I've always been leary about taking portrait shots. It is very hard to capture the nice features of a person's face in a photo. But all the wonderful costumes at the Civil War days added a marvelous touch to all my portrait photographs. It was a great learning experience for me and gave me the edge to try it out more often. I love using the sepia and black and white color tones with portraits. It gives them a classy look.
This week end Historic Fort Wayne will be opened to the public for tours. I am glad they have it opened a few times a year, there is so much history there. These photos I took at their Civil War Days this summer. It was a wonderful photo opportunity, with all the costumes and historic memoriablia. I also had a lot of fun editing these photos. I turned these into sepia because I think they add a bit of vintage to the images.
I hope you get the chance to make it to the Fort this week end.
