Pharmacy - Bertrams ghosts 1909 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
Title
Pharmacy - Bertrams ghosts 1909 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1909
Original Title: Drug store with soda fountain
Location: Detroit, MI, 273 Woodward Ave
This needed a bit of editing. The tape on the right side was in an unfortunate place. I had to rebuild that window box on the right, using a reflection of the one in the back. I also decided to remove that cabinet in the front.
The ghosts are from a very long exposure, I would say it must have been at least a minute, maybe a little longer. I liked how you can see what a normal day was like, or at least in the span of a minute. A boy looks at candy, the father pulling him along, the jerk behind the bar just poured a glass of something, you can see the handle movement. There is a phantom in the back as well. There was movement in the 4th stool, I guess something might have been there?
I toned this room on the dark side. I'm certain it was dim in this room. While I do think some of these lamps are wired, a portion of them are still gas (like the ones by the register). I also wanted it darker so you can see the stained glass lit up. For realism, I lit the lamps, and those window boxes, along with the rest of them.
This room had far too many reflections in it, and when you have reflections, you need to try to match the colors in all of them. Many of the mirrors were angled a bit so there were even more reflections than you would expect.
There were 3 locations, but the picture didn't mention which one this was. However I knew which locations they did have and there was a number reflected in the back wall. The building itself is gone though.
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