A few changes are in order. This site will be re-designed in the near future as more of a friends and family site. What I call my fun and fannish photography has been moved to a flickr account. The reason for that should be obvious, with a Professional Flickr account, I can quickly post a hundred times as many photos as I can here, quickly and easily. And easier for the viewer to work through as well. So, there you have it, for further adventures with my Reenactor-Renaissance Faire-Science Fiction Convention Photographs, please see my flickr account:
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As an active member and official photographer for the Seattle Knights, they get a lot of play here, but there are a lot of other interesting things as well, I hope, including many other Medieval Faires and a few Science Fiction conventions, to name a few. A few random samplings of Friends, Family, Home, and of course, Cats; are also here. Enter at your own risk, I tend to build large pages of photos, that do take awhile to load on dial-up connections. You were warned....
Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire September 8-9 2007 - King's Valley OR - The Final Grand Tournament of the 2007 season!
Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire Aug 4-5 & 18-19 2007 - Gig Harbor WA - Shots from the first and the last weekends of the Faire!
Highland Games/Camlann Medieval Village July 28-29, 2007 - Enumclaw and Carnation WA - Two grand festivals at each end of the county...
2007 Robin Hood Festival July 21, 2007 - Sherwood OR - The Seattle Knights perform the play "Robin Hood" and in general support this very fun Robin Hood festival!
Ye Merrie Greenwood Renaissance Faire June 30, 2007 - Tri-Cities WA - Once again, a grand tournament featuring the Seattle Knights!
Rufus the Doofus June 10, 2007 and beyond! My wonderful Maine Coon Cat!
Grand Coulee Tournament May 13, 2007 - Another great single day Seattle Knights tournament!
NorWesCon 30 April 5-8, 2007 - Another great Pacific NorthWest Science Fiction Convention, with tons o' costumes!
Bridle Trails State Park June 3, 2006 - A great full on show, done as a benefit for the Park, by the Seattle Knights!
Arizona Renaissance Faire February 18-20, 2006 - A fantastic permanent faire site under the eye of the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix.
Festival of History August 13-14, 2005 - Northampton England - Grand gathering of re-enactors from over 2000 years of history! From the Roman Republic to the Second World War!
Ye Merrie Greenwood Renaissance Faire June 25-26, 2005 - Tri-Cities WA - A great show by the river, featuring once again, the Seattle Knights!
Port Angeles Pirates Festival June 17-19, 2005 - Port Angeles, WA. The Seattle Swashbucklers perform as the ghostly "Jack Pack" and do both battle and oversee the grand treasure hunt...
Port Angeles Renaissance Faire June 9-11, 2005 - Port Angeles, WA. The Seattle Knights first big horse show of the season. www.seattleknights.com
Pirates in Paradise December 3-5, 2004 - Key West, Florida. The Seattle Swashbucklers travel to the ends of the earth for a show in far sunnier climes...
RingCon V October 30-31, 2004 - SeaTac. The Seattle Knights put on their version of "Bored of the Rings"
Seattle Swashbucklers October 14, 2004 - Seattle. The Swashbuckling arm of the Seattle Knights prepare to invade Florida as the Puget Sound Pirates!
Vancouver Trip September 25-26, 2004 - British Columbia. Just a weekend trip to see some sights and hang with Jesse... Maritime Museum was a high point...
Knight's Challenge September 18, 2004 - Renton WA. The post-season gathering of the Seattle Knights for a bit of an unwind and an introduction for the new equestrian students....
Julie and Damon's Wedding September 5, 2004 - Kirkland WA. A renaissance wedding with many friends in attendance - and mead for all!
Camlann Medieval Faire August 28-29, 2004 - Carnation WA. The small 14th Century village of Camlann hosts this years Grand Tournament! The Seattle Knights perform grandly once again!
Sailing on the Lady Washington August 26-27, 2004 - The Eighteenth Century brig that was both the "Interceptor" in Pirates of the Caribbean and "The Enterprise" in Star Trek: Generations, was in Kirkland this week and I took a three hour sail on her.
Washington Renaissance Fantasy Fair 3 August 21-22, 2004 - The third weekend at Gig Harbor, WA - And a rainy one it was. Put a crimp on video work, but good light for stills...
Washington Renaissance Fantasy Fair 2 August 14-15, 2004 - Second weekend at Gig Harbor, WA - This time my grandson Damon filled in the action photos while I shot video.... Thanks!
Washington Renaissance Fantasy Fair August 7-8, 2004 - Gig Harbor, WA - Candid shots of the Seattle Knights and the Faire, not a lot of action, I was shooting video during the tournament.....
Hood River Renaissance Faire July 17-18, 2004 - Dee OR - The Seattle Knights do battle once again! For more on the Seattle Knights, check out their website: www.seattleknights.com
Ye Merrie Greenwood Renaissance Faire June 26-27, 2004 - Tri-Cities WA - An unusual variant on the classic Knight's show, it was a great success!
Seattle Science Fiction Museum June 17 2004 - Opening luncheon before the big grand opening the next day - Trek and FarScape heaven for the fan geek in me... Museum too! Bonestell's, Paul's, and Emsh, oh my!!
Port Angeles Renaissance Faire June 12-13, 2004 - The various factions of The Seattle Knights once again engage in deadly combat at the newest Pacific Northwest Renaissance Faire, which was a great success I might add...
Oak Harbor Medieval Faire May 22, 2004 - The Seattle Knights do battle in the misty Northland!
Redding Trip May 2004 - Jeff Fennel's Gallery in Red Bluff, Magpies in Lorraine's trees, and the property in Whitmore CA
Jousting Practice May 2004 - The Seattle Knights big pre-season Jousting practice.
Heavy Lance April 2004 - The steps I took to make the new Heavy Lances for the Seattle Knights
Nebula Awards - April 2004 - Photos around and including the Awards ceremony - two of these were picked up by Locus! www.locusmag.com
NorWesCon 27 April 2004 - Mostly Masquerade Photos, plus a few shots of the Seattle Knights thrown in.
Sword Making - April 2004 - Photos of Master Sword Maker Michael "Tinker" Pearce and two of my fellow students, grinding away on our class projects, the making of our own swords.
RingCon IV - March 2004 - Shots of the Seattle Knights performances and the Orcish actor guests.
Ren Faires - Shots from Renaissance and Medieval Faires from 1994-2002. More related pages will likely be added in the near future...
Ahwahnee CA - Shots of the old house in the Sierras 1989-1995. Cats and Koi and many friends, including photos of the infamous Sierra-Cons and NadaCons... This really is only of interest to the old gang, unless you are interested in Koi Pond building...