Whitby Goth Festival Oct 2009

I went to the Whitby Goth Festival again this year and was slightly more comfortable than I felt last year though the feeling of being part of a predatory species wasn’t lessened as there seemed to be more photographers than Goths. To get round this I used my new EOS500 with a single lens (Sigma 105mm macro) for the whole day and composed everything through that. It meant I wasn’t laden down with equipment and felt less intrusive than last year with the monopod and such.

The other good thing about using a prime lens is that I had to go to the shots rather than searching through the range on my bigger zoom, this did limit some ideas I had but was good fun and a great exercise for the day.

Will go again in the Spring for the Spring Goth Festival and try even harder then, building my confidence with each visit.

This first gallery is mainly based around the Goth festival though I still have more to put up, I do have some more traditional Whitby shots which I will get up as soon as possible.

Steve