Riding in Style to the Easter Egg Hunt...

This was a nice take on something that I've been shooting pretty much every year I've been here and was a nice twist to how Easter Egg hunts have been shot in the past. Earlier in the week we had gotten an email saying the Baird Easter Egg hunt would let kids ride on fire trucks to the park for the hunt. This may have been one of the few times I thought it might be cool to have grown up in a small town. I mean, what kid never wanted to ride on a fire truck? Especially when you're riding on a fire truck to a park to get free candy!!

When I got there I talked to some of the people organizing it and their explanation was even better. Instead of all the kids showing up at staggered times and them having to essentially herd cats from trying to start their egg hunt early, they all show up on the fire trucks and they start a few minutes after every one gets off the fire engines. Brilliant. The other great part about going to the area towns is how well-received you are by the people there. It's a nice feeling.

Hoppy Easter Egg Hunters...

Saturdays in the Spring are usually really busy with all the sports and other events going on. However, the one Saturday of the Spring that's relatively slow is the Saturday before Easter. Most of the sports are played on Thursday and Friday and the weekend is left pretty open. The one event that is going on is Easter egg hunts... lots of them. I ended up covering two different ones. It was a nice change from what I had been covering and it's probably been 5 or 6 years since I've covered an Easter egg hunt.

The great thing about all this was my two assignments were spaced out enough that I could go and get there a few minutes early scope things out and then stay awhile to make a decent photo. The first place I went was great because they were having multiple hunts for different age groups all on the same field. So I could shoot one hunt, then figure out if I needed to shoot from a different spot or not. It was fun because it was almost like being allowed a do-over, since I usually only get one try. Overall it was a lot of fun to shoot and I was happy with the images I made.