Saturday was my last full day in Boston. It was pretty hot and the city was celebrating a Bruins Stanley Cup victory for the first time in 39 years. People were everywhere to enjoy the victory, but the real fun was on the battle field.

Bunches and bunches of people gathered, the total amount is beyond my estimating, to shoot water at one another. It was fun. It was a lot of fun, until the cops came and broke it up. The battle may have lasted 30 minutes.

To prepare for the shoot, I made a little DIY camera sleeve to protect some exposed parts of my camera body from water. The crowd was pretty respectful and I had no problems keeping the important parts dry. My body itself didn’t stay as dry.

As I was walking home, it started to storm. Apparently Mother Nature was a little late on the email notification, otherwise she would have won this battle royale (besides, the cops stole her thunder).

Note #1: This is the first time I’ve posted an event entirely in black-and-white. As I was going through the final images, everything seemed to pop a lot more. With the multitudes of gun colors and outfits, my eyes found it easier to focus on the moment if color was stripped away.

Note #2: If you’re ever in Boston, you should check out Banditos Misteriosos, the hosts of this fine event.

Note #3: I’ve been shooting like mad lately and haven’t been able to devote as much time to updating as I should. There are a bunch from Boston that will be posted during the week. I also shot two performances for Matter Dance here in Chicago, so I’ll have a nice edit of dance photos coming out soon. I’m excited!