I usually don't do people: Ruttger's Oktoberfest '09

You may have heard of this little thing that Ruttger's does called Oktoberfest. In short, it's not a little thing. Oktoberfest is a three day celebration complete with more food than you can shake a stick at, over 150 vendors, and lots of beer and polka.

I'm not going to lie-- I had a sweet job this year. My mission: take pictures. Though I'm still not certain that I captured what the administration was looking for, I did have a ton of fun doing it. I struggle with having people pose, so I avoided that as much as possible. I can confidently say that out of around 700 pictures, at least 20 of them might be useable. It's a good thing that's not my batting average...

The food was phenomenal. A Terry Dox buffet comes highly recommended.

A vendor's apples tempted me...

Many talented people came to entertain young and old.

Concentration

A little frost on the pumpkin... if I had a pumpkin. (Bay Lake)

Every fall it seems like I put off what I enjoy most until it's too late. The shorter days and cooler temps bring color change, fog, and frost. Working at a resort, there are plenty of subjects and many opportunities to catch some interesting shots, but it seems that I never have my camera with me. Scraping my windshield this morning I had two realizations: I better get the car port cleaned so I don't have to scrape on too many more mornings, and I better take some pictures before all the leaves fall of the trees and the cold, dark, desolate winter is upon us. Though I didn't get too many leaf pictures (yet), I did manage to get some neat ones of the lake.

Bay Lake

I strongly encourage you to click the thumbnails. Bigger is better.

I a little too chilly for a dip