Looking Back At The Band

I love taking photos while I'm marching in the parade.  I'm in the front row so it's fun to take photos looking back at the band.  While we're marching and playing, I hold my trumpet with one hand and hold the camera up over my head with the other.  After many years of doing this I think I've gotten pretty good at it!

Stop Marching!

Once again, Jay is stopping the band.  We found out later there was this motorcycle drill team ahead of us that was doing some stuff which stopped the entire parade.  I'm sure it was cool but I hope they won't be back.  No offense to them but lots of stopping never makes for a fun parade, at least for us.

Car Roses

Some lovely roses on one of the cars in the parade that someone special was sitting in.  I really liked the brightness of the roses against the dark car.

Turning a Corner

This was the last corner in the parade.  I thought it might look cool to take a pic as we were marching around it.  It came out a little dark so I played around with it in Lightroom.  :)

Rose Parade Panorama's

While we started crossing the Burnside bridge and were marching (slowly), I took several photos quickly then stitched them in Photoshop CS5. I think they came out pretty good, I especially like the first one.  :)

Bands Play Now!

In the Rose Parade are many high school marching bands, all being judged.  Close to the judges they have a big sign to let the directors know the band needs to start playing.  Mary grabbed it and started running through the band with it.  I tried to move WITH her as she was running when I took the pic.  turned out just how I expected - everything else is blurry except her!  Nice when it works right! :)