Prom season 2017

In Greensboro, and Guilford County, prom season is upon us. Wesleyan in High Point and Northern held their proms this past weekend. Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden was full of people taking prom pictures. Friend groups huddled together while parents took photos right and left. In some cases, couples had professional photographers documenting their special moment. The weather was perfect and there was such an air of excitement and optimism throughout the park. Couples were beautifully dressed and chatting joyfully as they left for dinner. One young woman took off her shoes to walk back to the car. If her shoes were already bothering her before dinner, we're wondering how she made it through the night. Another young woman called out to her mom, "send me the pictures you took." The mother asked if she wanted all one-hundred of them. Her daughter's response was, "yeah, you can air drop them to me." We're imagining couples at dinner and at prom sharing photos and snap chatting the night away. After all, today, social media is half the fun. You have to be under 25 to really understand that phenomenon. 

The Bicentennial Garden is such a lovely backdrop for photography. While shadows can be harsh, as seen above, there is usually a way to work around them. The above photo was taken after 7pm when shadows were long and strong. To our knowledge, Saturday was the first night for a local prom, kicking off prom season and there was no evidence that anybody thought about the fact that it was April Fool's Day.

Greensboro is so lucky to have such lovely public spaces with well maintained gardens. The venue will be booked for the next two months!

Comments

[Grace]

It's a lovely scene Janis.. the long shadows on the lawn and the blue sky shining through the treetops.. gorgeous! Hard to believe it's after 7pm but then again you are in spring now aren't you, it's getting darker earlier here as we head towards winter.

[William Kendall]

Proms do go on here as well.