A few days after the Blackpool trip, a travelling funfair was set up at my local train station, an event which happens annually and the children and adolescents in my town always look forward to it. I couldn’t believe my luck and thought this would be a brilliant opportunity to shoot the movement of some rides that I didn’t have chance to do in Blackpool! I decided to do the shoot once it had gone dark because the light trails would make the movement and the passing of time in the image much more prominent, in comparison to the photos I took in Blackpool in the daylight where the movement was more subtle in the image and may not be noticed in some of the images without being pointed out. Unfortunately luck wasn’t exactly on my side again, as the selection of rides was quite small and poor, with most of them being packed together so there wasn’t much room to get a good angle for the images, or there weren’t enough lights on the rides to visualise the movement and accomplish my vision. There was also a large police presence due to an incident with some adolescents, and so I had to keep my distance and shoot the tall swing ride that was there as the main subject. The event was popular with a busy main road located opposite, meaning it wasn’t safe to put up my black tripod in the dark, so I took some handheld shots and tried to make the best of the situation. The bright, colourful lights look effective against the black sky, however it was hard to capture the movement because I couldn’t lower the shutter speed enough to capture it effectively. It was however productive to try and shoot in low light conditions and helped inform me how the exposure must change in such conditions. With such little luck shooting rides and attractions, I decided it was time to photograph other subjects that may give me a more successful outcome.