Floyd VA
August 24, 2009 by Spencer
Floyd VA; What a place to be on a Friday night! A good friend and a fellow photographer, Paul Salazr invited me to join him, and do some street photography. Whenever I get a chance to pick up the camera I almost always say yes. So off we went to Floyd, it’s about an hour and a half from my house. Now what you have to understand is that I am a rock and roll kinda guy growing up in the 60’s and 70’s, and bluegrass I thought that was something you cut with a lawn mower, what the heck I am going for the pictures? The best I can describe what happens on a Friday night is similar to what you would see if you have been to New Orleans’s Jackson Square, basically a bunch of musicians get together and play. If I saw one person with an instrument I saw fifty. It all starts at The Floyd Country Store; a true country store where you will find a dance floor and a stage where different groups setup. There’s only a small fee to sit and listen or dance. But I am there to do street photography, not dancing. This is where it gets interesting… all around the main drag you will find small groups of musicians. As I watched a group of older gentlemen playing, a young girl asked if she could join them and the response is sure sit right down. She sat down pulled out what I believe to be a mandolin then they asked her what song she wanted to play and what key. She named a song and off they went playing, she started sing along to the music. After about 15 or 20 songs later the girl politely excused herself, packed up her instrument up and moved on. Not twenty feet away a gentlemen was sitting on a bench playing fiddle and just having a great time. As I moved from group to group to get some shots, I found myself enjoying the music so much I was forgetting to take pictures. After about 3 hours I did mange to take a few.
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