The most enjoyable aspect, for me, of festivals like the Bridgeton Covered Bridge Festival in Indiana is seeing the wide variety of antique items offered by vendors.
Amish farmers and crafts people are common in this area. Horse drawn carriages are still in use by the Amish. The carriages pictured here are nearby an Amish vendor area, but since today is a Sunday, there are no Amish manning the booths. These carriages may or may not be offered for sale by the Amish, these may simply be antique horse drawn carriages displayed by others.
Old toys, tricycles and wagons are offered for sale.
And, of course, a wide selection of old home and farm products are in the vendors’ booths.
I like photographing these items; but I do not claim to be an expert at such photography.
The variations in colors, patinas, shapes and sizes of old, collectible, nostalgic items and the wording and logos on old signs are fun to inspect and to photograph.
Old, colorful bottles in different shapes and sizes have a magnetic effect upon me.
The photographs in this post are a few of the many possibilities for making interesting images of objects that one can find at the numerous covered bridge festivals in this area. A small, unobtrusive camera, such as a phone or point and shoot, might work better in this environment than a DSLR. The items in this post are photographed as found in the vendors’ displays.
That’s all for now,
Ken