Leon S Loc: Minnesota

Thought I would share a few pictures I took while a visitor to an Indian Pow Wow held at Treasure Island Casino. I would encourage everyone to put a pow wow on their agenda. What a great opportunity to test your skills at action photography. With permission you usually can take pictures through most of the activities but sale of the photos is prohibited. I found the participants to be very friendly and really polite to the elderly (which I guess included me). You'll need a long lens and a steady hand. This is my second year for this and I plan on attending many more. I only which I had a better background for the shots, but they are what they are. These Indians were competing for cash prizes in the four digits.

wayne-03 Loc: Minnesota

Great pictures, I agree everyone should go to a Pow Wow. I recently moved to Minnesota and went to my first Pow Wow at Red Wing, Minnesota in 2013. Very colorful event, I took over 1500 pictures the first day.

(Download)


(Download)

Highplains Coyote Loc: Roggen, Colorado

Great pictures.

I really wished I had gone to a Pow Wow when I lived in Kansas. I went to school in Hoyt and Mayetta KS and had several Indian classmate/friends from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation located just outside Mayetta.

I will have to add this to my bucket list.

Leon S Loc: Minnesota

I was there that year too. Really was hot and the sun was brutal for photography. We probably saw one another. I'll be there next year too, God permitting.

photojet Loc: TX/CO

Nice shots! I really enjoy Pow Wows. I photographed the Ft. Lewis College Pow Wow thirteen of the fifteen years that I lived in Durango, Colorado. Awesome colors and action. The children were just fantastic. Thanks for submitting them

Leon S Loc: Minnesota

Thanks, I too have some fantastic pictures of Indian children in full dress interacting with their parents and dancing in competition. I might post one or more later in Critique and one possibly in PP. I entered a couple in local fair contests and did quite well. I think most of it was due to the costumes they were wearing. At this one in Minnesota, the hardest thing was to capture the photo and getting a good background or a shot without twenty other dancers photo bombing the shot. However it was worth it and I have learned a lot from it. If you take the pictures while they are dancing, it is not unlike photographing a sports event.

Rathyatra Loc: Southport, United Kingdom

Really great set - love the colours