Tag Archives: Event Photography

Pints in the Park

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The City of Waco sponsored a festival/craft beer event at Cameron Park East last weekend.  It featured beers from some small breweries and three bands.

I was not impressed by the beers.  of the 21 beers that could be sampled, 11 of them were IPAs and 6 were wheat beers.  There was one stout and one “amber” ale. There were three lagers.

There was a reasonable, but not huge crowd.  The weather was threatening, and that was factor.

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The first band was Barelands from Beaumont. They were followed by Waco’s own Billy Joe Shaver.

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The headliner was Reverend Horton Heat.  They played some interesting rockabilly stuff.

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Rib Fest – Ribs, Ribs, Ribs

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Last Weekend, McLane Stadium hosted the first (annual) Brazos River Rib Fest.  I was hired to photograph the event. I got amour 1400 pictures. How can you have a Rib Fest without spare ribs?  Here are some of my pictures of the ribs.

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Those are actually the hands of Baylor President Judge Ken Starr who was one of the contest judges.

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Repetitive Patterns Competition

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The April Challenge Competition for the Heat of Texas Professional Photographers Guild was “Repetitive Patterns.” Our train for New Orleans was late getting into Houston.  The last time we went, I noticed the platform and how the supports lined up.  I am not sure how many different pictures I took of them, but it was a lot. I finally decided one of them was worth more time.  This began as an HDR image.  After processing, the colors were rather bright, as much of the support was painted AMTRAK blue.  So, once I had the composition I wanted, I decided to convert it to Black and White. This image took first place in the competition.

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Mardi Gras 2015

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As always, we were in Galveston for Mardi Gras. The parades out on Seawall do not have the character the ones on the Strand had.  But, they were still fun.

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Can’t get more decked out than that.

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Always pirates, even with beads.

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The bead truck.

New Years Cruise 1

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We took a cruise on The Navigator of the Seas the week after New Years.  The first two days were at sea, and these are a couple of the images of the ship that I captured.

This first one is The Elissa in Galveston Harbor from the deck of the cruise ship.

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The next one is a huge sculpture in the center of the hip that is several stories tall.

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This is the 11the deck of the ship facing forward.

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Dickens on The Strand 2014

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As always, we went to Dickens on The Strand. It has been interesting watching things change.  Although there were no major changes this year, there were a few things that have changed some.  There has been an increase in Steampunk related costumes (although how they relate to Victorian England I am not quite sure) and a decrease in Pirate related costumes. Here are a couple pics of the two

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We joined the Galveston Historic Foundation.  That allowed us access to view the parades from a balcony on The Strand.  So, the pics of the parade were a little different this year.

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Lone Star Rally 2014

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We went to Galveston last weekend for the Lone Star Rally.  We went to a new area along Seawall first and spent quite a bit of time there.  They have moved one of the stages there and that is the location for the custom bike sown. As in the past, there is a serious obsession with skulls.

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It tried to sprinkle a little, and the result was a pretty good rainbow.

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We then went downtown.  By the time we got there, the crowds were overwhelming, but we walked around.  I could not get as many shots of people as I have gotten in past years.   We were there late enough that the Triumph was leaving, and I got a nice shot of it.

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And a nice shot of Mechanic St. with the sun going down.

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Denton Guyer H.S. Silverados

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Audrey is in the Denton Guyer HS Dance Squad – The Silverados.  We went and watched them at halftime of a football game on Friday.  These are some of the pictures I got.

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Food Photography – Bacon and Eggs

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I decided to spend a weekend concentrating on food photography.  Over the course of the weekend, I prepared two breakfasts of Bacon and eggs.  The first one is a rather classic preparation and photograph.

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For the second and third ones,  I added Pico de Gallo to the scrambled eggs.

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Fourth of July Parade

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I enjoy “event” photography.  It is a way of taking candid pictures of people.  The expressions on their faces are spontaneous and relevant to the moment.  Last night was the Fourth of July Parade in Galveston.  The parade was on Seawall.  It started at 59th St. and went in to 25th.  We walked down to about 57th and got a good spot on the curb.  Once the parade started it was a general melee and people crowded into the street, mainly because most of those marching in the parade were throwing beads or candy.  In spite of the crowd, I was able to get some good shots of the people in the parade.

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This was a little boy who was “dancing” to the music provided prior to the parade.

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The expression of concentration on this woman’s face was great.

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This woman was on the Yaga’s float.  She had a variety of small stuffed animals, and she would reach out with one and shake it back and forth.  she would then toss it to one of the children.

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I Pirate relegated to driving a golf cart in a parade.