This image was taken a few years ago and was my first location shoot with the Pentax 645z Medium Format camera. I like to take chances and going to this shoot armed with a camera that I had only used once before was a risk for sure. It turned out to be also a pretty windy day and I had to tie down my 6ft octabank so it didn’t blow away!
Leading up to the shoot I saw that the Lost Carnival were coming to a location in my town. I jumped at the chance. I have always had a fascination with the circus ( not animal acts but people). The Lost Carnival re-enact the Circus as it was in the mid 1800’s with Clowns, Bearded Ladies and such like! So I dropped them a message and asked if they would be interested in some shots? It was the start of 4 shoots over a 5 year period where I would shoot different actors in different locations. As the shoots happened I tried different lighting to go with the performers - more to come in this series!
