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OKRF Coinage – update
Just a belated update to my original OKRF Coinage blog post from 2017. In 2018, the Castle at Muskogee updated their 10£ “Aztec” coin to be more in-period. The updated coin looks like it belongs with the rest of them. … Continue reading
OKRF Coinage
The Coin of the Realm. If you want to get a more realistic experience of what it was like to have a pouch of coins on your belt for all your daily monetary transactions, you can experience it at the … Continue reading
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Checklists – Yes – Checklists!
What? A post about checklists? Are you bored or something? No – well, maybe – but mostly no. Checklists can really save your proverbial bacon (there’s a proverb about bacon? – hmmm, nevermind). So I’ve got multiple checklists that I … Continue reading
Photographing Sherwood Forest Summer Camp 2015
Sherwood put out the call to a number of renaissance festival photographers to come and assist in photographing the Sherwood Forest Summer Camp. I was able to take a few days off work to help out. The summer camp attendance … Continue reading
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Sherwood Forest shoot with Marti
Marti is operations director for the Sherwood Forest Summer Camp. She wanted an updated bio photo for their website. Thankfully there was a work weekend coming up. That meant the site would be open and we could shoot on-location. Excellent! … Continue reading
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Why I like light meters… REALLY
I don’t use a light meter all the time. In particular when walking around renaissance festivals or moving around a lot outdoors when light direction and clouds are changing, I stick to Aperture Priority (Av on the Canon dial). However … Continue reading
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Sherwood Forest Faire updates
I was over at Sherwood Forest Faire today – volunteer workday. Helping clean up the grounds prior to the upcoming Summer Camp that they are holding July 8-13. Grounds are in pretty good shape. Still losing trees, but thankfully at … Continue reading
Scarborough Faire 2011
Well, I only got to make it to Scarborough Faire once during this season. I’m grateful that I was able to make it even once this year. My gallery is finally posted at: Scarborough Faire 2011 – closing Sat. I … Continue reading
Watch your background…
I have a tendency to wander around faire looking for a subject to shoot. Then when I spot a subject, I’ll bring the camera up and fire! One of the things that I’ve learned (and sometimes even remember 😉 ) … Continue reading
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Tagged backgrounds, photography, renfaire
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