New Work: Hopkinton (NH) State Fair

The Hopkinton State Fair is a Labor Day Weekend classic up here in the Granite State. This year, the four-day event celebrates its 100th anniversary. My day at the fairgrounds in Contoocook involved carnival rides, lots of "so bad, it's good" food, new friends, 4H displays, and of course some picture-taking.

When I photograph an event, I always take a photo of the sign. This helps me remember and identify at a later date where the rest of the images in the same folder were taken:

Below are some of my favorite images so far:

I've also been playing around with composition recently. The following two images are very atypical for me, but it's the type of work I'm seeing more and more on photo blogs and photography magazines:

(The Spiderman picture is my favorite image from the whole day. I love how tough the young subject is trying to act. I also think the background photo of the little girl with the ladybug face paint looks a lot like a young "Dayanara Diaz" from "Orange is the New Black.")

How are you spending your long weekend?

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