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Photographed with Nikon D300, and my ancient 50mm manual lens.
Remember the scene at the very beginning of the movie Love Actually, when Hugh Grant's voiceover shares that one of his favourite things to do is watch people in the arrivals hall of Heathrow Airport, in London? When I first saw that scene, I felt like the writers of the movie had somehow snuck into my head: that is totally my favourite thing in the world to do. I even remember certain specific airport greetings: two Muslim men who rushed through a ceremonial bow to each other before leaping into each other's arms for an emotional hug; a woman who'd clearly been away from her children for some time, who greeted them by sitting on the floor and clutching them both, sobbing happily. One of the downsides of traveling after September 11th is that while waiting for your own flight, you can't watch people greet their friends as they walk off the airplane gangplank into the gate area.
I took the photo above one afternoon when Alex and I had gone outside to shoot flowers. Suddenly, she saw her friend down the street, at about the same time her friend saw her. They went running toward each other like one of those old movies -- and then they hugged, laughing and giggling. I snapped away.
I really love hellos.
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Happy Love Thursday, all. Please leave the links to your images and stories of love below -- and may someone give you a heartfelt hello today.
Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 12:00AM
Reader Comments (40)
I, too, miss watching the greetings coming off the planes post 9-11.
This capture of Alex and her friend is absolutely priceless. You can feel the love.
Here's my story of love: http://momentarysolace.blogspot.com/2009/04/anansis-globe-of-light.html
Happy Love Thursday!!!
I love little girls saying hello! My Katie had a similar squealing hello this past Sunday, but I did not capture it in a picture. But I think your picture encompasses every girl :)
I did take this picture, and the heart in the curled petals stood out to me.
Happy Love Thursday!
http://thejaxon4.blogspot.com/2009/04/199-hello-i-love-you.html
A Tender Hello can be found here....
http://giftsofthejourney.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/a-tender-hello/
Thanks Karen, for the inspiration.
Such a sweet and endearing image. I know what you mean about missing the arrival gates at the airport. It takes all the fun out of waiting to depart. Here's a little love for today. Not quite the gleeful greeting..but nonetheless:
http://marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=739
What a lovely image. Coming from a place where people don't do a lot of hugging, I don't think I would have dared as a little girl to ever hug a friend hello. Luckily, this has changed now: http://ashotofengland.blogspot.com/2009/04/dancing.html
Happy Love Thursday to all!
Oh so sweet! How great would it be if we all greeted our friends like this, *every time*?
My addition to Love Thursday this week - mountain crystals:
http://gabriellekaiphotography.com/blog/2009/04/love-thursday-mountain-crystals/
Happy Love Thursday!
Great Shot! So Cute & Cuddly!
BERRY LOVE!!
Happy LOVE Thursday! Happy LOVE Everyday! : )
I, too, love hello greetings! Exactly, the greetings between family and freinds at the airport are priceless moments. This photo is so, so cute!! I remember my sister and I hugging like that when we were kids. Anyway, my story of love is all about patience...
http://operationyou.blogspot.com/2009/04/love-thursday-could-it-be-delusion.html
Happy Love Thursday!
I love to watch hellos at the arrival gate, too. Happy Love Thursday
http://poppyinprovence.blogspot.com/2009/04/gommette-love.html
Happy Love Thursday everyone! I posted about my love of photography today.
http://www.soeursdujour.com/2009/04/photo-love-thursday.html