Pacific Beach Hotel Natsu Matsuri Takes 2 & 3 - 8/21/2011

I've been to the festival three times and each time, I learn something new, and each time I discover new challenges. I learned a little more on using my flash, using white balance setting to kelvin, and also using higher ISO (+1000). But, most of all, I learned how to fix my photos in PSE to remove the yellow and red casting from the bad lighting. I only wish that I could learn to take the shot w/o having to fix them as much. This was a fun way to enjoy the great entertainment and also a great learning experience.

This shot was taken from my first outing. It was at F2.8 1/125 w/ ISO 1000.  The shot came out really dark.  I was able to fix the exposure and remove the reddish tone in the photo. 
We started out early evening before the sunset so it was really bright and sharp.

As it got darker, I used flash but tried to use it at not such a high intensity that it causes a dark shadow in the background.

Whenever possible, I tried w/o flash, and sometimes it created a bit of noise.. 

From the three different nights at the festival, I saw different entertainments.

I set this shot using white balance of 2500K Kelvin. It gave a more natural color w/o the reddish-yellow casting.

Lots of people were decked out in their grand kimono attire.

There were some different foods offered each time I went.  This night, they had grilled salmon.

This has been a great event.  I hope they'll continue this again next year.