Krewe of Barkus Parade 2013

I've attended the annual Krewe of Barkus parade a few times now.  It's fun and I try to get some good photos, but its always mid day, peak sun so can be a bit difficult.  And typically the subjects aren't the most cooperative when it comes to getting their picture taken.  Here is a sample of some of the shots I took today.

Mckinney Scavenger Hunt

Winter, even in Texas, is not always full of photo opportunities.  So, a bit slow this year but activies should start picking up soon.  Two weeks ago we had another photo scavenger hunt.  I like these, they are a lot of fun and subject to interpretation.   Since I had won the last hunt, it was my turn to select the subjects, however previous winners, including myself, were not permitted to submit photos for judging.  We had some new folks turn out so that was good, but the weather was cold, damp and grey so a lot of the folks who had rsvp'd did not show up.

The subjects were:

1) Macro/closeup
2) Street portrait
3) Vibrant
4) Decay
5) Magical
6) Scale
7) Faux animal
8) Strength
9) Curve
10) The letter P

I tried to shoot every subject, and had some success but I'm not going to post them all there as some I wasn't too satisfied with but also branched out a bit.

For Street portrait my intent was to encourage the photogs to talk to a stranger and ask them to be able to take their portrait.  I deviated a but, still strangers but not on the street  but inside their businesses.   Due to the weather the number of folks on the street was down a bit.

 

I had a lot of fun with the Macro/Closeup category, with some overlap into Decay and Vibrant.

 

I liked my curves selection, I almost went back to get a couple more of this, and most likely will in the future.

 

 

Faux Animal.  There's no shortage of faux animals throughout the downtown, with lots of painted frog planters, but this is a store "logo"

 

 Finally a couple of shots of strength.

 Today, off to shoot the Krewe of Barkus parade, stay tuned....