I had a good time–my first event coverage. I initially was shooting with a fast f/1.4 50mm on my Nikon body, which is a bit myopic (35mm film equivalent of 75mm), but led to some nice Artist portraits, you`ll see in that group. Since I was close to everything, I switched to my Tokina 12-24mm, which is woefully slow in low light at f/4, but I think worked out okay. I didn`t have the space to really set up lighting and light each booth and each person as I was shooting, so all of the images are available light.

The Concourse is a great space– an old wooden indoor railroad yard –one person told me that they brought the cars over from Berkeley and Oakland on barges. The central space has a mezzanine level that allows you to get some great overviews of whatever event is going on below, thus the image at the top.

The craft fair was also where I shot Frederic J Null’s stone tables, which has led to some ongoing work.