The Pixels in Pete's World

Chance favors the prepared, so I read somewhere. It’s definitely true especially when covering an event. In part 2 of my coverage of Riverside’s Artnival over the weekend, here are some tips.

Artnival, a concatenation of the words “Art” and “Carnival,” materialized as a family fun event in Riverside’s White Park this afternoon. For its debut, this event put together by Cosme Cordova owner of Division 9 Gallery, showed it’s not all gloom for the arts even in bad economic times. When budget woes force an austere [...]

One of the biggest appeals to photographing mostly people is the chance to meet new people. Even the most ordinary person has at least one interesting and remarkable story. You just have to ask the right way and hopefully that will come through when they talk about it. But you need to be ready with [...]

After the formal affair ends, there are still plenty of picture-taking opportunities. Remember, there is limited seating, each graduate only gets a few tickets for their family and guests. So you can expect that the graduates will have family and friends waiting outside with balloons, flowers and other gifts. Be ready for lots of hugging, hand-shaking and [...]