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July 31, 2024 - The Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, the eastern section of NJ, is close to NYC and holds one of my favorit...

June 30, 2024 - Sometimes, you have to take pictures when you can. I hoped to spend the entire Saturday at the 2024 Pennypacker Mills en...

May 31, 2024 - The encampment for George Washington's troops at Jockey Hollow, with 10,000 soldiers, from the end of 1779 to early 1780...

April 30, 2024 - In last month's blog, # 70, I selected five unique photos I haven't seen taken by anyone at an American Revolution reena...

March 31, 2024 - All my photography friends were at an American Revolution reenactment event last year. It was great. So, what did we dis...

February 29, 2024 - One of the photo techniques I use to make my photos unique is to zoom in as much as possible on my subject. It's hard du...

February 01, 2024 - George Washington and his ragtag troops of about 2,400 crossed the icy Delaware River on Christmas Day around 6 PM durin...

December 31, 2023 - The influential photographer Ansel Adams said, "Twelve significant photos in any year is a good crop." For my 2023 photo...

November 30, 2023 - The Marketing and Development Coordinator at Cliveden (also known as the Chew House) had recently asked me to photograph...

August 31, 2023 - It's been four years since I attended the Battle of Monmouth American Revolution reenactment in New Jersey. At this even...

June 30, 2023 - For the next few months, I will challenge myself photographically at upcoming American Revolution reenactments. I needed...

May 31, 2023 - I selected numbers 6-10 of my favorite cannon shots in last month's blog. For this month, I'll review my five favorites.

May 01, 2023 - When I started attending American Revolution reenactment events over a decade ago, one of the day's highlights was captu...

March 31, 2023 - I first learned photography using film. My first SLR (single-lens reflex) camera was a Nikon 20-20. Those small film can...

February 28, 2023 - February is the month I start preparing for the new American Revolution reenactment year. To start, I'll review two site...

January 31, 2023 - Attending a new American Revolution Reenactment is always fun. You don't know what to expect. This time it was the Battl...

December 31, 2022 - This blog is to recap the reenactment events I attended in 2022. I was at five regular and one national. Regrettably, be...

November 30, 2022 - On a beautiful Sunday morning in late September, I drove the short distance, ten miles, to the 245th anniversary of the...

September 30, 2022 - Have you heard the expression how time flies where time seems to move very or more quickly? That is how I felt a few mon...

August 31, 2022 - Why am I celebrating my 50th blog with my 51st? Because I had posted part 2 of my fantastic interview with Noah "Ned Hes...

July 31, 2022 - In last month's blog, I shared that my 2nd interview, questions 6-10, would be included in this posting. Noah “Ned Hecto...

June 30, 2022 - There were so many more questions I wanted to ask Noah “Ned Hector” Lewis after posting blog # 46. Soon afterward, I ask...

May 31, 2022 - In last month's blog, 10 American Revolution Reenactment Motion Blur Photos-6-10, I reviewed five photos using panning o...

April 30, 2022 - To write my monthly blogs, I've had the opportunity to review many photo galleries. It's been fun reminiscing on when an...

February 28, 2022 - In last month's blog, I reviewed 5 photos you wouldn't know were taken at an American Revolution reenactment. And this m...

January 31, 2022 - Photographing American Revolution Reenactments is fun. There are so many photography opportunities to explore at every e...

December 31, 2021 - I n blog # 19 (January 2020), I started a new, hopefully, recurring ritual. I recapped my American Revolution reenactmen...

December 01, 2021 - Living in the Philadelphia, PA suburbs, has many benefits. I'm close to many of the American Revolution reenactments hel...

September 30, 2021 - In last month's blog, I described my photography gear. For this month's blog, I'll review my cameras and accessories. Fi...

August 31, 2021 - At the end of last month's blog, I mentioned having cataract surgery in both eyes. My surgeries went perfectly! The clar...

July 31, 2021 - It's always fun attending a Revolutionary War event for the first time. This one, this past May, was the Revolutionary W...

June 30, 2021 - I n last month's blog, I reviewed Mt Vernon's Revolutionary War weekend reenactment and camp life. Always a fun event! I...

June 01, 2021 - For the first time in over a year, I attended an American Revolution reenactment. It was the Revolutionary War weekend a...

March 31, 2021 - Thankfully the COVID crisis is improving. We now have a President taking this pandemic seriously. Plus, the vaccines are...

February 28, 2021 - At any 2-day weekend reenactment encampment, there has always been an early Sunday morning religious service. It's state...

February 02, 2021 - Last month, I reviewed two more core reenactment events I've been regularly attending, Washington's Crossing Historic Pa...

January 01, 2021 - Happy New Year! In last month's blog, I reviewed my two out of five core attended reenactment events. This month, I'll r...

December 02, 2020 - Happy Holidays! Wow-what a year! Writing this month's blog has been more difficult than I thought it would be. In 2020,...

November 01, 2020 - The 2020 Revolutionary Germantown Festival was a different event this year because of COVID-19. No surprise! There weren...

July 31, 2020 - Because of Covid-19 and no American Revolution reenactment s in the foreseeable future, I'll continue reviewing 5 more o...

July 02, 2020 - I reviewed my top 10 American Revolution reenactment photos in my latest May & June blogs. It was both difficult & fun s...

May 31, 2020 - About two months ago one of my reenactor friends suggested I select my top 10 photos for a blog post. The COVID 19 virus...

April 30, 2020 - Every April, I look forward to enjoying Major League baseball & photographing American Revolution reenactments. Unfortun...

March 31, 2020 - Most everyone has heard of George Washington's winter encampment of his army in 1777-78 at Valley Forge PA. Because of P...

February 04, 2020 - A first for this blog, none of the photos were taken by me at a reenactment. Instead, they are recent photos of me from...

January 08, 2020 - For this blog, I'm going to review and comment on the 9 American Revolution reenactments I've photographed in 2019, visi...

November 11, 2019 - Ever heard of The Cliveden House in Germantown, PA? It was built between 1763 to 1767 as the summer home for Benjamin Ch...

January 18, 2019 - During the American Revolution, there are a few examples of women soldiers in the revolutionary army fighting against th...

December 13, 2018 - Whenever it snows my first thought is to visit Valley Forge National Historic Park and photograph the area surrounding t...

November 16, 2018 - The Revolutionary Germantown Festival held in early October to commemorate the reena ctment of the Battle of Germantown...

October 22, 2018 - The Philadelphia region has access to many museums and historical sites, especially in Center City. The Museum of the Am...

August 07, 2018 - It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve been photographing American Revolution reenactments now for over 10 years. On my p...