People I've Come Across On My Travels

I love interesting people.  On my travels, I come across a lot of them and sometimes I am lucky enough to be able to take their photograph.  If we start chatting, I always ask if it's ok to take their picture and they usually always agree.  Sometimes they are reluctant but they say ok after a while.

On this particular day on deer lake in Washington, I spotted a few nuns relaxing on a pier while I was enjoying the day with some friends on a boat.  I wanted to get close to them so we drove around to the dock and as we passed by, I asked them if it was ok to take their photograph and they all smiled and said yes.

In Ohio, I walked by a street fair and came across this gentleman showing his car in a show and chatted with him as he allowed me to take his photograph in front of his car. Of course there is the "Muffin Man" I met in Klamath, California when he offered me his handmade fresh baked muffin to taste, an artist on the streets of Venice and Airstream workers in Jackson Center, Ohio. All of whom I stumbled upon on my travels the past few months.

Most people I come across on the road are friendly and are just like you and I.  I am always attracted to people who have a look that you don't see everyday and  usually those are the people I want to approach and strike up a conversation with.

If you've followed me for a while, you've seen that most of the shots I took a year ago are of landscapes I've come across in the states I've visited.  I still love the beauty of our country but my eye is getting picky and I find it harder and harder to capture things that interest me.  The good news is that I usually have a camera on hand to get a shot of whatever I find interesting along the way and I look forward to sharing that with you.

The Muffin Man At Kamp Klamath

You know how that childhood song goes, "Do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man...do you know the muffin man..."  Well, I met him.

Along my trip, I've been taking portraits of interesting people I've come across and Lorin was one of those people.

After I packed up from the hike in site, I decided to find a place to have a cup of coffee in the morning.  I drove about a mile and headed into "Kamp Klamath" to see if they had coffee.  I found some and Lorin came out from the back with some freshly baked muffins.  Since I was half asleep, I paid for my coffee and went back to my car to drink it.  Shortly thereafter, he came outside to my car and asked, "Do you want a fresh baked blueberry muffin?" Knowing that this would put me in an intense sugar high, I declined.  He said, "ok, I just wanted to see how you liked it since it's a new recipe."  I changed my mind and said, "sure, I'll try it."  I went in and tried his newly baked muffin as he stood there waiting for my reaction.  "very moist and sweet," I said.  He relaxed and asked, "are you sure?"  We then chit chatted about his recipe and then I went back to my car to finish the muffin and coffee.

He came back out and said, "do you like killer whales?"  I instantly got a kick out of him and got out of the car to chat for a while.  I asked to take his portrait and he agreed right away.  Once I took my camera out, he knew a thing or two about cameras since he's also a photographer.  We talked about killer whales, cameras, the area and where to take the best shot of the coast.

I really enjoy meeting people that I happen to come across on the road.  Everyone has a story and it's always nice to hear about what people do and where they come from.  He's a caretaker of sorts at Kamp Klamath in Klamath, California.  If you happen to stop by to camp, be sure to ask for Lorin and see what he's got cooking.  I'm sure it will be delicious. As far as being called the "muffin man," that is just my nickname for him.  For more portraits of people I've come across, click HERE.