I’ve not been to many re-enactments this year, in fact up till recently I’d not managed to make any! Either due to miscommunication or clashing with other activities. So these could be my only shots of this type this year, unless I managed to get invited to a private event or such like.
Gallery: Military Odyssey 2010
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The company I work for recently attended the Portsmouth & Southsea Rotary Charity Dragon Boat Festival in order to raise money for Naomi House. I went along to take these snaps. Our boat can be easily spotted, it’s the one crewed by the people in the highly fashionably Bee costumes (or as one spectator was overheard saying “Oh look, that boats crewed by wasps!”). Our team did rather well, after a shaky start they managed to make the final race, in which the 6 finalists crossed the line within a second of each other. Alas we came 6th, but 6th out of around 30 teams is an excellent days work!
Gallery: Portsmouth & Southsea Rotary Charity Dragon Boat Festival – May 2010
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Posting this a bit late (well into 2010 now), but last year in September I went to Cornwall for a 2 week photography holiday with a mate of mine, and here are the results. I’ve made 2 albums on the site for this trip, one for the Macro shots, and one for the Landscapes.
Gallery: Cornwall 2009 – Macro
Gallery: Cornwall 2009 – Landscape
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Back in September, I went along to a private battle and training event with my friends from the re-enactment group.
As well as falling over a tree and injuring my back (which still aches now and then), I got a few half decent shots 
Gallery: Winchfield Training – 2009
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Myself and two friends spent a nice long weekend in Porlock, just on the Exmoor border, last week.
During this photography marathon we did a single day catching a sunrise and the sunset, and 3 other locations (plus the hotel bar) in between! I nearly broke my camera when the stones beneath the tripod shifted and toppled the whole lot onto rocks. No damage was sustained at all fortunately. And we got caught out by the tide flooding the fields behind the beach on the Saturday evening, making the walk back to the hotel 2 or 3 times longer than our tired legs were expecting.
As well as Porlock, we visited Porlock Weir, Lynton, Watersmeet and a stop off on the moors of Exmoor. And on the way back, we dropped into Dunster Castle near Minehead.
Oh…and the Cream Teas were excellent!
Gallery: Porlock and Exmoor 2009
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This last weekend was War on the Line weekend on the Watercress Line. We had a good number of people turn out dressed up in ’40s gear, and a good number of “MOPS” (Members of the Public) come and see us. It’s a good day out!
I spent the Saturday on Photography duties. I normally do reenactment photos in Black and White, as it suits the period more (though obviously colour was about). This time however I’ve decided to go Colour. I’m quite pleased with the results. I’m also really chuffed with the 5D2 camera, the sharpness and detail is awesome!
Gallery: War on the Line – June 2009
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Did my first macro trips this weekend, the first to Abbotstone on a Friday evening. The second to Frensham Ponds on Saturday afternoon.
I decided to try out my Canon 5D Mark II. I’m unsure whether it will make a good Macro camera. My 40d may be only 10 megapixels compared to the 20 on the 5D2, but it isn’t a full frame camera and has built in “crop”. That essentially means that I can get tighter shots on the 40D than on the 5D2. Then again, as the 5D2 has those 20 mega pixels, there is a huge amount of room to crop in photoshop!
As it turns out the results are more than passable for a first attempt. However I’m still unsure which will turn out to be my macro camera of choice. The experimentation will continue!
Gallery: Abbotstone and Frensham Ponds
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Here are a few shots I got of a wood full of Bluebells earlier this year.
Gallery: Bluebells in 2009
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Every May, Tilford Rural Life Centre holds a reenactment event called “Tilford, A Village at War”. A number of reenactment groups, British and American, take over the open air museum and attempt to depict what life might have been like for a Village in the second world war with army units posted nearby. Obviously because of the scenario, no Axis reenacters are to be found at this event.
I spent an afternoon there getting some pics for the gallery.
Gallery: Rural Life Centre – Tilford 2009
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This May Day bank holiday was the annual VE day celebration event at the Royal Gunpowder Mills near Waltham Abbey. A fair few reenactment groups went along to provide the entertainment.
I went up on the Sunday to take some pictures, and had a good time snapping away. I think I got some good shots, have a look and see for yourself!
Gallery: Gunpowder Mills2009
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