August 22, 2009

  • Everything sweat!

    Okay weather Gods, enough with the 90 plus heat!

     Last week we spent the entire week at the Middletown Grange Fair.  As in last year, we set up a booth and met some truly fun folks.  Not kidding anyone here, it was really really hot!  Everyday it was over 90 degrees outside.  I can't even think what it was inside one of those large tents.  Definitely a humid week for sure!

    Other people and photographers ask me why would we do this event for 5 days.  Well first of all, as many of you know, on a scale from one to ten, (ten being alot), I advertise about a "1". The business that I do get is primarily word of mouth.  Past customers refer me. I am thankful for that!  Believe me, it takes years and years of priming the pump to finally get the water to come out if you might say!  For years I did newspaper ads, one day fairs and shows, magazine ads, postcard mailings, newsletter mailings, etc.  Except for our online newsletter, all of that has pretty much ceased.  We get a great response from our online letters and our clients seem to love it!

    So, crazy as it sounded, two years ago I said "Hmmmm....... lets do this whole week event!"  Some family members and staff looked at me and just nodded and others were enthusiastic.  I love meeting new people and showing them my style of photography. Plus, it gives me a chance to do something different other than shoot, paperwork and more paperwork.

    There are all types of photographers out there with many styles to their work.  There were two of them at the fair this year.  All three of us had a different style.  Just like a great pair of pants, you have to find the one that fits you!

    So, here are a few photographs I took with my point and shoot Canon G9.  These were taken the very last day after spending 5 full days from ten in the morning until eleven at night meeting and greeting hundreds of people.  I didn't crop them so they are what they are.  You can see we hang prints from the ceiling.  Pretty cool!  The booth next to me was selling Halloween stuff and the other side of me was an investment dude who was never there.
    I kid you not when I say there was about five to ten thousand people a day there and many of those stopped by to say hello and/or inquire!


    Hanging prints.
    A different angle.

    My daughter Ashley!  Without her help and bathroom relief, I would have never made it!  Thanks Ashley!