These Mobile, Alabama Mardi Gras photos were taken a couple of years ago but the images show the remarkable size and creativity of the floats. You can also see great photos of the Mobile, Alabama historic downtown skyline. Guests from Colorado chose to stay at the riverfront BeachnRiver Weekly Vacation Rental home near Gulf Shores, Alabama due to its central location to all area Mardi Gras events.
Although we shot video of the various Mardi Gras Parades to "document" the events, I chose to use still shots in this clip to focus on the originality of floats. You'll notice my pics are from a straight on point of view --- something not easily done with barricades. The other difficulty? Wrangling a position to photograph with attendees jumping and flailing arms to grab flying beads, moonpies and other objects.
beachnriver 2 years ago