In spite of a very rocky start on Saturday and modest turnout on Sunday, I felt like Cider Days was a success and I think Bridget felt the same! I sold several prints and enjoyed the numerous compliments and encouragement I received. We learned a LOT about what we could do better next time and I enjoyed fraternizing with the other photographers who were ‘peddling’ their work. Here are a few highlights (and lowlights) from the weekend…

Here is Bridget’s mother helping us put the finishing touches on our booth saturday morning. We managed to cram a lot of stuff into a small area.

The festival opened at 10:00am, at approximately 9:57 it started raining. Initially the forecast did not call for rain and our tent did not have sides…so saying we were ill-prepared would be an understatement. Our booth, and some of my photos were basically ruined before the show even started.

I estimate that it rained for appoximately 5 of the 7 hours of Cider Days on Saturday, but thanks to some quick help by Bridget’s mom we improvised some tarp sides, keeping most of our stuff fairly dry for the remainder of the show.

Things took a turn for the better when we were awarded the “best regional artist”. We were pretty stoked to display our award. All in all it was a lot of fun spending the day showing off and occasionally selling my work. And most of all just spending time with good friends.