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Favorites from Superman Celebration - 2012 - Pt. 5

Fun shooting lights on 5th Street at the Carnival Rides...

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Favorites from Superman Celebration - 2012 - Pt. 4

Favorites from Superman Celebration - 2012 - Pt. 3 - Superheros, Villians, Movie Monsters and More!

Superheros, Villians, Movie Monsters and More!
You never know WHO or WHAT you'll see roaming around...

I DO especially LOVE this shot... Looks like he's gonna GET 'ER!

Even Superheros 'get disgruntled'....

This fellow... SO super nice!!

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Favorites from Superman Celebration - 2012 - Pt. 2

I just can't understand your way of thinking if you live in Metropolis or Massac County and don't eat AT LEAST one full meal full of carnivally, fried, happy goodness during Superman Celebration...

Vendors at 6th and Market...

Gyros at 6th and Market... Behind this Gyro Wagon is the Super-Museum...

Jill Hatton at Chill-O's ... You'll go there for her icey treats, but grab some cotton candy while you're there - SUPER GOOD!

I estimate that I shot this from the intersection of 8th and Market...

If you don't stop to try some of Adelle's jam and visit a bit, you're making a big mistake... what a divine lady!!

CORN DOG! HUGE! DELISH!

Hometown Fun...

Favorites from Superman Celebration - 2012 - Pt. 1

Alas it has arrived ... one of the most fun weekends of the year to be a photographer in Metropolis! As I work on editing today to clear my desk so I can run about town and street photog my fanny off this weekend, I will share with you some of my faves from last year's Superman Celebration...

Enjoy!

Superman posing with tourists...

I grabbed a quick shot of this woman escorting these two fantastically caped characters around... I thought it was precious that one of them had tucked his pants into his Superhero Boots :)

A zoooooomed in view from the sidewalk in the vicinity of Pizza and Dots...

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Baby Boomers Buying Hot Dogs and a Horse Waiting for the Farm Store to Open...

Today a couple of goodies from a trip to Nashville in March...

Baby Boomers Buying Hot Dogs - I love this shot!
I have no idea who these folks are, but as we were waiting for the light to change
I couldn't help but notice them and had to get this shot.

This beautiful fella gave me a fine shot in front of the Acme Farm Supply near the river...

Horse Waiting for Acme to Open Kindle Sleeve

Resizing and editing is often needed when creating merchandise for my retail store, Flawn Ocho ... but in this instance I was able to pop this horsey onto a journal and a nook sleeve with minimal time - so I'll bring that to you now ---> a Horse Waiting for the Farm Store to Open at Flawn Ocho...

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A "Loungy" Day and A Picture of the River...

I said to you yesterday that we might jaunt off to the First Ever Lusk Creek Cook Off and the Downtown Music and Arts Festival in Paducah... but I'm afraid we didn't feel quite that ambitious.

After lunch on the screened in patio, a couple of segments of that newish show, World's Worst Tattoo's and a bit of catching up around the house we did talk ourselves into running to Paducah on a couple of errands and I was delighted to see the sky begin to come into focus as we made our way onto the bridge...

Enjoy!

Sunset View of the Ohio River from the I-24 Bridge

A Few Shots from the Massac County Relay for Life...

I'd love to get in the habit of slowing down a few times a week to bring you the photos I randomly catch here and there... I spent an hour or so yesterday scheduling posts for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays which include one or a few photos from a particular session... and I'm hoping to fill in the blanks with goodies caught while on road trips, events and the like...

Part of this weekend's plan is for Evan and I to try and hit the Lower Town Arts and Music Festival in Paducah Kentucky and the First Ever Lusk Creek BBQ Cook Off... If our plan stays in place I'll be bringing you images from those in the coming week...

Below you'll find a few shots from last night's

Massac County Relay for Life held at Fort Massac State Park...

A shot of the luminarias and boothery...

Mendywright and I shared an absolutely DIVINE funnel cake made by these folks...

A shot of 'centerfield'...

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A Few Glimpses of the 2012 MCHS Homecoming Parade

I DO so enjoy Homecoming Parade Day, but I'm so sorry to say that without Willy Jak's operating at full steam as the parade rolled by, it was not quite the same as last year and years past...

Regarding the shooting of the Homecoming Parade, before I left yesterday I sat down to go through an external hard drive and try to figure out how many years worth of Homecoming parades I have. If I'm not mistaken I have video and photo footage of the last four years and as I continue to get organized I'm going to pull that footage from the depths and show it to you here and at KCoJax.SmugMug.com

As for yesterday's shoot, it was a beautiful day for a parade and I've been a bit "underground", so I saw several people yesterday I hadn't seen in ages... All in all, a great day...

Here are a few of my faves...

I was evidently delaying a trip to "the DQ" or something
because youngest kiddo pictured here looks a little disgruntled with my presence...

This gorgeous dahling HAD to leave the park yesterday thinking, "What was up with the crazy lady with the camera..." She saw me just as I was about to take the shot and grinned from ear to ear... I then went over and told her that what I was shooting was the way she looked all "Jenny in Forest Gump" standing there with her sign and her headband staring off into the abyss... So she resumed her prior stance...

I did something with this shot that I don't normally do and that was to "tweak the perspective and whatnot" ...
I'm self taught, so I don't know what that's technically called. :) It didn't turn out exactly as I had hoped...
But I was taken by the upward symetry of the peak of the church, the cheerleaders arm and the flag...

And THIS... This one might go on record as one of my favorite candid shots of all time...
Happy Faces!! Someone please let me know who this man in the red hat is... he has a wonderfully soulful face and smiling eyes and I would love to shoot him again sometime..

Well ... that's all I have for today, gang ... Thank you so much for stopping by to check in. You Can *Like* KCoJax Candids on Facebook

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The photos from yesterday's parade shoot, as well as everything else on my hard drive (as I get it uploaded) is/will be available for purchase at KCoJax.SmugMug.com - You'll be able to browse by specific shoots, particular events and also you'll have a chance to pick up a canvased shot of the Metropolis Bridge or something for your foyer wall :)

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Have a grand and groovy day!

Be Kind To One Another...

and Don't Text and Drive!

Labor Day Parade 2012 and SmugMug

I left my apartment yesterday morning about seven or so minutes after the parade started.

I had slept late after having an amazing brainstorming, catching up and reminiscing session with one of my dearest friends on earth. Actually I had slept late after staying up until 4 a.m. or so after our visit... writing, organizing and working on some of the projects we had discussed...

I arrived at Fort Massac to find that I had plenty of time to find my location and get in place. I approached the officer who was blocking off the entrance of the fort (near Big John's) and asked him if the parade traffic would be filtered into the fort...

"Sure ... we can do that!", he said.

"Groovy! Thanks! I want to shoot the parade as it's entering the concrete Fort Gates and with the Laidlaw building in the background!!"

"Oh.. That'll be fine...", I wish he'd said it like Ward Cleaver, but he said it like an officer of the law.

I shot a few shots from there and ran to the fort gate and waited for the parade to reach the east end of fifth street. As the parade arrived I noticed the officer had moved his car, but was waving the parade into the gravel road that goes between Laidlaw and Big John's.

I was absolutely devastated, but he was apologetic so I brushed it off and shot from the street... You can see the slide show below - images, merchandise and whatnot will soon be available as the week progresses at http://kcojax.smugmug.com/CandidEvents/Labor-Day-Parade and http://www.cafepress.com/flawnocho/9339565

You can see some of my favorite shots below the video...