They say that good photographers always keep the camera close to them at any time.

Well, I think today was one of my "good" days.

I was invited to a wedding in the afternoon.

And even if I correctly assumed that there will be a professional photographer and video guy covering the event ..

My instincts have told me that I had to pull out the ol 'digital SLR, and bring it with you.

Well, I'm sure glad I listened to Mr. Intuition today.

Because what goes along really exotic young lady named Zarina who traveled all the way from remote and isolated small town in central Kazakhstan to take part in this wedding.

And, of course, as fate would have it .. She was extremely nice to talk to, even if it was a little shy in the direction of the equation.

It turned out that this sublimely beautiful girl and very talented and disciplined, as it already is fluent in English ..

Oh, and get it ..

Zarina is because about a third of Asian ethnicity with it ..

She chose the Chinese to be one of her specialties and the University has set a goal to be completely free of it for 4 years, which completely blew my mind.

Oh yeah .. her other major is in economics.

Can anyone say .. "These women are from another planet?"

Oh and one more thing ..

She's only 19 ... ....

Gee, maybe there is something in the drinking water here.

Soooooooo ..

After some more small talk Sarin wanted to know what I did, so I told her about my little hobby involving photography and this blog.

As you might guess, she was genuinely interested, because from her point of view, I am sure that bumping into some American guy living here who are doing this in my spare time more than a little unusual.

Naturally, I politely asked her to do some photos ..

And after a few seconds of thought ...

It has allowed the shy but beautiful smile slip ..

And softly said yes ..