Matthew Durr Photography

As promised, here is the last set from my weekend Renaissance fair outing. It turned out to be a lot more fun than I was expecting, and the people (and things) there were very interesting to photograph. The themes for set one and two were interesting people and things, respectively. This last theme really is just miscellaneous, as they don’t all fit into a specific category. Regardless, they’re worth sharing. 🙂

All of the following taken with the Nikon 100mm f/2.8 and NEX-7.

Firestream
100mm, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/800 (Monochrome)

Before…

100mm, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/1250

and after… 🙂

100mm, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/1250

War Speech
100mm, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/1250

Baton Battle
100mm, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/1250

Joust
100mm, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/3200

Final Sword Battle
100mm, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/1600

Throwin’ Stars
100mm, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/640

This one’s MINE!
100mm, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/800

Don’t be shy…
100mm, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/1000 (Monochrome)

Well that’s it for my experiences at the Renaissance fair. Conditions for taking pictures (and being out there) were pretty rough, no thanks to the harsh sunlight and heat. However, with a little editing in LR 4, the dynamic range of the NEX-7’s sensor helped save many shots from the cull list (single-shot HDR, anyone?). This range really has made more types of shots possible (after a bit of editing) without any real image OR pixel degradation. A happy camper here, for sure. 🙂

Thanks for dropping by guys and gals, have a great day. Still working on the 100mm f/2.8 review, will hopefully have that ready by weekend’s end.