La Vie Quotidienne, "Oak Park", California

As you know, Dad has been taking photography classes. This weekend CRC sponsored a photography event entitled, "A Day in the Life of Oak Park". Oak Park is an area in Sacramento that has been considered an undesirable place to live for many years, but in the last few years there have been attempts to change the neighborhood environment. I believe this event was in part to help people see the change that has been taking place, along with practicing their photography skills. Students from the local junior colleges, high school, and elementary schools were asked to participate. Everyone was given a T-shirt to identify themselves. Here is Dad in his T-shirt, with camera, ready to go. Dad took lots of pictures. I asked him to pick out a few for the blog. Below, a church tower in Oak Park. The sky is beautiful. It was a great day for a photo shoot. This is an interesting gate. If Dad were writing the blog, he would talk about composition,etc. of which I know nothing about.
An empty parking lot, without its customers. This does make a statement about life in Oak Park.
This is my favorite of a stained glass window in a church. On Saturday evening, one or two photographs were selected from all of the participants in the event and presented in a slide show. This was one of the ones of Dad's that was selected. It has a painterly quality. It would look great on a canvas. (Do you think, Ross?)
Friday was the photo taking event and Saturday a seminar was held at CRC. He heard a lecture from the man who has been a photographer for many of the Presidents, since Gerald Ford (an old guy like us), who talked about his experiences and famous photographs.
All in all, Dad had a great time. He came home safely, with all of his equipment, however, you might want to ask him sometime to tell you the story about the two guys who invited him to step around the corner.