The ladies in red.  Drone photo at Wegmans May 7, 2019. © Paul Goldfinger.

By Paul Goldfinger Editor @Blogfinger.net

As a photographer I have been wishing for a new technology that would let me instantly photograph whatever I am looking at.  Maybe a sensor in the eye, or maybe a funky hat with its own camera linked to the wearer by head recognition.

Anyhow, this morning I am looking down at the spectacle of shoppers at Ocean Wegmans.  There are lots of young couples.  One walks by.  He’s pushing the grocery cart and she’s pushing the baby stroller.  As their paths suddenly cross, they exchange a momentary kiss, right out in the open, near the pizza dough, and totally spontaneous–the best kind.

It  is a lovely moment, but I missed the shot;  couldn’t even get my iPhone out of its holster.  However, that’s a good thing.

In a society where there are cameras all over, it’s sentimental to think that no one recorded that kiss. Instead the image floated off, past the sushi bar and vanishing out into the open air.   Unlike many kisses that occur furtively, this one was in the open making it especially special, and a kiss stolen in the open may have some extra erotic appeal.

So, this Wegmans kiss gives us an excuse to play this song from the King and I.  And this version, jazz in a romantic mode, seems appropriate as performed by Karrin Allyson from her album in tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein, called Many a New Day.