From California to Georgia, there are a dozen notable St.Patrick’s Day parades that are staged annually in the United States.\u00a0 But the mac daddy of them all occurs in South Boston.\u00a0 In 1737 the Irish Society of Boston hosted the first parade to honor St. Patrick’s Day.\u00a0 Today, this parade can draw a crowd of spectators numbering more than 800,000.\u00a0 You won’t find big expensive floats like the Rose Bowl Parade or Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, but come on now … the Irish are bit more down to earth.\u00a0\u00a0This parade is a casual affair.\u00a0 People have fun.<\/p>\n
Above all else, anyone thinking of attending this event should be aware of one thing … don’t\u00a0expect to\u00a0find a parking space!\u00a0 Take public transportation.\u00a0 Parking in Southie is a scarce on normal days; but when the parade route is cleared of all parked vehicles, those displaced vehicles (belonging to local residents) fill every available nook and crany.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The light was a bit challenging this year … bright sun and deep shadows.\u00a0 In such situations, a little fill-flash is often the solution to reducing unwanted facial shadows.\u00a0 Though I had a flash in my bag, I neglected to use it because it has been quite some time since I have done a shoot in this light.\u00a0\u00a0 This means a lot more work in post-processing to recover the shadow details (not something I really want to do if I can avoid it.)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DAVIS11_0583.jpg\")
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