CUTLINE: Conor Williams, 3, of Londonderry, adorned in a Captain America Halloween costume, handles a 13-foot, 55-pound python, Thursday, Oct. 29 at the Radisson hotel in Nashua. Hundreds came out to celebrate The Telegraph’s 2nd Annual Kids Fair with games, food, prizes, music and more.

THOUGHTS: I was on assignment today to cover our promotional event. They are effective because they keep our presence in the community and build relationships, business and communicative. I suppose while some cringe at such events, I like them because I understand them and, yes, I’m a sucker for animals. Besides kids are cool and say the darnedest things. Derek Small, the wildlife educator for the Wildlife Encounters traveling zoo based out of Rochester, brought out this huge python. I like snakes, not the small ones because those seem to be the most feisty. I like the big ones like this one shown because they are slow, surly and know they are the bomb. They have nothing to prove. All day I was continuing to say to myself mentally, “Breathe, feel, focus on emotions, shoot.” As he handed the snake this young boy looked up. The light was horrid and I underexposed for the light. When he did, I came off with this frame. It didn’t run because I gave the desk the more crowd-pleasing shot. But for me it was a small victory as it was for Captain America.