Alaric reacting to the fairies objections
One of the main reasons we made the long trip from Idaho to Texas was to attend the wedding of two good friends - Debi and Alaric Barbarian. They planned to get married on Saturday, 21 March but it rained nonstop so they slid the wedding back a day. Better weather but the grounds were pure mud.
Alaric entered the grounds on a war horse, along with the owners of Sherwood, and escorted by guards in medieval armor and chain mail. Debi rode in on a carriage. The crowd overwhelmed the small chapel and we were all sinking in mud.
The ceremony was fun - it was interrupted by objections from Robin Hood and a band of fairies and an uncooperative owl - what at great day!
With so many excellent photographers at this royal wedding, I'm almost too embarrassed to post my photos of this lovely event. I tried to get shots from a different perspective and also to include as many people that were involved as possible.
I met Debi and Alaric about 5 years ago at my first visit to TRF; they were extremely gracious and patient with my lack of photographic prowess and over the years have become one of my most photographed subjects.
Heather and I also consider them to be great friends and an awesome couple. Alaric Barbarian was even gracious enough to marry us at TRF on a very cold November day light years ago - dressed as a Barbarian in 40 degree temps and turning blue. Yep, we wouldn't have missed this wedding for the world!
I took these photos in March 2015 at the Sherwood Forest Faire, about 40 miles SE of Austin, TX, near the small town of McDade.
Alaric reacting to the fairies objections
One of the main reasons we made the long trip from Idaho to Texas was to attend the wedding of two good friends - Debi and Alaric Barbarian. They planned to get married on Saturday, 21 March but it rained nonstop so they slid the wedding back a day. Better weather but the grounds were pure mud.
Alaric entered the grounds on a war horse, along with the owners of Sherwood, and escorted by guards in medieval armor and chain mail. Debi rode in on a carriage. The crowd overwhelmed the small chapel and we were all sinking in mud.
The ceremony was fun - it was interrupted by objections from Robin Hood and a band of fairies and an uncooperative owl - what at great day!
With so many excellent photographers at this royal wedding, I'm almost too embarrassed to post my photos of this lovely event. I tried to get shots from a different perspective and also to include as many people that were involved as possible.
I met Debi and Alaric about 5 years ago at my first visit to TRF; they were extremely gracious and patient with my lack of photographic prowess and over the years have become one of my most photographed subjects.
Heather and I also consider them to be great friends and an awesome couple. Alaric Barbarian was even gracious enough to marry us at TRF on a very cold November day light years ago - dressed as a Barbarian in 40 degree temps and turning blue. Yep, we wouldn't have missed this wedding for the world!
I took these photos in March 2015 at the Sherwood Forest Faire, about 40 miles SE of Austin, TX, near the small town of McDade.