Over the weekend I was invited to photograph the Chile Pepper Festival, an event hosted by the Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation in downtown Phoenix.  When I say this was a cool event, I mean this was a cool event! Tons of people came out to sample cuisine from the plethora of local participating restaurants, this created a true sense of community. Each restaurant put their own clever spin on incorporating chile peppers into their recipes. There were Chocolate dipped chile peppers and chile pepper tatter tots and doughnuts with a hint of chile pepper, the list of creativity went on and on. The entertainment was lively and kept in with the latin theme. Shooting for this event was a lot of fun and with so much to work with, it made my job easy. My intention was to portray the event in its true essence, no flash necessary. I wanted to capture the atmosphere just as the eye would see it so that anyone viewing the photos would feel like they were there.