Livermore Rodeo Parade
Today, I shot over 2 GB of RAW images at the Livermore Rodeo Parade!
Oh, I never told you that Livermore has a rodeo? … “the world’s fastest!” This does not mean that the rodeo starts at noon and ends at 12:05 PM. 
This means that we have the world’s fastest TIMES for events. The official Web site for the rodeo is here.
Until moving to California, I had never lived within an hour’s drive of an ocean, four hours’ drive of the mountains, and in a town with a rodeo! I decided to shoot the rodeo parade this year, having watched the parade as a spectator before.
Since I shoot camera RAW images exclusively, and I knew that eLivermore.com would be posting parade photos TODAY (yes, the images are jpgs), I did not feel the pressure of a deadline. My biggest problems were finding a place with a scenic background and shooting over and around spectators who showed up after I did and positioned themselves between my camera’s lens and the parade. 
Fortunately, the polite people of Livermore repositioned themselves when I politely explained that I was set up to shoot the parade. Thank you! (The tripod is usually a giveaway! Later in the day, I had to fully extend the top portion and stand atop the edge of a planter to successfully shoot over the heads of the standing crowd.)
So, the eLivermore.com site posted 15 pages of jpg images of today’s parade and preparations. If you have never seen a rodeo parade, You may want to check them out! There are also photos from earlier parades, historical parade photos, and rodeo photos! It looks like the photographer was very near my position, near the reviewing stand.
In the photos, you will notice a lot of very active “seniors.” We asked long-time residents, “Since we now live in Livermore, will we live forever, too?”
They said, “No, you moved here too late!”
-Bill at
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