jjmaccrimmon | June Coronation Photos, Part 1 (Reply)

FINALLY!
With my home computer down (probable hard drive failure), I’m not going to be able to work on these for a while. Not to worry, the photos were all stored on my secondary hard drive. That being said, I’d already uploaded a substantial number of images on-line. With a little luck, I should have my computer back in a couple days, and can upload photos from Investiture Court and Queen’s Champion.

I’ll note a couple of important things here. First, it’s taken me two months of hard work to get multiple filter settings developed to actually get these images to look half-way presentable. Being something of a perfectionist, I simply refuse to post things that don’t look good enough. The lighting conditions were horrendous, so I was surprised I was to save as many photos as I could.

The following photos are from just before Court started and through the early parts of court.

Don Ian Duncanson, HRM Charmayn’s Rapier Champion

This is how dark the stage was and the kind of lighting conditions dealt with

Don Alexander Baird and Dona Catriona

Don Alexander K

A host of fencers

Cormac Mor, directing traffic and taking business

The entrance procession

HRM (former) Sir Dirk

HRM (former) Charmayn

First order of business was Mistress Bridget, Baroness of Altavia, was called into court for a recognition. Here she’s escorted by Master, Laertes, Baron of Altavia.

Her Excellency received an augmentation of arms for standing by the Crown in a very difficult situation involving a battlefield dispute. Loyalty to household or loyalty to Crown. In our Society, oaths of fealty and honor do mean something, and in this case, she lost her place in a household by abiding her oaths to the Crown and maintaining her honor.