Missed Opportunity

Although I would love to bring my camera everywhere I go, there are some times when I know it would be better protected if I just left it at home. I know this sounds safe, but as I tend to be accident prone, if anything were to happen to my camera, it would be game over. As I was thinking of missed opportunities, I immediately thought of some places I had never brought my camera, or a time when it had just slipped my mind to bring one.

One of these times was two summers ago up at a Harvest Festival upstate. Although I had been there once before, I knew better than to bring valuables as tents often got broken into. The people and energy at these events is unbelievable, and I knew it would have made for some excellent shots, particularly the people walking around in costume on stilts. They have a few big bonfires placed around the camp grounds, surrounded by stages of various types of music and vendors. The men and women on stilts were dressed with painted faces and costumes, and with the light of the bonfire, glow sticks, and stage lights, I think it would have made for an exciting shot of a portrait of these people. The area of the bonfire was especially beautiful because it had gatherings of large people. There was independent musicians as well playing bongos and harmonicas, and dancers all around. I think this area around the bonfire would have been a great series in and of it self capturing the faces of the musicians, the men and women on stilts, as well as the glow stick dancers, and of course all of it as a whole. I think the Harvest Festival bonfires had a great energy that would have translated amazing on my digital camera in color.

Even though it has not been a recent missed opportunity, I keep revisiting this thought in my head and what the images could have been. Hopefully if I get the chance to go back to the Harvest Festival or a similar concert festival event, I will most definitely have my camera on hand and ready to shoot.