It was his bright auburn hair, I saw first… and then the oranges.
And then like I always do, I reached for mine phone and pretended to walk by while making a photo.I only got to walk a few steps when I realized that my “surreptitiously-done” photo was not what I wanted (or not what I had pictured in my head).
No matter, I thought, I could still remedy the situation. And besides, I could choose a few Mandarin oranges…:-)
“What’s your name? ” I asked him.
My mother, in the meantime, was haggling, but ended up buying more fruit than my oranges. She’s pretty good at it, I suppose, but he was adept at being “firm” about the prices. It was actually entertaining to see them banter about it a bit while she tried to have her way with the purchases.
“CherryVoy…but my friends call me Sean.” he said.
“Hey, would you mind if I took your picture?” I asked, “I think your store has such bright colors, I think it would make a really nice photo.” He gamely posed, and I took a few shots with my phone camera. When I showed them to him, and asked if it was alright if I could post it online. He looked through the ones I had taken, and smiled as if to say that he liked how he and the store looked. He easily consented.
As it turns out, it was a Win-Win situation, I’d say. 🙂
(And man, those were some of the sweetest Mandarin oranges I’ve had. If you’re ever in the Cang’s Department Store area, drop by his store, it is just right beside the parking spaces. I think He can give discounts…if you ask nicely. :-))
This Happy Light 
Vivid. Appears like pencil-sketched
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I like to use Snapseed in post-processing, I tend to go for high-contrast colors and fiddle around with their tonal contrast feature.
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