Ghostly Williamsburg, VA

Making the restored town of Colonial Williamsburg look as though it was in 1776 is impossible, but photographic interpretations can help with the illusion. I found that photographing the colonial city at night allowed me to more easily pretend that it was really the town that Jefferson still walked. Another way I obscured some of the modernisms of the restoration was by using a Lensbaby Composer. This is a lens that allows manual control of distortion of focus. It can be used to give an eerie feeling to an image.

For the image below of a colonial home, I used a Lensbaby during dusk so as to combine both the focus distortion and low light (hence the blue cast) to create a dreamy or ghostly sensation.

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