it’s been a while since i’ve done much photography or blogging stuff. too long. i get that uncomfortable feeling, where i swear to myself that i’ll bring a camera along to the next event i attend. well, things fell into place such that i brought my crown graphic with me to the folsom street fair.

the fsf is the largest “leather event” in the world and attracts a huge crowd. it’s a six-block-long public exhibition of fetish with vendors, artists, and street fair food.

i wondered the fair with a small group of friends, but once i split off on my own i found a lot of photographic opportunity. part of it is, which ryan pointed out to me, that i feel more comfortable with the camera when i’m by myself. the crown graphic is such a fun camera, and so uncommon now that it attracts a lot of attention so it turns out to be great for a shy photographer. being shy at an event such as fsf seems silly. anyways, i found that with the crown.. you basically set it up for shooting and people will come up and ask you about it. or you make a gesture that you’d like to shoot someone and they pose for you, let you shoot, then ask about the camera. it’s a good camera for me.

i ended up shooting 17 sheets of tmax 100 at the street fair. i wrote down a pre-calculated exposure cheat-sheet, but ended up just using 1/500 and f/5.6 the whole day. i slowed the shutter down a stop or two where i was out of the direct sunlight. it’s funny how accurate “sunny 16” is. when the same ev, i basically just worried about focus.