Sherwood Forest Portraits

"Sherwood Forest Portraits - No. 2"

This summer I had the chance to visit Sherwood Forest. This ancient royal forest in Nottinghamshire, England is most known for its 13th century outlaw Robin Hood. While I was planning my trip to the UK I was delighted to find out they were celebrating their yearly Robin Hood Festival the very day were were going to visit. So I packed up my cameras and headed to Nottingham.

The festival was centered around the The Major Oak, a 1,000 year old English oak tree which folklore says was used by Robin Hood and his band of merry men as shelter. It weighs an estimated 23 tons, has a girth of 33 feet, a canopy of 92 feet. Since Victorian times, The Major Oak has been held up by a complex scaffolding structure.

But I was there to capture portraits of the day and was not disappointed by the merchants and entertainers dressed in medieval garb. With the ancient English oak trees and handmade canvas tents as a backdrop, I was delighted to catch several timeless portraits in the Sherwood Forest.

Julie Green
September 2, 2017

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