The Abraham Lincoln Battalion were American volunteers who served in the Spanish Civil War as soldiers, technicians, medical personnel and aviators. They fought with the Spanish Republican forces against General Francisco Franco and his Spanish Rebel Faction from 1936-1938. Approximately 3000 volunteers were involved. The last known surviving member Delmer Berg died on February 28, 2016 at the age of 100.
Here's another image form the Band of Brothers WWII themed shoot.
Did a Band of Brothers WWII themed shoot with our good friend Ray in the fields behind his house. Noah did an excellent job of manning the fog machine to get the look I was after. One flash with a grid and 1/2 CTO. I couldn't decide between the B&W or color image so I posted them both.
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color version
Here's a photo from camp during day 1 of Civil War Days in Genesee Country Village in Mumford, NY. Great fun with a great bunch of guys!
Here's a couple of images from Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina where my family and I spent a week celebrating my parent's 50th wedding anniversary. Great trip! Great time with family!
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Here's a few more from the Civil War portrait shoot last weekend.
Playing the jaw harp.
Another image from last weekend.
Here's an image from a Civil War themed group portrait session from this past weekend. Ray and Noah. Two flashes - one on Noah and one on Ray, both with 1/4 CTO gels and grids.
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Our friend and fellow re-enactor Ray Ball visited Forest Lawn Cemetery on Memorial Day to pay tribute to all of the fallen heroes by playing "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipe. Here are a few images...
Memorial Day is for remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives for this country to ensure the freedoms we hold so dear.
We had the distinct honor of participating in a ceremony at the Grand Army of the Republic Monument in Forest Lawn Cemetery to honor our fallen heroes.
Take a moment out of your busy schedules to visit a cemetery and read aloud the names inscribed on the grave markers of these soldiers. This is a way to show them that they are not forgotten and to thank them for their selfless sacrifice.
I had the pleasure of photographing one of my favorite local rock bands recently. The name of the band is "Cock Robin". They play music from the 70's and 80's and are all very accomplished musicians. If you haven't seen them live, you're missing out!!
Here's a few images from that shoot.
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Here's a sunset image I captured last Saturday as I was heading out...
Here's a natural light portrait of my daughter Emma taken down by the waterfront this past weekend.
Heres's a couple of images from last weekend Noah and I, with Emma running the fog machine, went deep into the woods to do another Civil War themed photoshoot.
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A few more from the location shoots.
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Here's a few more images from the Expo's on-location model shoots. The poor models braved the cold rainy weather at the Naval Park and the windy cold weather at Silo City in order to provide us with compelling subjects for our portraiture workshops. Spent the weekend with some great photographers and spent some time with friends, with old and new.
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I spent last weekend downtown at the Adam's Mark Hotel for the CanAm Photo Expo. This spectacular event consisted of formal training and hands-on shooting opportunities in all different styles and types of photography. Classes and workshops were available in portraiture, landscape, weddings, infant, boudoir, macro, off-camera lighting, Photoshop, Lightroom, fine-art printing and others. There was also a large trade show with many imaging vendors represented. I chose to attend the lighting/portraiture training which allowed me to shoot with and learn from Tony Corbell, Rick Friedman, and Dana Nordlund. We had two model shoots as well - one at the Naval Park and the other at Silo City. Well worth the price of admission! Can't wait until next year!!
Here's some of the images from the model shoots...
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A couple more images from Gettysburg near sunset.
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Had the opportunity to overnight in Gettysburg, PA last week after they had a foot of snowfall. Many of the Battlefield Park roads were closed due to drifting snow.
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