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Showing posts with label Flickr. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2015

A Whirlwind of Events


The past several months have been a whirlwind of spectacular events all around the Hampton Roads and surrounding areas.  Above is a picture taken Friday evening, June 7th, 2015 of the L'Hermione in Yorktown.  It was the maiden voyage from France to the United States and Yorktown was the first stop.



L Hermione at Yorktown, Virginia 2015 from Chuck Thompson

We scanned in the brochure that was given away at the event as well as a copy of the boarding pass.  Take a look to learn more about the L Hermione.


We spend 4 days in Yorktown taking pictures of all the events and shows going on.  We took over 3,000 pictures and some HD video that we still need to process and get up.  The above is some art we created from the event.


The weekend before that was the Hampton Blackbeard Pirate Festival.  3 days of non stop entertainment.  We only went on Sunday for a few hours but still managed over 700 photos from the event.  We have them up on Google + and Flickr.



If you are a history buff, the events are non stop fun.  Pirates are the most fun to work with when it comes to photography.  Many of them are real hams.  Above is a few of the folks from the Motley Tones.  The female is Ring Tone pictured above and in the background purposely  messing up the photo is Flintz Tone.  I love those names.  They have real character.  You can visit their website at
http://motleytones.com/


The weekend before that was several great events for history buffs.  Civil war reenactments in Yorktown and American Revolution reenactments in Gloucester at the Courthouse Circle.


We managed over 1,500 photos between these two events.  Talking about a lot of shooting.


And a few weeks prior to these was a Pirate invasion in Yorktown.


At this one we only created about 300 photos total.  We were there more for the enjoyment of the event than to shoot anything.  But I just can't resist taking a bunch of pictures anyway.

Virginia is graced with a host of incredible places to visit and events to attend throughout the entire year.  For us, we love history so that is usually where you will find us the most.  We make a lot of friends at these events and share our works as much as possible.


And then there is always the fun of taking pictures where ever you are.  Events or not.

Friday, November 29, 2013

Battle of the Hook, 2013 Now Over 1,800 Images Up Online

























We now have over 1,800 images up online from the 2013 Battle of the Hook event.  That means we have finally managed to put a dent in our overall collection of images we shot at this event.  Our team was at the event for 3 days starting on Friday evening and didn't finish up until late Sunday afternoon.  We still do not have a final count on how many images we shot.  We had numerous cameras all over and the team was spread out everywhere.

  We have one of the most unique image sets out there as we shot in everything from straight on traditional pictures to panoramic views in various sizes.  Our team was not only at the battlefields we were also in the camps, up close and personal.  What we can say is that we are not even close to half way done with all of the images we have.  To date we have put the majority of finished images from the collection up on Flickr.  We have also shared the images through Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr and Twitter and we just put up over 700 images on Google+ .

  Not to take anything away from other media outlets, we have seen some truly spectacular images coming from a number of places.  The Daily Press put up a tiny series that has some wonderful photos in it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/minimeredith/  Minimeridith is the name of this particular collection, by Meridith of Moonlightcourt.com website.  She has a really nice collection of images taken at the battle of the Hook that are well worth your time to check out.

https://www.facebook.com/BattleOfTheHook  A number of great photos and further information about the Battle of the Hook and it's history is well documented on this Facebook page.

http://www.revolutionarywarphotoarchives.org/BattleOfTheHook/  Another great place to check out photos.  These however are from the 2008 event but still worth the time to check out.

We will keep everyone up to date as we continue to put out more images.  It's going to take us several months to finish everything.  We still have not even finished our collection from Friday evening of the event.  Our initial count was around 5,000 images, however, we now know that it is closer to 8,000 images total at this point.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/94782749@N03/sets/72157636857805346/  This set on Flickr has 1,575 images to it.  Some are duplicates.  We try not to do this, but with all the images we are working with, it's hard not to.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/94782749@N03/sets/72157637144975774/  294 images starting with Friday evening showing set up for the event as well as the battlefield before troops hit it on Saturday.
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Monday, November 4, 2013

Battle of the Hook, 2013 Canons Firing Photo Images
























Some photos from the Battle of the Hook.  A short series of cannons being fired at the event.  These are pictures taken of each canon firing in a series of 4 canons.  We just didn't post them up here in their proper sequence.  We hope you can forgive us for this oversight.  We have now posted hundreds of photos online already with sites like Flickr, Tumblr, and Pinterest.  Plus we have about 6 or 7 videos online at YouTube.  We have already posted a few of them on here.  More to come.  We have thousands of images we are still working on.

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Saturday, November 2, 2013

Battle of the Hook, 2013 Latest Grapahic Art Prints and New Photobook





























































These are the latest creations we made based on photos from the recent Battle of the Hook event a few weekends ago.  We have a lot of content we are going through and it's going to take us a long time to get up everything we want to share.  We have already put up a calendar as well as a photobook on Lulu.com for purchase and we are working on creating a series of calendars and photobooks for anyone interested.  We have over 750 images up on Flickr from the Battle of the Hook, 2013 event as well as 60 images from the 2008 event.  When you have a moment, you want to check those out.  There are some really great shots on there that have gained a lot of attention.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/chuck-thompson/battle-of-the-hook-2013-american-revolution/paperback/product-21270096.html  This is the link to the new photobook on Lulu.com.  It's 21 pages of incredible photos.  Many we are not putting up on any sites.  The price of the photobook is only $24.99.

Battle of the Hook, 2013  American Revolution

Cover of the new photobook.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Gloucester, VA - Battle of the Hook Slideshow of Free Images



Sample of some of the pictures we are giving away from the 2008 Battle of the Hook event that took place here.  These are all licensed under a Creative Commons license on Flickr and Google and can be used even under commercial conditions.


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Monday, April 22, 2013

Free Royalty Free Gloucester, Virginia Images

Battle of the Hook - By Chuck Thompson of TTC ...
Battle of the Hook - By Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)
Battle of the Hook - By Chuck Thompson of TTC ...
Battle of the Hook - By Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)
Civil War Monument - by Chuck Thompson of TTC ...
Civil War Monument - by Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)
Gloucester Courthouse - By Chuck Thompson of T...
Gloucester Courthouse - By Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)
Gloucester Main Street Flower Light Pole Baske...
Gloucester Main Street Flower Light Pole Basket - By Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)
Walter Reed Birthplace - By Chuck Thompson of ...
Walter Reed Birthplace - By Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/94782749@N03/sets/72157633198505865/
This is a link to a Gloucester, Virginia photo set on Flickr.  Within this photo set are 47 images at present that are all pre licensed under a Creative Commons license 3.0 usage.  You are free to use the images on web sites, copy or download them and bring them to your local printer, frame them and hang them and even to sell copies of the prints if you so desire.  The only thing to consider is that you must attribute the work to Chuck Thompson of TTC Media no matter how you us them.  If you want to sell copies of the images, you must let people know that they can download the images for free and from where before selling them the print.

  If you frame and hang any of the prints, attribution must still be made for the print.  We expect to have several hundred images on the Flickr site within the next few months all with the same license.  The images vary in size but some are very large poster size images. Derivatives are not allowed from these images.  We also have another photo set on that site of the Battle of the Hook.  Those images are also pre licensed.  Information about those images are available on the Flickr site.

  Of course these images can also be used in newspapers, magazines, book covers and any other commercial us desired.

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