It's a rare occasion that I shoot for pleasure. I am not one to run a bunch of shots though my camera if they don't have an end purpose.

Though I do love street photography.

One of my passions is to watch people and capture them unaware. But unfortunately, these days, in such a litigious society it has more complications than I want to overcome. So I photograph my friends, when the light is right and I can carry a light camera, lens and no flash.

Commando so to speak.

Last Saturday, the weekend before Halloween, was the annual Krewe of Boo parade. It's kind of a locals thing. We don't often have that pleasure. Usually our time is spent trying to circumvent traffic blockades en route to work. 

Over the following four posts I will share some of the shots I grabbed. Rarely do I discuss my equipment but I will say the lens was a cheap $200 model so I had very low expections for and it surprised the heck out of me.

The Canon 40mm STM 2.8 is quite the surprising lens. It is sharp as a tack. Dang near as sharp as my $1600 50mm 1.2L.  Just some details for the photographers out there looking for a lightweight, quality lens for street work. The negative is it's slow focusing in low light and has an inability to catch focus in darker conditions, so be prepared. In the conditions I work in I need fast so testing it on the parade was quite helpful. 

Without further ado here are the first ones. The Horses. My past life. Go to this link to see lots more photos of them that are just as cool.

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