Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Cook Forest, PA to attend a French & Indian War re-enactment. As the photographs show, these performers dress and act the part of either French, British or Indian soldiers and frontiersman. The authentic look of these re-enactments is no accident. The re-enactors take great pride in researching the periods for which the dress and fight. The cloths, guns, tents, supplies and tactics are all as period authentic as they can make them. This is living history, taught not by book reading, but by watching and interacting with the actors. The re-enactors love to answer questions and educate the public. Their performances are not funded by any outside service. These folks spend their own funds to get to and from events, to make their cloths, and buy their weapons. The re-enactors are very friendly to approach and look their activities photographed. So next time to see an re-enactment event in your area, pack up the camera and head off for some photographic fun and gain a little knowledge.
This re-enactment occurred in the woods of Cook Forest. The lighting is minimal, flash would not carry far enough to help and the white balance is changing. These photographs where shot with a Nikon D3, a Nikon 70mm - 200mm f/2.8 lens at 3200 ISO. The shutter speed was between 1/200th and 1/300th of a second. I used a mono pod attached to the lens for support.
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