Sometimes your photography day is a failure for yourself.

I went out yesterday with my wife and grandsons to a parade and carnival. While I admit it was a bit more of a challenge because I also was helping supervise two young boys in amongst a significant crowd I was disappointed that out of 95 photos there were 6 I thought were decent. Less than 10%. I know it has been quite some time since I have attempted street photography. What I found difficult was the composition. I could have used a long telephoto lens but I feel like that is sniping people. I went out with a 24-70 f/2.8 lens.

I know there were many good subjects and opportunities, I just haven’t been able to find them yet.

I did catch some action shots of some of the performers in the parade.

There were some interesting clothing styles that caught my attention and lots of colorful scenes.

What I found most to be a most difficult challenge was to photograph the people and the crowds without attracting attention which often results in a pose rather than natural actions.

Maybe I had too high of expectations and need to revisit these images in a few days after all, I am often my hardest critic.