Greek Festival

I visited the Greek Festival at St. Nicholas’ near to Forest Park Ave and Kingshighway on Labor Day, and really I don’t think I did it justice. I didn’t feel the same level of comfort I normally do in singling people out for shots, I think because this really was more of a shared public meal than anything else. I don’t know. It could also just be that I didn’t take my time, wait for the moments. Anyhow here’s what I got.

50mm, f/7.1

50mm, f/7.1

50mm, f/10

There's nothing really to draw the eye in this image, but I'm sharing it out of humility for what happens when you 'fail.'  As in, this might as well have been me or anyone raising an iPhone and snapping a quick image.  There's nothing at all wrong with that.  But I think the difference between someone whipping out a phone and someone going out with a camera is intentionality, not equipment.  That's a bit glib--someone could go out with a phone camera with the same level of intentionality of course.  Most of the time, however, our phone cameras are for "taking pictures of things" or selfies or generally portraying our lives in a certain way.  Not for portraying life. 

What I do like, if anything, about this image is mostly nostalgic.  Here I was at essentially a very large church cookout, and it plucked my heartstrings to see people queuing up in the church basketball court and plastic tables and chairs set out.  But a compelling image it is not.

50mm, f/10

50mm, f/10

50mm, f/10

50mm, f/10

50mm, f/10