I wanted to run outside and jump in the puddles and just lay looking up at the sky and let the drops just splash on my face. Even when it was hailing outside, in Chicago, I remember running outside with all my sisters. We would collect hail stones and throw them at each other and even save some in the freezer… why? I do not know. Why do we do half the things we do when we are young, because it is fun and we can. I really love today’s picture for that reason. It takes me back to a better time; a time when wet clothes did not matter - ladies and gentlemen I give you Reminiscing Raindrops.