Thursday, May 6, 2010

Hang on to your hats and glasses...


DSC_0457, originally uploaded by bjhiggins.

Ascending a hill on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

On rides like this, I'm sure it can be annoying to ride in front of me, especially when I'm in photo mode. I have lots of pictures of Jon and Amanda with their arms raised as we ride down drops and around bends, but then on the more leisurely moments, the arms are down and so is their guard.

Amanda looks around, enjoying some piece of scenery; from this point, Cinderella's Castle is surely visible, so perhaps that is where her gaze leads. Maybe she's just looking back toward Frontierland or Liberty Square, or possibly contemplating going to Tom Sawyer Island. She's the only one who can know.

Jon seems to be looking down; perhaps he's observing the small details that the Imagineers inserted into the ride, or maybe he's just looking at his phone.

One detail that I love is the pesky little remnants of microphone tape on the back of Jon's neck, a reminder of the show we had just wrapped.

5 comments:

Miranda said...

My initial reaction was..."why is Jon texting on a roller coaster?"

Unknown said...

He's probably texting about the loon behind him taking photos of every little thing!!!

Brian James said...

If it wasn't for this loon, he never would have discovered that he still had the remnants of his mic tape on his neck!

Photography can save lives!

(OK, maybe that's a bit extreme, but it was a helpful photo.)

Unknown said...

Perhaps a tap on the shoulder and a 'Did you know there is still tape residue on the back of your neck?' would have sufficed??? But, that would be so very ordinary!

Brian James said...

I didn't notice, actually. We were in line for Peter Pan, I believe, and I showed this shot to Jon and Amanda. Jon was the first one to notice the mic tape.

Believe it or not, I don't spend a lot of time studying Jon's neck.