Picture This

Our Picture This! assignment this month was historical reenactments, pictures from festivals and commemorations that mark momentous events in our past. Readers responded with images made at Civil War, Renaissance, and Revolutionary War events from all over the country. These reenactments are great times to make images of people, as many of the participants do their best to dress appropriately and stay "in character" throughout the day. They are also great events to learn about our history, and to understand what those in the past sacrificed for their beliefs and, in many cases, for our freedom.

British Invasion: Taken at the Revolutionary War reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in Greensboro, North Carolina, Marvin Isreal worked with a Nikon D100 and Tamron 28-300mm lens and exposed at f/8 at 1/250 sec to photograph this line of soldiers.
© 2003, Marvin Isreal, All Rights Reserved

Antietam Aftermath: Charles Martin sent us a series of images that were part of a slide show accompanied by a live symphony orchestra. Over 200 of his images were used for the show. He worked with two Canon EOS cameras and 70-210mm and 100-300mm lenses. He made the images at the Battle of Antietam reenactment in 2002.
© 2002, Charles Martin, All Rights Reserved

Beefeater Commander: The San Marcos, California, Chamber Renaissance Faire served as a great portrait event in itself for Bartley D'Alfonso, who sent us a set of images from the day's event. He worked with a Nikon N8008 with a Nikkor 70-210mm zoom lens. He exposed on Fujichrome 100 slide film and used a Nikon SB-24 flash. This is a portrait of reenacter Kenneth Branam.
© 2003, Bartley D'Alfonso, All Rights Reserved



Woman In Doorway: Loyd C. Heath sent in a series of photos from Old World Wisconsin, a living history museum in Eagle, Wisconsin. This reenacter was photographed standing in a kitchen doorway of the Pedersen farmhouse with a Nikon D1X and Tamron 28-105mm lens.
© 2003, Loyd C. Heath, All Rights Reserved

Picture This! - Our Next Assignment

Neon City
O f all the forms of artificial light neon is perhaps the most exciting and creative. Given the ability to create color and to enclose the gas in all sorts of shapes and forms, artists have used neon for everything from modernistic sculpture to Highway 66 motel signs. If you've been to Times Square or the shopping districts of Tokyo or Hong Kong you probably got the real neon blitz. So seek out those great signs--old and new--get out your tripod and ramp up the ISO and send us your best of neon city wherever it might be.

Please Read This:
It is important that you read and follow these guidelines.
We need to follow this procedure because of the large volume of images we receive.

1) Images sent to us cannot be returned. You retain complete copyright over the images, but do grant us permission to print your image(s) in the magazine and on our website, www.shutterbug.com.

2) Because images are not returned please send a quality print or duplicate transparency. We will not accept or view images on CD, ZIP, or any other electronic media.

3) Images will be selected on the basis of content and technical quality. Please mark your outer envelope with the topic of the month (for example, "Wide View").

4) Enclose a short caption with the image stating camera, lens, film and exposure, plus location. If you are submitting an image with a recognizable person we must have a model release or signed permission from that person to reproduce their image in the magazine and on the website.

Send your image and information to:
Picture This! Shutterbug Magazine,
1419 Chaffee Dr., Suite #1, Titusville, FL 32780.
Deadline for submission: October 15, 2004
Images will appear in our January 2005 issue.
Our next topic: Sunrise/Sunset
Deadline: November 15, 2004
Publication Date: February, 2005