Renaissance festivals are popular all over the US and the Bay Area Renaissance Festival in Tampa, Florida has been a spring tradition for many years. The festival has been held the last several years on the grounds of the Museum of Science and Industry which is across the street from the Tampa Campus of the University of South Florida. This festival is held every
Ok, for the rest of the story, er process… I created a video that shows 3 panorama post-processing methods I use on my image(s) to end up with
The Battle of Olustee is the largest Civil War reenactment in Florida. It is the only reenactment of an actual Civil War battle fought in Florida, on
When traveling in areas where there are wide vistas or just a lot of something spread out in front of me,
In Mount Dora, Florida, the 2017 Battle of Townsend’s Plantation, Civil War re-enactment, was once again an interesting and photographic event. This is one of the smaller re-enactments in
If you are looking for a slightly different way to record your travels photographically, I recommend infrared photography. There are several ways to obtain an
There are some events you just have to go back to year after year and the Brooksville Raid is one of those! This is one of the larger Civil War Re-enactments in Florida, in terms of participants and spectators. Every year they put on a great show and
One of the rules of travel/landscape/bird/nature photography is go back more than once. Go back for different lighting, seasons, weather, just go back! Circle B Bar Reserve is one of those places that I go back to, over and over. As the seasons, change the species of birds change so you never know
Macro photography is one of my favorite types of photography. I use my Nikon 105mm f2.8 Micro lens for most of my macro shots but there are some things you cannot get close enough to to use this lens. While at a Macro Photography Summit I was able to use the Tamron 180mm f3.5 SP Di Macro lens. The shooting setups at the Summit were all indoors so I used the lens on a tripod. I was so impressed
