Some of our closest friends invited us to The North Texas Irish Festival this past weekend. We had never been before, so we thought we’d grab the new camera and see if we could make an evening out of it. We drove down from Frisco, and met up with them half way then had a great time and captured some very interesting images. It was a nice change from the typical wedding or senior photography shoot. You don’t usually get to have quite as many pints of Guinness or bowls of Irish stew when shooting a wedding, although we rarely turn down an on-the-job pint. :)
Well, before I get into too much trouble here, let’s take a look at the photos. This is one of the big Fair Park fountains, a really cute kid with a green mohawk and one of the musicians (Lucy McNeil) playing her bodhrán, very cool!
We wandered around shooting people’s dogs (admittance fee per dog, $1) they came in all shapes and sizes and the various vendors selling everything from t-shirts to broadswords. Looks like we might have a bright future in pet photography!
Mmmm patty melts and curly fries, is that Irish? Check out the ladies of Fair Park!
Then, as the night wore on, we found ourselves following the sound of some really good tunes. It was Great Big Sea and they were so good. We loved the traditional Irish songs, and the audience assisted rendition of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, just awesome. I have a fantastic video of the whole thing, taken on our new Canon EOS-1D Mark IV but Stacia refuses to let me put it on the Internet. boooo. Lean on her everyone, maybe we can get it out there! She says if we get 100 comments on this post, she’ll let me put it out there. Come one everyone, it’s hilarious, so comment!!!!
Check out the band’s bio, they are a very interesting group.
The night was great fun, and we made some new friends, just an awesome time had by all. I can’t wait to get out there and do it again on St. Patrick’s day! The whole thing makes me want to go back to Ireland for another long visit, someday, someday soon.
