Nordstrom opening day crowd
By Nadine Kam
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Diehard shopaholics lined up as early as 6:30 a.m. to be the first in the door when Nordstrom opened Friday morning.
I had the feeling people put off their purchases in anticipation of the store opening. I overheard one woman say, “I want to buy five pairs of shoes.”
I thought I would just shoot a little video and post as soon as I got back to the office, but there was so much going on, I felt compelled to videotape many aspects, and well, it got out of hand. Plus, this ain’t TV news, so don’t mind the editing, as with a crowd shot that may have gone on too long. I really wanted to show the stream of people coming through the doors.
That was such a crazy day. I got there at a sane 8:30 a.m., enough time to see the frenzy of the Cosmetics Tailgate Party. So funny how little I see of reality when shooting video. Fellow SB’er Nina Wu passed in front of the camera several times and I didn’t see her until starting to edit. I guess it involves different parts of the brain. So to tell you the truth, I used to think photographers were a little dense because I’d ask them to give me certain pictures I knew they’d taken, and they’d be, like, “Huh?” as if they’d never seen it. Now I realize they were composing shots, but not seeing, if that makes sense.
