Lostvestige: The Fair

All the bright colors, lights and atmosphere are a feast to my eyes and I just want to capture every bit of it with my camera. I remember being dazzled by carnival ride photos I saw on flickr years and years ago and I wanted so badly to take the same kind of pictures at my local fair. Sadly all I had was my 1.2 megapixel phone camera and when I uploaded them to flickr they just didn't compare. I think that was about five or six years ago and I have taken pictures every year since. This year I used my DSLR on manual and I'm pretty excited about how far I've come!

Armed with two cameras and a backpack of lenses, I was ready!

Steven and I rode with my mom and sister and then met up with some friends.

I can't get enough of this ferris wheel. Every year the cars are painted slightly differently, one year it was just pink and yellow, one year it was all blue (boring!!) I think these colors are my favorite so far.

When my friends and I were younger we would get to the fair as soon as it opened, buy an all you can ride pass and would stay there all day riding rides until the firework show at night, which was about 12 hours! Now we usually just go for a few hours in the afternoon, ride one or two things, EAT, and get out of there before the huge crowds come at night.

Every year we at least go on the ferris wheel. It scares me a little but the view is amazing!

Something strange happened and we ended up with more ride tickets than we expected, so me and my friend Alex rode a few more things, including this ride, which is my favorite!

I went in there once, it was just pictures of weird things. Disappointing! But I don't know what else I expected for one dollar..

This ferris wheel is scarier than it looks. It goes really fast, sounds like it's about to fall apart and goes around so many times that you think you're never going to get off. Alex and I rode it once and nearly peed our pants we were so scared. (But we're kinda wimps anyway when it comes to rides!)