Every year towards the end of October the travelling fair comes to town to coincide with the local firework display. It stays for around two weeks and for the past couple of years I have tried to go and take some pictures but haven't made it for one reason or another with the camera. This year I was determined to make sure I made it there and get some photographs.
I headed down on a Thursday night knowing it would be slightly less crowded but busy enough that the rides would operate quite regularly. Armed with my camera, tripod, shutter release and wearing a warm jumper off I went! It seemed to be a little bit smaller than in previous years but there were still quite a few decent rides to get pictures of. Setting up my camera on the tripod I attached my remote trigger and I knew this would help reduce any camera shake which is important when doing long exposure shots. I wanted these to come out as well as possible as I knew I may not get another chance to try again.
Some of the rides were better for producing light trails than others and as is always the case with this kind of photography you never quite know what the end result will be which I think is one of the reasons I like it so much. I was very happy with the shots I got while I was there......
The fair isn't just about rides though there are all the other little things that make up all the fun of the fair - hot dogs, hamburgers and candy floss and hook a duck to name just a few. I tried to make sure I got a good mixture of pictures not just of all the fast, loud, whirling rides...
So they are my pictures from the fair, I really liked being able to try something different with the camera, hope you enjoyed looking at them all.
Once again I have been considering starting a 365 project as I think it will encourage me to pick up the camera every day and get me taking more general pictures again. Hmmmmmmmm maybe I might start one tomorrow?
All comments welcomed and feel free to share my blog with anyone else you may know who is interested in photography and might enjoy it.
Thanks for reading!
I headed down on a Thursday night knowing it would be slightly less crowded but busy enough that the rides would operate quite regularly. Armed with my camera, tripod, shutter release and wearing a warm jumper off I went! It seemed to be a little bit smaller than in previous years but there were still quite a few decent rides to get pictures of. Setting up my camera on the tripod I attached my remote trigger and I knew this would help reduce any camera shake which is important when doing long exposure shots. I wanted these to come out as well as possible as I knew I may not get another chance to try again.
Some of the rides were better for producing light trails than others and as is always the case with this kind of photography you never quite know what the end result will be which I think is one of the reasons I like it so much. I was very happy with the shots I got while I was there......
The fair isn't just about rides though there are all the other little things that make up all the fun of the fair - hot dogs, hamburgers and candy floss and hook a duck to name just a few. I tried to make sure I got a good mixture of pictures not just of all the fast, loud, whirling rides...
So they are my pictures from the fair, I really liked being able to try something different with the camera, hope you enjoyed looking at them all.
Once again I have been considering starting a 365 project as I think it will encourage me to pick up the camera every day and get me taking more general pictures again. Hmmmmmmmm maybe I might start one tomorrow?
All comments welcomed and feel free to share my blog with anyone else you may know who is interested in photography and might enjoy it.
Thanks for reading!
