DECEMBER 2023

My Experience Photographing Winterfest 

Albert Chain

As you could’ve seen in the Winterfest section here on our site, I took many of the photos we published from the event. Today I'd like to share about the process of taking those photos. 

While at the event, I thought about what would be most important to include in our newspaper: the stands, the non-profit organizations, the food, etc., and I tried to take photographs of those things. Basically, I was thinking like a reporter. This is a wonderful trick to use when you are taking photos of an event for professional use.

Second, I took photos of the products to show what was being sold and what type of products were on display. Many stands had incredible setups. For example, in the stand of “Bidagana by Barivi,” they were selling teas and presenting the products in a special way to catch people’s attention. When shooting products like those, I wanted to properly show how nice the displays looked, and I was thinking about the angles from which I took each photo.

Finally, I also took photos of the activities there, including face-painting, bubbles balls, bouncy houses, and more.