This is my 3rd Mermaid parade, and like everything I do more than once, I try to have a different experience of it the next time around. Over the last year I've grown so much with photography, but none of it will have matter too much when it comes to photographing a parade in the afternoon sun.

I describe my experience at the parade, and get a bit technical in my use and description of the sunny 16 rule of photography.

  It now marks one year on the calendar since last year's Mermaid Parade. This time, I DO have that 85mm f1.8 lens that I wished I had last year. That AND a new Camera body. I'll be rocking the Canon 60D for its first tour of duty during the parade. The forecast