I first came across the Beltane Fire festival when flicking through a national geographic book . I’m a sucker for strong visuals and when i saw the the festival was in Edinburgh , a mere hop and a skip on easy jet from stansted, flights were booked and preps made to go see this thing for myself . The challenge as a photographer is , low light , high contrast , big crowds and lots of bare breasts. Hi iso of 1600-3200 and I shot the whole night on just a 50mm 1.4 , a very fast lens with great sharpness when you can hold it still enough for long enough . Some shots I used a little fill flash but mostly it was ambient lighting.The images give a flavour of the evening , its all good clean fun … mostly ; )
