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I visited a Renaissance Faire for the first time this past weekend. This event is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin--about an hour drive from my home. It's been running for decades...and I had no idea how big these things are. There were probably 10,000 people at the fair!
I so rarely photograph people that I thought the fair might provide some good opportunities to capture some candid portraits. I would ask each person for permission to shoot...and not a single person declined. The beauty of the fair is that everyone wants to be photographed! The downside is that you usually only get about 5 seconds to shoot and there are a lot of people walking in the scenes.
My strategy was to carry what for me is a very light load. I had a shoulder bag with the Z9, 24-70 2.8 and 70-200 2.8 in it. I ended up using the 70-200 the entire time. The Z9 did a great job focusing on the eye of the subject almost instantly. I think I had 2 or 3 images that weren't tack sharp out of 500 for the day. Shooting at f/2.8 helped control the backgrounds and I tried to stand in places where the background was more distant from the subject.
Here are some of my favorites from the day...although I probably have 75 keepers or so. I will share some other photos in a "Happy Faces" post.
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Thanks for looking...
Glenn
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