Saturday, December 3, 2011

Renaissance Revisited - Mud Man #1



The Big Cahoona behaved beautifully during this excursion, with little post-capture work necessary. In fact, it is the best shoot at the Festival so far...

These guys do a bit that is fantastic, creating solid comedy out of, of all things, mud. In years past we've seen this guy standing near the entrance wearing a sandwich sign, taking pictures with folks on the way in and hamming it up for the act. Someone not familiar with Festival culture may think that it's nothing more than big boys acting like children.

But how wrong they would be! Seeing the act being honed over the past couple of years can only point to a respect for the seriousness and consummate professionalism with which they treat the act. And their incredibly elastic expressions and movements make great fodder for a photographer.

These guys are great, and make a tough job seem easy three times a day.

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