For a while I did what most photographers do when shooting historic buildings. I would find an angle, get what light I could, and shoot as wide as I could.
There is so much to see in the details of the old houses though. Now I shoot wide, then shift to capture the little things.
All through the main floor you typically find ceiling Medallions and moldings made with plaster.
Homes of the wealthy had music rooms, children learned to play music. The preferred instrument of torture was a huge harp.
Candle sconces, with crystal, were in every cranny.
Photographed with OM-1(1), OM 12-100 f4 pro.
That music stand is sweet. Not what I remember when playing in the high school band for a year or two. Flimsy, too easily fall over stands, with music attached. Concerts could become interesting that day.
Can you imagine practicing by candle 😳. And really, these old homes always had harps! Who could even tune the things 😝
I loved these.
Thanks. Charleston has so many places like this to shoot it keeps you busy for a good while.
They don’t make houses like they used to, the put so much detail into them.
These people were the wealthiest in the early US. Even more than NYC and Boston. Nothing else to do with their money.
The layers of paint on the door in your sconce photo really tell a story.