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In picking a photograph for the newspaper we look for a moment, an action taking place within the captured frame that can engage our readers into the story, that something that is the why in which we took and presented the photograph. As photographers this "moment" really has no rules of composition or light – it stands on its own as the engaging idea that makes the photograph. It is even hard to define sometimes, but we know it when we see it.
Obvious moments are two friends caught in laughter seemingly unaware of others around them, less obvious is the look in a cows eye as she is being controlled by a young girl in the arena. Sometimes that moment is just in the way two children stand on a fence to watch the horses going by or the silhouette of a cowgirl texting while riding her horse.
Fair week is a busy week of work for us as we try to get to assigned stories at assigned times while, in between, we look for people doing what they do either working at or enjoying the fair. There are endless possibilities and we only touch a small amount of it with just two staff photographers at The Meadville Tribune.
This collection of photographs are some of what we consider our best pictures from fair week. These are not meant to give a well rounded view of the fair, but simply to share with our readers what we feel was our best work, those pictures that captured that moment that we strive for each day.
To view all of the slideshows from fair week we have combined them all together here in one place. Simply click on the red icon beneath each day below to see some of what we saw that day.
Pre-fair and opening Saturday
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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SLIDESHOW: Best of the Crawford County Fair
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Former rockers Drywater enjoying glow from album's rebirth
It’s funny how perceptions can differ from one person to the next; how what sparkles in one set of eyes can appear tarnished in another.
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Edinboro site eyed for retirement homes
About two years after halting expansion plans into the Conneaut Lake area, Meadville-based Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community now is looking to expand north into Erie County, possibly sometime in 2013.
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Langley voted in as Meadville City Council's new member
“Pleased” is the word that best describes Bob Langley’s response to the news that he had been selected to fill Meadville City Council’s vacant seat.
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French Creek conservation group to benefit from environmentalist's talk
When one of the world’s best known environmentalists, the author and activist Bill McKibben, speaks next week at Allegheny College, his audience will likely be putting some money where its heart is — right into French Creek.
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Vernon Police chief suspects 'human interaction' in Sunday fire
An investigation is continuing into a weekend fire that destroyed a historic structure in Vernon Township, and Vernon police are urging anyone with information to give them a call.
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Walker hired to fill Meadville's newest administrative position
The City of Meadville’s soon-to-be-newest administrator is a familiar name in the area and familiar with the city.
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Edinboro protest planned against proposed state budget cuts
If you’re a student or faculty member at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, don’t be surprised if Trevor Belz, a sophomore from Saegertown, shares some strong opinions with you in the next few days — and urges your attendance at a campuswide protest planned for Tuesday.
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Local legislators: Corbett budget off to a good start
Elected officials representing Crawford County in Pennsylvania’s Senate and House of Representatives are gearing up for what looks like a lengthy budget process.
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Crawford Central's Heller says new budget plan hobbles school districts
Area educators haven’t had a lot of time to mull over the implications of the budget proposal presented Tuesday to a joint meeting of Pennsylvania’s Senate and House of Representatives by Republican Gov. Tom Corbett.
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District Judge Chisholm nears record for ‘longest serving’
Magisterial District Judge William Chisholm is in line to set a new record by becoming Crawford County’s longest-serving magistrate.
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