Blue Ridge Folklife Festival 2016

[PFMcFarland]

Held at Ferrum College every year, it shows how area life was back in the olden days with displays of buildings, farm implements, animals, music, food, crafts, and some old cars and hot rods.

It does pay to have some back-up when shooting something like this. I had planned on using my Nikon F100 outfit, but I forgot to put some fresh batteries in it the night before, so it died right after three frames. I switched to my trusty Nikon P7700 digital that I brought along mainly to shoot videos, but which now had to the duty of being the main camera. I don’t like using it outdoors on a bright day because the shiny screen makes it difficult to see exactly what I am getting, so I mostly aim in the general direction of the subject while looking over the top of the camera, and hope it captures what I want it to.

Here are some of the 39 stills, and four videos that I considered displayable.

Hit-and–Miss Engine

Stovers by P F McFarland, on Flickr



Two young entrepreneurs selling corn meal.

The Corn Grinders by P F McFarland, on Flickr



Entranced by the pigs

Looking At The Guineas by P F McFarland, on Flickr



The Line-up

Antiques Row by P F McFarland, on Flickr


See the rest of the photos and videos on Flickr at https://flic.kr/s/aHskHDGgm9

PF

[jamesmck]

Like it, Phil, bluegrass and all.

[Julio1fer]

Old iron at Ferrum, very fitting. Those sport cars in the last one make me drool.

[GrahamS]

Nice shots, Phil. Very entertaining. I feel your frustration with the lack of a VF on the P7700.