Now we start the SECOND thousand entries..
Because we are starting a new series of postings, I decided to "go back" and add some from the past.
Not the actual past in wartime history, just scenes I caught at a
Battle Of Charleston re-enactment at Legare Farm a few years ago.
It's an annual event in April and features a whole timeline of wars from Indian and pirates through the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, etc.
Variety for sure and lent itself to some strange pairings of re-enactors from different eras.
General Robert E. Lee was in attendance and charmed the ladies.
It was a warm April and some of the outfits had to be a bit uncomfortable.
But, these are people paying attention to details and what's a little sweat way back before air conditioning became the norm.
Surely humidity then was not as fierce as it is now?! (Hmm, global warming?)
This young fellow I spotted in the parking lot but tried to avoid showing him with modern cars around.
I had just arrived myself and had not yet seen how many juxtapositions would play that afternoon.
To me, it became the norm to seek them out.
The organizers have done this for awhile and knew to use the ample space at Legare Farm to separate the eras as much as possible.
The battle scenes were announced in advance so avid photographers could cover mounted charges, and cannons booming.
Include musket fire as well as machine guns and the ever popular Garand M-1
When I was handed an M-1 I realized the last time I held one was in the 1950s!
So "soon" you forget that it weighs nearly 10 pounds. Yikes.
But, of course, I was younger then and the Marines had beat me into a lean, mean, fighting machine at Parris Island.
I buy USMC t-shirts online and one I saw stated:
"Not so lean, not so mean, but I'm still a U.S. Marine."
The catalog said they came in XL, 2XL and even 3XL.
For some reason, one of my favorite photos that day involved a lady wearing the fashion of the 1860s, but facing a modern-day dilemma.
She agreed to pose when I assured her I did NOT want a photo of her actually trying to enter the facility.
Closing on that high note, I realize some time has passed since my last entry and I had many opportunities to post live music shows I've attended and other interesting events and activities.
I will conclude this one and promise to get more written and posted in the future.
Here are some additional shots from that Re-enactment.
Labels: 11th annual Battle of Charleston, Civil War Reenactor, justapositions, Korea and Vietnam, WWI and WWII
The Missed Photograph....
A friend asked me the other day if any photo opps come to mind that I had seen but did NOT snap.
Oh yeah.
This goes on all the time.
Even though I usually have my
Canon S90 small digital camera with me, sometimes I'm driving and I skip a scene that looks good.
Or other safety considerations make me later regret I had not pulled over and captured a moment.
As a blogger, I often take a picture of a meal I'm about to enjoy. The wait staff at
Big Billy's Burger Joint was amused. The small fry basket really caught my eye.
But, there are times I COULD have, SHOULD have but didn't click the shutter.
I had such a moment yesterday when I went to the post office and saw the second lady waiting in line was holding three large Mylar balloons bobbing on strings.
Each said
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
When I joined the line, I noticed one of the postal clerks had several balloons in his work space, including one that said
"Happy Birthday, Randy."That would have made a nice shot...she waiting in line, him smiling over at her. BUT, snapping pictures in the post office is intimidating so I merely watched as she told the next customer
"go ahead, I'm waiting for him (pointing to Randy)."She soon passed him the balloons, said a few words and left, laughing at his embarrassment.
I was next so, as I handed him the bubble-wrapped book I needed to mail. I said
"Sorry, Randy, no balloons, but here's a present." He grinned and added the postage. I wished him a happy birthday.
A few months ago, I entered the
Pour House music venue rather early, just a few people wandering around, and noticed what had to be one of the band members standing by himself at the bar drinking a beer.
He was clutching his highly-polished stand-up bass next to him.
Instead of taking his picture, I joined him, ordered a brew and said I assumed he was in the band. We both laughed, talked a few minutes and he hefted his bass fiddle and walked off to the backstage area.
Damn!
A fellow blogger admitted she had missed a great scene at a Civil War reenactment when a lady in a large Southern hoop skirt was trying to get into a porta-potty.
Maybe my friend was too intimidated.
Back when I was a staff photographer for a San Diego newspaper, we would keep an eye out for "filler" shots that could be dropped into the paper as a "feature."
We were not above staging a shot.
Well, never for a news photo. Journalistic ethics.
Luckily I saw this LONG dog and did snap the picture.
Labels: bacon and brie, bass fiddle, Civil War Reenactor, hoop skirt, long doggie, mylar balloons, Randy the Postal Clerk, stand-up bass, USPS
Because we are starting a new series of postings, I decided to "go back" and add some from the past.
For some reason, one of my favorite photos that day involved a lady wearing the fashion of the 1860s, but facing a modern-day dilemma. 
