pepper fest

Pepper Fest has been a time for me to try out new ideas in photography. Some of my favorite photos have come out of these annual events, so I was glad to once again get an invitation to photograph the annual Pittsboro Pepper Festival. This was my fourth year documenting the festivities. It was not called Pepper Fest the first year, but rather the Seeds of Change Pepper Tasting. I captured this particular event with a Canon point and shoot.

Pretty straight forward and to the point – peppers, pepper tasters, the end.  Since then the pepper festival has grown and evolved. The same can be said about my life in photography.

For this year’s festival, the big attraction for me was all the kids playing with the giant bubble wands. I shot this event with my Nikon D300. This was the last fest for that camera; I sold it last week. I used an ultrawide lens for the most part, which demands that you get close. So I got close and then got closer. I wiped bubble spatter off the lens more than a dozen times. All worth it though.