Laura - Cemetery Girl


Laura - Cemetery Girl
Originally uploaded by daryldarko
This is a photograph of Laura Quick. We were acquaintances at Monte Vista High School back in the mid 70's, but now we are much closer friends. Laura has spent much of her adult life travelling around the world as a travel photographer. Anyway, we decided to go to Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland one day so that I could test out my new camera and get some photos of her to use for my Cemetery Girl photo essay. This is one of my fav shots from our afternoon out together.

You can see the rest of my shots of her here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daryldarko/sets/72157623037581049/

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