Down the Road

Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Tag: Indiana State Fair

  • A visit to the 2021 Indiana State Fair

    Well, this post was originally scheduled to go live on Tuesday, but there was a glitch and it went live immediately. I pulled it, but then thought better of it and am putting it back up. Today is the last day of the State Fair anyway so it’s appropriate. Before my kids grew up and…

  • single frame: Bee rider

    A girl riding at the State Fair.

  • single frame: Sunset leaving the State Fair

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  • Light and color at the Indiana State Fair

    Here are some photographs from one of my visits to the Indiana State Fair this year. I love going to the fair!

  • The fair at dusk Pentax ME, 50mm f/1.4 SMC Pentax-M Fujifilm Superia X-tra 800 2015

  • Thunderbolt Pentax ME, 50mm f/1.4 SMC Pentax-M Fujifilm Superia X-tra 800 2015

  • Focusing on the details at the Hook’s Drug Store Museum

    Hook’s Drug Stores were an Indiana institution for almost 100 years, until pharmacy consolidation saw the chain merged into Revco, which was then merged into CVS. They’ve been on such a buyout jag for so long that I think someday every drug store will be a CVS. One remaining vestige of Hook’s is the Hook’s Drug…

  • Ferris wheel at night Pentax ME, 50mm f/1.4 SMC Pentax-M Fujicolor Superia X-tra 800 2015

  • A day at the fair Kodak EasyShare Z730 Zoom 2015 This old Kodak digital camera was born for colorful scenes on blue-sky days.

  • Bold color at the Indiana State Fair

    It’s too big to fit into my front pants pocket. It feels clunky in the hand. Its smallish screen washes out in direct sunlight. Its on-off-mode dial is fiddly and inconvenient. So why do I still occasionally shoot my Kodak EasyShare Z730? Because I love the colors I get with it! I took the Z730 to the…

  • Dentifrices Kodak EasyShare Z730 Zoom 2015 Vintage dental care gear at the Hook’s Drug Store Museum on the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

  • Hats Kodak EasyShare Z730 Zoom 2015 A leather-and-Western-wear vendor at the Indiana State Fair is crammed to the gills with goods. It’s a photographer’s playground.

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