events – Fotomonkey Photography

Apr 19

by FotoMonkey in events 0 comments tags: a7iv, mural, sony, Springfield

Spring Mural Jam

Today was a pretty good day. I wanted to get some photos in since I figured I’d be sticking around the house with Easter. A quick check of the local events calendar showed this mural event in what’s known as the Phoenix Arts District. This is a location I’ve visited before but I found a whole different area what I hadn’t explored. There was a ton more to see and the artists were out en masse working on new pieces. There are plenty of abandoned and partially demolished buildings for the murals to be done on. Of course, if you’ve read many of my posts, you know that I love abandoned buildings. There really was some outstanding work. I was also surprised at the artists. There were families, buff gym guys, solo women, and what looked like groups of friends. It was clear that this was their passion. Some worked out of their cars. Others had elaborate trailers. There was some serious energy going into these pieces. Some of the pieces were just insane. Or looked like they were going to be. The event ran until 6pm and I left around 4. I will definitely be going back to see […]

Mar 09

by FotoMonkey in events 0 comments tags: festival, film, kodak gold, m6, music festival

It’s Festival Time!

The time is changing. The weather is warming. Spring is upon us and it’s bringing a sundry of festivals with it. Last weekend kicked things off and this weekend we have another music festival. The Blues festival is right around the corner. It seems like every weekend has multiple festivals to tickle your fancy. Music. Seafood. Strawberries. You name it. There’s bound to be a festival for you out there. This weekend, I headed out to the Natural Life Music Festival at Jacksonville Beach’s Seawalk Pavilion. I wasn’t familiar with anyone in the lineup, but they still entertained. Heck, I even found myself tapping my foot to the beat a couple of times. This is going to be the first in a series. I’m thinking of calling it Festivals on Film. We’ll see if it sticks. Regardless, it was an opportunity for me to take out my Leica M6. I had a Summicron 35/2 v3 and several rolls of Kodak Gold 200. I shot everything at box speed. I didn’t stay for the entire day since it’s a small area and I felt like I just kept running into the same people. There were still some interesting characters out there, […]

Feb 09

by FotoMonkey in events 0 comments tags: car show, m10, small town, xt30ii

It’s a Classic

I was scrolling through Facebook last night when an ad popped up for the 8th Annual Hastings Blvd Car Show and I felt like it’d be a cool thing to check out. I’m always looking for something to do on the weekend that allows me to take some nice pictures. So what the heck is a Hastings? Hastings is a small town in North Florida. It’s got a population of less than a thousand and it’s another one of those towns I’ve driven through countless times but never took the time to stop. The day started off pretty bad. I had this great vision to capture a nice timelapse with my GoPro only to realize that I’d forgotten the screw to secure it to the mount. I managed to find a hollow wall anchor in the car that actually held it in place, though. Win! Well, not for long. I was using the media mount and there seems to be some sort of issue with it. Every time I’d turn it on, it would just keep cutting and powering back on. As soon as I took it out of the media mount, it’d work great. Ok, no problem. Ditch the […]

Feb 03

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Double the Pleasure

I haven’t had too many opportunities to get out to any car shows lately but a couple caught my eye today. The first stop was the Crossroads Cruise. Unfortunately, since this is a monthly event, the turnout was very small. I’m pretty sure there were only a half dozen cars there. I was probably done in about 10 minutes tops. Regardless, they had some nice cars (and even a sweet BMW motorcycle). I think one of my favorites from the Cruise was the Ford Customline. The older couple who owned it really went all out. Not only did they have an old drive-in tray on the window but they were also playing music from the speaker. I could almost feel the anticipation for the movie to start. Since this show was so small, it left me in a bit of limbo. The other show was clear across town. Well, I decided to suck it up and headed over. What a great decision. The second show was much larger with closer to 100 cars. I feel for the judges. It was a mix of old and new and even included some lifted trucks. I think my favorite here was a 1928 […]