I’m just waiting for the weather to improve slightly before I go down to see the mosaic maker at Old Sarum, and, hopefully, get an interview with her and take some pictures. This is another piece of happy happenstance; at present, I’m working on an article about mosaics, following a visit to the Bardo Museum, which I’ll be posting about presently.
At the weekend, there’s to be a Roman re-enactment at the same place, and I’ll probably go down to take some more pictures. One of the challenges about photographing re-enactors is keeping anachronisms out of the picture. The first one I ever took was of a beautiful lady in mediaeval costume, accompanied by her son, a charming little boy dressed as a mediaeval page.
I was careful … I managed to exclude all the modern stuff, I thought … and it wasn’t till I got my pictures back that I saw the little brat was clutching a can of Pepsi!Now that we have Photoshop, that would be no problem, but back then, it was a disaster, especially as I was looking to publish it in a historical magazine.
But, sometimes, anachronisms happen, as below, and we can have a little fun with them.
I love the pictures. I would love to go to a Roman re-enactment someday.
By: urbangeek08 on August 20, 2008
at 7:37 am
I so want to hang out with King Arthur and the Knights. And I promise not to bring any Pepsi!
By: Selma on August 20, 2008
at 12:26 pm
Where are you, Urbangeek?
If you’re in the UK, you’ll find details of a Roman re-enactment group at http://www.romanarmy.net/; a programme of events (not only Roman) at http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/ (click on ‘Events’)
By: travelrat on August 20, 2008
at 2:08 pm
Why do I find your rant against this little child funny? Does that make me bad? Oh well.
By: Pammy Girl on August 25, 2008
at 6:53 pm
>> Does that make me bad? <<
Not really … I suppose a lot of the fault is mine for not noticing. Nowadays, it’s not a great issue; I could easily take the can out electronically. But, in those days, I was shooting slide.
But, normally, the re-enactors themselves police such things. If anyone wants to smoke a cigarette, or use a mobile phone or something, they do so out of the public gaze.
On Sunday, a ‘Roman soldier’ told me about his 8 year old daughter who, after the show was over, refused an ice-cream until she’d changed out of her costume.
Most of those re-enactors are dedicated!
By: travelrat on August 25, 2008
at 9:41 pm