Monday, January 7, 2008

first night burlington

I had the pleasure of covering the New Year's celebration in downtown Burlington for the Free Press: First Night. A 25-year tradition, First Night rings in the new year with music, dance, art and song with a variety of performances and showcases highlighting all the creative goodness Burlington has to offer. I lucked out with a not-so-nippy night and even ran into a few old friends and also some new ones including fellow photog and Free Press freelancer Daria Bishop. Here's a selection of some of my favorite photos and moments I captured before I tipped my pint to 2008!



This was awesome. The Dragons and Drums Parade was zooming down Church Street and I hopped into the winding dragon for some sweet shots. This kid was gracious enough to let me flash my camera numerous times until I was happy with what I got. This was a sort of "Hail Mary" approach as I was running backwards and sideways during the entire shot.



Out of the fray I snapped this shot of a group of kids waiting to wind their way through Burlington in the Dragon parade.



I captured this moment of a girl simply radiating at the bar talking with someone I can only assume she was really happy to be with.



My first shot. I knew tonight was going to be great as soon as I walked by Muddy Waters and saw this little guy waving to me. After playing some games through the glass I of course couldn't leave without snapping a few frames. You can see his proud parents watching this cute moment in the background - this little guys 15 minutes came much sooner than most!



The lighting of the snow torch-chili pepper-thing. No idea but I'm always a fan of anything creative....lighting snow on fire? Check.



Church Street was lined with cut-outs of famous paintings that people could poke their heads through. Captured some funny moments but I just loved this girl peering through with her huge ski gloves on.

Keep tuning in!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The photo of the radiant girl, if you look behind her the girl at the end of the bar looks like she could be a twin or at least a sister of the one you focused on.

daria said...

How darling is that little boy waving! and the parents smiling in the background totally makes it.
I added text to my recent looooong post, so you can find out where those places are now. I meant to do it last night, but I opted to play Rockband instead.
hope you're enjoying the warm days!
db