Norfolk & Western 611 Charter at the Strasburg RailroadNovember 2022 The 4-8-4 Norfolk & Western #611 was brought to the Strasburg Railroad in 2019 and has been pulling passenger trains on select weekends. Lerro Photography helped run a photo charter with the 611 in October 2019. In November 2022, Lerro Photography was again asked to help the SRR with a photo charter to help raise money for both the railroad and the locomotive. The two-day photoshoot consisted of the 611 pulling an all-red passenger train and featured photo sessions at sunrise, sunset, and a night session. Each of the photo… [Read More]
Old West Photo Shoot 2022
Old West Photo ShootNovember 2022 When someone thinks of the Old West, one imagines images of gunfights, the open range, cowboys with cattle, drinks at the saloon, and adventure. In November 2022, Lerro Photography sponsored an Old West-themed photo shoot at the Old Bedford Village in Bedford, PA. Over 20 reenactors, two horses, and nearly 40 buildings and structures made for a perfect backdrop for our photo shoot. All of our reenactors were hand-picked because they had original and/or accurate reproduction outfits, props, and guns. We do this so we can make sure the photo shoot is as accurate as… [Read More]
Oregon Steam Charters 2022
Oregon Steam Charters The 2022 Oregon Steam Charters featured two separate railroads: The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad and the Albany & Eastern Railroad. For our first photo charter, we spent two days at the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad with the Polson Logging Co. 2-8-2 #2 and the Heisler Craig Mountain Lumber #3 as our motive power. Both days were planned to feature both locomotives, but due to mechanical issues, the Heisler didn’t join us until toward the end of the first day. The railroad fired up a third engine, McCloud Railway 2-6-2 #25, but unfortunately, that engine had mechanical issues… [Read More]
World War I – Newville, PA
World War I – The Great War in Newville, PA I finally got to attend a WWI event at Newville and it was quite the moving experience. The Great War Association (GWA) is a 100-acre site in south-central Pennsylvania that boasts over a mile of opposing trenches and crater-pocked No-Man’s Land. There is also an endless site of barbwire, bunkers, bombed-out buildings, and other structures that truly makes you feel you are in 1917-1918 Europe. This event is considered an emersion event, which means it’s for reenactors only, and the general public is not allowed. All the reenactors usually remain… [Read More]
Grant Teton Photography Workshop 2022
Grand Teton Photography Workshop Grand Teton National Park is one of the United State’s premier National Parks and offers both spectacular landscapes and amazing wildlife opportunities. For our photo workshop, we planned our visit to coincide with the fall color. We also hoped to photograph the larger wildlife such as bears and Moose. While I had been to Grand Teton several times in the past, I went out 3 days early in order to see where the fall colors were strongest as well as find out the recent wildlife patterns. Bison and moose tend to move around and then stay… [Read More]
D-Day Conneaut Ohio 2022
D-Day Conneaut Ohio 2022 D-Day Conneaut Ohio is a premier living history event and one of the largest and most realistic World War II reenactments in the United States. I have been volunteering as a staff photographer since 2016 and this year, I was honored to take the role of the lead staff photographer for the event. My job as the lead is to make sure that all the staff photographers have gotten coverage of all aspects of the event. This is important because the pictures taken by the staff photographers are then uploaded to the D-Day event page and… [Read More]
Maine Harbors and Lighthouses Workshop 2022
Maine Harbors and Lighthouses Workshop 2022 The coast of Maine offers some of the most scenic and photogenic maritime scenes in the United States. For our 2022 photo workshop, we focused on capturing the historic charm of the harbors, fishing wharves, lobster boats, lighthouses, and rocky cliffs in the area. This workshop was scheduled to occur during the full moon so our photo opportunities could take advantage of the moon. I traveled to Maine several days early to get up to date on lobster trap placement and how many lobster boats were out fishing each day. A couple of the photographers… [Read More]
Old Bedford Village Scouting
The Old West at Old Bedford Village Lerro Photography was invited to photograph a public “Old West” event at the Old Bedford Village in Bedford PA. I have been trying to put on a Wild West-themed photo shoot in Tombstone, AZ in recent years but the pandemic and other delays occurred. It was thought that if we could make enough connections at this Old Bedford Village event, it could open a door to making a future Wild West photo shoot happen. Throughout the day, I photographed reenactors in a variety of scenarios including gun shootouts, portraits, and everyday life. I saw some… [Read More]
Classic Pin-up on the Battleship New Jersey 2021
Pin-up on the Battleship New Jersey In November 2021, Lerro Photography sponsored a two-day vintage pin-up photo shoot on the Battleship New Jersey. Each day, our small group of participants got to photograph the lovely ladies in various parts of the ships. Despite the cold wind and some rain outside, the models were great sports while being photographed out on the decks and on top of Turret 1. They were able to warm up while posing in places like the engine room, the bridge, CEC and other areas of the ship. The Battleship New Jersey was a great host for… [Read More]
Air to Air Photo Shoot 2021
Air-to-Air Photo Shoot – October 2021 TBM Avenger and the F4U Corsair The Military Aviation Museum is home to one of the largest private collections of World War I and World War II era military aircraft in the world, which made it an obviously choice for us to photograph. The museum is located in Virginia Beach, VA and with it being located near the ocean, it only made sense for us to go with a US Navy aircraft theme. After consulting with the photographers, we decided to use two World War II aircraft, the TBM Avenger and the F4U Corsair,… [Read More]
