Will - thanks! It is a great deal of fun. Time travel! Remember the Wayback Machine and Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman! No, no antique glasses... reproduction frames with my modern tri-focal lenses are on my wish-list!
Jeff - yes, a good deal of time I will "sepia" my photographs. Sometimes it works in making them look "period correct" and sometimes it just looks muddy. Some of the pictures just beg for it. Some the color is just too good to do away with. Sometimes I keep both versions. There are no real battlefield shots from the Civil War... the exposure time was soooooo long and the cameras and set-up was so cumbersome, that it was unsafe and unpractical.
Most reenaacting units participate in two kinds of events. One is "living history"... parades, festivals and school deals. The other is battle reenactments...
Some are actually at (or near) actual CW battlefields (i.e. Gettsyburg) and usually coincides with the anniversary of the battle... a "National Event". But most are a weekend affair and we try to give the public a feel for a "typical" battle - and sometimes are a reenactment of an actual battle. That is planned long in advance and the military commanders (Federal and Confederate) spend much time planning an authentic snippet of that battle (most last less than an hour... although, like here at Jackson - which is the largest one in the area - the more reenactors the longer and more detailed the battles can be). Jackson is a neat event, because the park allows us to dig trenches or alter the terrain and bring in what we need to present that particular battle.
Some reenactors put a lot of effort into their portrayal. Theatrics... writhing and screaming when they "take a hit"... attempting to desert, et c. We tend to enjoy ourselves and get more out of those battles when we all put forth the effort.
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You like to tint your pictures to give them the old time feel? Tell us a little about what's going on in them.
these are so cool. you fit right in! (did you buy antique glasses too?)
Will - thanks! It is a great deal of fun. Time travel! Remember the Wayback Machine and Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman! No, no antique glasses... reproduction frames with my modern tri-focal lenses are on my wish-list!
Jeff - yes, a good deal of time I will "sepia" my photographs. Sometimes it works in making them look "period correct" and sometimes it just looks muddy. Some of the pictures just beg for it. Some the color is just too good to do away with. Sometimes I keep both versions. There are no real battlefield shots from the Civil War... the exposure time was soooooo long and the cameras and set-up was so cumbersome, that it was unsafe and unpractical.
Most reenaacting units participate in two kinds of events. One is "living history"... parades, festivals and school deals. The other is battle reenactments...
Some are actually at (or near) actual CW battlefields (i.e. Gettsyburg) and usually coincides with the anniversary of the battle... a "National Event". But most are a weekend affair and we try to give the public a feel for a "typical" battle - and sometimes are a reenactment of an actual battle. That is planned long in advance and the military commanders (Federal and Confederate) spend much time planning an authentic snippet of that battle (most last less than an hour... although, like here at Jackson - which is the largest one in the area - the more reenactors the longer and more detailed the battles can be). Jackson is a neat event, because the park allows us to dig trenches or alter the terrain and bring in what we need to present that particular battle.
Some reenactors put a lot of effort into their portrayal. Theatrics... writhing and screaming when they "take a hit"... attempting to desert, et c. We tend to enjoy ourselves and get more out of those battles when we all put forth the effort.
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