Showing posts with label Altamont Fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Altamont Fair. Show all posts

Thursday, August 14, 2008

ALTAMONT FAIR

Last night several of us from the photo club went on a field trip to the Altamont Fair. It was amazing that it didn't rain. It got real cloudy for a while, but it stayed dry, at least in Altamont. As I was driving home, I could tell by the wet roads that it had rained quite hard in other places.
We met at the main gate at 6 pm, chatted for a few minutes, then went our ways to photograph the fair.


I took some pictures of the rides when it was still light, but as it got darker, the photo ops got better.








This performer is from Trick Pony, which I probably never listened to. But she's gone out on her own recently and is into country now. She has a single called Johnny and June, a tribute Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. I took about a zillion photos of her, but the majority of them were out of focus. It was still fun, it's the closest I've ever been to a performer...


When I was ready to leave, I turned around to head toward the gate and I saw this scene: the moon next to the ferris wheel. It was so awesome-looking that I couldn't resist unpacking all the gear and setting up the tripod again.


So ended another good evening. Aloha