Head Tale

We haven’t been to Regina Folk Fest for a few years since we got our RV and now tend to be camping every weekend in the summer.

But since it was the RFF’s 50th Anniversary this year, we decided to cut camping short this weekend so we could catch at least part of the festival. Shea and the kids caught a ride out to our campsite on Thursday then I whipped out Friday night after work, spent the evening and half of Saturday there before coming back in for the Saturday evening of the festival.

It was a great evening and made me realise how much I miss the Folk Fest.  (A fond memory from a few years ago – CTV was doing vox pops about the festival and approached me.  I didn’t have much time to think about it so blurted something generic and dumb then as the camera guy walked away, I literally chased him down and said “Do you mind if I do that again?”  On my second try I said “I think that if every day was like Regina Folk Fest, the world would be a better place!”  I was happy to see they ended up using my quote to close their piece that night!)

I have a few other thoughts about the Folk Fest, Garth Brooks, politics and some other interconnected issues but instead, I wanted to make an observation about…amateur photography.

It’s pretty hard to take decent photos with an iPhone at the best of times but I remember hearing the light at dusk called “God’s Lighting Rig” as that’s a good way to guarantee good lighting.

I’m an atheist but happen to believe that’s true and was fascinated to see this effect magnified even further by the light reflecting into Victoria Park off the windows of a nearby office building.

I managed to capture Sasha enjoying the music and reminded me of that quote I gave CTV – how it was great to be among a large group of people who had a vibe of love, inclusion and joy.  (Well, most of them – we had a couple people move our lawn chairs when we left our spot to go for food and we had a drunken Seth Rogan-soundalike behind us holding court for a while.  But overall, great evening!)