Waterford Fair 2013, Frederick Maryland Photographer

The Waterford Fair wrapped up and as it did I walked out with two ribbons for the two photographs I entered.  Pretty good odds, I'd say!

"Late Summer" was the Second Place winner in the Waterford Fair 2013 Portrait category for the Juried Photo Exhibit.  

"Freed Slave Property, 1879" Received Honorable Mention in the Loudoun County, VA Category at the Waterford Fair, 2013 Juried Photo Exhibit.  

Here are a few images from my time there on Saturday this year.

Waterford Fair, 2013

Display in front of a Waterford Residence

The Corner Store

Red Glass Transom

Fresh Eggs

Civil War Solider 

The General Store

The Waterford Fair 2012, Frederick Maryland Photographger

Each year I participate in The Waterford Fair's Juried Photo Exhibit.  It gives me something to work towards and then an excuse to visit the fair.  Here are some images from my visit on a very quiet, cloudy, drizzly day with my family and our friends.  Barely anyone was there, so we nearly had the town to ourselves.  As with all outings that are done annually, we are beginning to see this fair as a tradition.

Some homes in town. The top right named Sunnyside is for sale, The Second Street School is the bottom left.

More homes and a map from Eugene Sheele's shop.

Blacksmith from Butterbridge Forge.  We bought the hook he was creating.

Directions

Birdhouses

This reminds me of New Orleans

Inside the Marshall Claggett House an 18th Century log cabin.  The Claggetts, who were black, raised 9 children in this one-room, one-story home.  

Hearth inside the Hollingsworth-Lee House

Walking up Main Street 

Backside

I just loved the colors and the dog poking out as the people talked.

The boys waiting to go inside the log house.  We walked to the back entrance and one sat down making himself at home….the others did the same.

Waterford Fair, Frederick, Maryland Photographer

This year I participated in Waterford Fair's Annual Juried Photography Exhibit.  I won two ribbons, one in the portraiture category, and one for an abstract.  It is a great venue to show recent work, sell items (I sold a lot of notecards this year) and meet other photographers, especially if you volunteer to work during the fair days.

Here is my interpretation of the Waterford Fair.  If you have never been, please check out my photos.

Musical instruction

The band

Left: Blacksmith  Right: Wreath

Liam and Luke learned how to make a spark with wood from this woodworker who hails from West Virginia.

Left: Liam got it going.  Right: Luke

Luke's turn.  "Push it!"  We ended buying several items from the woodworker so his tactic to engage the kids first worked.  Allegheny Treenware make beautiful utensils and we got ourselves a unique cutting board.

The boys with their Grandad.