The Lanes
©Marisa Guzmán-Aloia
Some families are football families with a member of each generation playing at least college level football. Some families are numbers families with engineers and scientists at NASA. Well, my family is a bowling family. My grandparents have bowled ever since I can remember. They are now in their mid 80’s and still bowl in a weekly league. Over the years, my grandparents have given the grand kids (and their own kids) bowling balls, shoes and bags. Yes, I own my very own bowling ball. We are a competitive family. We just can’t help it. On major holidays the whole family comes out to bowl. Our biggest turn out is the day after Thanksgiving. But, no matter how hard us “youngsters” try, those old folk beat us every game!This past weekend, a few of us gathered at the lanes. As usual, we had a great time getting our butts kicked by the “old people” (as I fondly call them). I brought along my dSLR and decided that it would be fun to make a stop motion movie. I have been interested in the process and thought that bowling would make a perfect starter subject. It was a great first run, especially since i was shooting handheld in low lighting conditions. Take a look. Let me know what you think!