I finally got to my pictures from the photo walk. I put some of them in this Minneapolis flickr group, and all the ones I posted into this set.
Category Archives: Photo Shoot
Renaissance Festival
Spent Sunday at the the Renaissance Festival. I had never been before, and was quite impressed by the size and scope of the event. There were more poeple than I expected. I figured they would all be at the State Fair. I was trying to take pictures, and I will have a few to post later I am sure. It was a little difficult to take pictures with one hand while holding Lily with the other. I didn’t get that much of a chance to take them. There were tons of people in costume, so people pictures abounded. She really could have used a nap before we went.
Photo Walk Tomorrow
I am psyched. The first Worldwide Photowalk is tomorrow. Scott Kelby started this as a way to promote his new lightroom 2 book, but the idea of the photowalk has really taken off. There are over 7000 people in cities all over the world. Thank goodness they won’t all be in Minneapolis. Although, it would be fun I think to have all of these people here instead of the Republican National Convention next week. The walk here in Minneapolis will be around lake Calhoun. I am really looking forward to it. After the event, look to this flickr group for the photos.
Japanese Lantern Lighting
Went to the Japanese Lanturn Lighting at Como park yesterday. I thought I was going to meet several other people from the Twin Cities flickr group there, but I couldn’t find them. I went around asking everyone else I saw with a big lens or a tripod, but no luck. There are a lot of photographers in this city! It was pretty good. I was told no tripods, so I am not sure if any of my evening shots will turn out.
Edit: here is a picture from the event.
See flickr set for more.
MN State Fair and Tripods
I figured that the State fair would turn away people with tripods, but I wanted to find out for sure. I buzzed around the site and found Press Room link that had a link to Photography and Videography Guidelines (pdf). It makes no mention of tripods. So I called the marketing department number at the bottom of the page. What I got was the most honest and realistic, and potentially frustrating policy yet. “It depends.” What I was told was that you have to be able to carry everything. So no light stands and such. Tripods are OK if they are used in areas that have lower traffic (find one of those at the fair!) and you may be asked to move along if set up in a spot that is busy. This sounds like a fair compromise if it works. But it does leave the discretion to the roving staff at the fair. I think I will try to go one week night this year by myself to take pictures. I will let you know how it goes.
Centenial Lakes
I went to Centenial Lakes to try some night shooting. I got there a little later than I wanted, so I don’t have many with that deep blue sky you can get, but some of them turned out pretty good.
I saw this picture on flickr, and was looking to take the same image, but I couldn’t find the location exacly. Hmmm. Anyway, I think some of mine worked out.