The Miami-Dade County Youth Fair has been around for decades, since 1972 in Coral Way, Miami. Located right next to FIU, it is a place many of us Miamians have enjoyed since our childhood. Every year we look forward to attending, [not] riding anything, munching on all the delicious fair food (what other reason is there right?) I personally enjoy the cheesy song popping up on local TV.

My favorite things to see during The Fair (besides getting into a food-coma) is all the neon lights from the rides, booths and structures. So this past week we jumped at the chance to tag along our friends at @NeverSleepBrand for an impromptu photoshoot they held with a few of their colleagues. I’ve been wanting to experiment with night-time shooting and light reflections and this was a great opportunity to practice and learn from our studio-mates, Yesi and Andy (of Never Sleep.)

I brought Kary’s Fuji X100t, snapped a few photos during the magic hour but the real magic happened after the sun went down. The lights came alive in the night and, after hammering down a few buttery roasted corn on the cobs, I started capturing a few snapshots of Yesi during her photoshoot. I didn’t want to get in the way and was, actually, kind of nervous since it’s been a while since I messed around with fashion photography.