The Saddler & Harness Maker
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend. As I eluded to last week I would be posting some images from my visit to Black Creek Pioneer Village. The village is a recreation of what life looked like in 19th Century Ontario. The site includes 35 restored heritage buildings including a Blacksmith shop, General Store and Schoolhouse.
We start our visit today with the shop of the Saddler & Harness Maker. (You can click on the images to see a larger version)
This was such a terrific building to photograph. The sun was shining on this day and casting some awesome shadows on the building itself. I positioned myself a few different ways until I got the shadow of the tree the way I wanted it with the branches almost hugging the building. I really wanted the focus to be on the shadows and felt this worked best in B&W which I processed with Topaz B&W Effects.
The next 2 images are from the interior of the building. All I could think of when I was in there was that this would make a great Ralph Lauren ad.
With all of that leather I bet it smelled great in there! Great work Edith!
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December 26, 2011 at 10:43 am
Love those shadows against building! Such contrast!
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December 26, 2011 at 11:50 am
Super cool subject Edith!
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December 26, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Very well processed Edith.
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December 26, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Thanks Ian.
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December 27, 2011 at 12:37 am
Wow look at all that metal and leather!! Cool find. Great processing.
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December 27, 2011 at 6:42 am
Love the processing and the way you made the clutter seem cohesive!
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December 27, 2011 at 8:16 am
Wow Edith, these are some of my favorite shots of yours! The lighting is incredible!
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December 27, 2011 at 10:23 am
Incredible light and shadows in the first image. Looks like a great place to photograph.
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December 27, 2011 at 10:35 am
What an awesome place to visit. Quite a treat for a photographer, or anyone for that matter. 😉
Awesome vintage styled shot to lead off and the light in the others is really wonderful. Nicely done!
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December 27, 2011 at 11:19 am
Love that comp on the first shot with the tree shadow.
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December 27, 2011 at 11:28 am
Great capture Edith! Love the details! There are so many!
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December 27, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Very nice set. I like the soft and warm look inside the building.
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December 27, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Awesome photos Edith!
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December 27, 2011 at 7:31 pm
wow so much to look at, well shot Edith!
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December 27, 2011 at 10:02 pm
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I was amazed to see the saddle shop. My husband sells a similar picture and I’d never seen one like it before. I included a link – it’s towards the bottom right. Cool! His was taken at a historical village near Nebraska.
http://www.kensphotographs.com/americanaphotographs.htm
Nancy
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December 29, 2011 at 9:36 pm
Just had a look Nancy yes it is similar. That is cool. Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.
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December 29, 2011 at 10:42 pm
It’s wow. I was very interested to interior and I was not disappointed.
Lovely! I have made a post from
Back room of shoemaker.
I am son of shoemaker and was lucky to find in Helsinki a real shoemaker. The backroom was full of things which I have forgotten since my childhood.
Thank You for this post.
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January 24, 2012 at 2:13 am