During early September, whilst out doing some Christmas shopping in Tunbridge Wells, my son and I heard some drumming! It’s was a samba band. We followed our ears to investigate and found Bloco Fogo playing in the centre by the clock tower.
Luckily I had my shiny new Olympus e620 with me, in the hope I’d have cause to use it, and I did!
After successfully pushing my way through to the front, using my son’s pram as a people plough, I attached the 50 to 150mm lens and started snapping away.
Now I must stress, at the time I was still getting used to the camera, and still am! So despite taking quite a few shots, these are the only one’s worth uploading, the rest are either out of focus, wrong exposure, or naff composition.
Bloco Fogo are an Afro-bloco samba band from Kent www.blocofogo.com. I’ve seen them before and have to say they are rather good, very loud, colourful and energetic. So loud in fact, that my son covered up his ears for the duration!
What do you think?
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Hi
Thanks for your kind words and great pics we are updating our website pictures soon and will be in touch if we would like to use yours . Why not come down on a tuesday night 7.30 to 9.30 and give a go yourself 🙂 its free at the forum 🙂
Many thanks
alex
Musical director of blocofogo.com
Brilliant photo’s and nice to get some smiling faces as we are usually concentrating too much and forget to smile. A shame that the rest of us did not get into the final selection but look forward to seeing anymore that you take in the future. Best Wishes Jan x (Bottom Surdo)