Raging nostalgia

Now when I use the word nostalgia, please realise I’m not actually old enough to remember the Victorian age!

But for my Artist Date last week, (part of Julia Cameron’s Artist’s Way course) I went to a rural life museum that was once a working Victorian farm, much of which has been preserved. This is not an era I’m normally keen on visually; Victoriana can be so fussy. But the farm side of things made for a much plainer environment and there was much to see and love. I got a real sense of people working here over the years.

I took lots of photographs, trying to capture the filtered sunlight and polished wood as well as some scenes from the gardens.

When I got home it struck me I could get an effect to fit the nostalgic mood my visit had brought about, so I took the best examples and added a sepia filter and other effects. I’m quite pleased with them. You can see three examples here (click the images to see full-size), and the set of eight can be found on my Flickr photostream – click here.