We attended the local Okoberfest at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim tonight with family members Jack and Irene. I've been fortunate to have attended the "real" one in München (Munich), Germany and this one tonight is quite authentic - only a single "beer hall", though, instead of a dozen. The beer hall is under a humongous tent - largest I've ever seen. It could probably have covered 2-3 family-sized homes. The inside had long tables with an "umpah" band at the end (no tuba, though). Outside the main tent were several booths selling traditional German foods as well as gifts and souvenirs. Pictured above is a cook preparing potato cakes. Below that is an interior shot of the beer hall with the band and dancing.
I love to shoot travel photos in available light, because it avoids that artificial look when using flash. I simply open up the aperture all the way and increase the ISO to 800 or 1600 and fire away. Setting your white balance for incandescent light (in this case) helped render more accurate colors, but if shooting RAW format, this may be adjusted in post-processing.
For more information on the München Oktoberfest (largest in Germany), click on: http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/. This year was their 176th!
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