king's landing

Two final images from King’s Landing Historical Settlement, New Brunswick. While I did tour the restored homes, I found the most interesting parts to be the things I found around back or hidden in a corner. First a 19th century buggy. And finally, some barrels from the back room which no-doubt contained some kind of moonshine many moons ago. … [Read more...] about Buggy and Barrels

Here are some more photos of visiting cousins from King’s Landing Historical Settlement, New Brunswick. Somehow it was easier to get images of the boys. Maybe it's the thing about being in character. All the boys were playing games and lounging about while the girls were inside studying and cooking. … [Read more...] about The Visiting Cousins

The historical settlement of King’s Landing, New Brunswick, offers a program called “Visiting Cousins” where children of various ages live the life of a child from the 19th century for a week or so. They dress in period costume, participate in period activities, associate themselves with one of the historic homes, and attend the 1840 one-room schoolhouse. What a summer … [Read more...] about Boys, Boys, Boys

In the 1800’s, peddlers would travel from farm to farm using person- or animal-drawn carts to supply isolated populations with basic goods such as pots and pans, tools, and cloth. For many of those farms, the closest community could be more than a day’s travel making the peddler a vital part of life. I found this restored peddler’s cart at King’s Landing, New Brunswick, the … [Read more...] about The Peddler’s Cart

Have you ever wondered what to do when you find a great treasure, but it's in a dark room and you don't have a flash or a tripod? Me too! I never really learned how to use a flash anyway. I tried it a few times with borrowed equipment, but since most of my photographs are natural light landscapes, I didn’t make the investment in any lighting equipment. But my experience … [Read more...] about Operating without a flash or tripod