Last night, I was asked by Salina Downtown to photograph their "Heel-A-Thon" where women (actually, some men participated, too) donned heels at least 2" high to do a 100 yard dash.
The organizers wanted photos of the heels at the starting line, then photos of the race. No sweat. Since I was somebody "official" I figured they'd wait until I was situated to start the race.
I'm pretty sure it was these thoughts that prompted the universe to say
"Think again, Karen!!! Are you on your toes today?"I took the starting line photos, then was about half way down the street when there was a lot of cheering. I'm not foolish enough to think it was for me. I turned around, and there they were, running toward me. In heels.

Great. So I start sprinting, taking a lens off of one body, plowing through the crowd to get to my long lens, and all this into a big headwind. Of course, my buddy,
Jeff, was at the finish line to capture me racing to get in place.
In the end, I did grab some wide angle shots at the finish line, but not what I had hoped to photograph. Oh well, life often runs away from us (even if it involves local male Oncologists running in heels), and the best we can do is to stay ready and as ahead of the action as we can!
I'll have some photos of the event to share next week, so be sure to check back. There were some killer high heel Nikes I can't wait to show you!
REMINDER: Our Heartland Open House is Sunday from 2-4 p.m. in Salina .... stop by to say hi! :)