Capturing cameras

Capturing cameras
“Wake up Val, it’s already 10 a.m. “Mom called from downstairs," Yeah, mm-hmm coming “I yawned. I Must have dozed off again because the next thing I remember was mom rushing around my room packing my bags good morning mom I sat up and spoke
“Don’t good morning me young lady, your exhibition starts in 30 minutes and I woke you up an hour ago she yelled while ironing my clothes.” What! No, no, no, no, no, Mr. Loren is going to kill me If I show up late today"! I rushed to the bathroom to fix my face, which looked horrible, took my clothes from mom, grabbed my camera, and rushed outside. As usual, Lisa was standing outside waiting for me, "Where were you girl, I’ve been waiting for an hour. I told Lisa about my misfortunate Morning and then We sat down in her car and raced to the art gallery.

The Photography Exhibition Mr. Loren held on behalf of the school, was halfway done by the time I reached there. However, thanks to Lisa’s persuasive voice Mr. Loren spared me and allowed me to highlight my work.

Even, If I was a little Arrogant this showcase meant a lot to me. Photography was my life. Whenever I held my camera, it felt like all the pictures came to life and were talking to me. Today the world-famous photographer Jared lee Phil was here to watch it. My presentation went flawlessly and everyone was impressed.

When I was leaving for home Mr. Phil came up to me and said "Your presentation was astounding I was looking for an assistant to accompany me on my next photography trip to Paris and would love for you to come" I was speechless the most renowned photographer wanted me, Valerie stilten, to go to Paris with him. I was jumping with joy and said I would get back to him by tomorrow.

I ran to tell Lisa but I could not find her anywhere even though her car was gone, she probably left without me no biggie but something felt wrong. Lisa was always at all my exhibitions. So, I hitched a ride with one of my classmates and called her on my way back " Hi Li! Is something wrong I didn't see you at the gallery? "I was shocked, she sounded as if she was crying " my dad had a heat stroke, Val, we took him to the hospital, he'll be okay sorry I couldn't stay" I comforted her and stopped by her place to drop some soup in the night. Lisa's parents were always extremely sweet to me and they never really minded me coming over most of the time, so I felt bad for not being there for them.

But My mom and dad were overjoyed to know about the conversation with Mr. Phil and told me to go live my dream in Paris.

I left for Paris a week after the talk, and it was breathtaking. I was in the city of love, the hub of cheese and wine, and the fashion center of the world, what else could I ask for? our trip would be over by next month and I was determined to make the most of it.

In the evening I went down to the nearest grocery store and saw 2 guys robbing the store, I had my Camera as always and snapped a few shots of the Thieves threatening the shopkeeper. As I was leaving one of them caught up to me and grabbed my hand, I stepped on his foot and gave him a roundhouse kick and pulled off his mask, took a picture, and ran at full speed until I reached my hotel.

Phew what a night, I collapsed on my bed and switched on my camera to look at the picture of the robber. Shoot! the one piece of evidence I had come out blurry. I had a good mind to talk to the shopkeeper tomorrow and gather more info, but right now, all I wanted was a good night's sleep.

The next afternoon we had to take a photo shoot for the owner of a famous fashion company, we reached an enormous mansion, the owner greeted us in the living room, no living room is much too concise it was more like a throne room, he said the model we would shoot would be his son, Jason. humph, probably some spoiled rich brat but that's none of my business so we went to the shooting site and took a few pics. Later he walked up to me and asked me to show him the photos and while scrolling he accidentally saw the pics of the robber; I took last night. As soon as he saw that he grabbed me and rushed inside. I asked him what was wrong, did he not like the pictures." how did you get that "! he said accusingly." what do you mean, I only have pictures of the shooting nothing else" I told him confused.

Suddenly I had a terrible thought" you're the robber aren't you, why would you steal from a poor defenseless woman when you have everything you need " I scolded him.


He looked down sadly “It’s not what you think, my dad has everything and he’s just so spoiled I don’t want to be like him plus it was a bet I had to get some money without my father's help “

“That doesn’t mean you can go around stealing “I Made him return the money after our work was done. And he wasn’t that bad, we rubbed off and quickly became friends. His sister was also genuinely nice and we went on shopping sprees whenever I got the time. Time flew and I did so many photo shoots, my wallet was overflowing with money, so I bought an apartment in Paris, Jason and his sister came over and we had a slumber party to celebrate. In the morning I woke up Jason and Kristy cooking breakfast, we sat down and ate, but something seemed to bother the siblings, later they told me that their dad had kicked them out and they had to start their own lives and businesses, so obviously I let them move in we lived happily other than the fact that Jason messed up the whole house occasionally but I didn’t mind

After a few weeks, I went back home, excited to see Lisa after such a long time. Even though we always face-timed, I missed her so bad. I went to her house and hugged her hard and we talked about all I missed while walking as the sun settled on the horizon

Yup that’s my life I moved to Paris permanently later but that’s another story for another time right now I'm sleepy so goodbye!