I was asked to document the Manifesto Film Festival for the school. It was a long day indeed. Only my second time shooting with the Cannon 5D mark II and I was able to take some photos of the whole process. I was learning as I was going to for at the beginning one of the things I learned is that when you get a camera from the school clear out any custom settings that previous folks have stored for that could give you some results you were not expecting. So once I arrived I began to take some test shots to get the camera dialed in before shooting. I must say it was a little challenging at first trying to figure out how the available light presents itself and what adjustments I would have to make to produce some quality shots. Once the ball got rolling I had full access of the theater for photographs so it was really fun getting to explore inside the theater. I present to you ten images from the shoot and I hope you will like them as much as I do.  I must say thank you to Will Davis for the opportunity to be able to come and document the festival. 

-John Russo Jr.