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Sep 25, 2011 10:42:03 #

Bob.J Loc: On The Move

You should join Find A Grave. They send you assignments in your area to find and photograph head stones. Check it out
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=nm

Sep 25, 2011 11:11:52 #

MWAC Loc: Somewhere East Of Crazy

Great captures. I secretly love going to the cemetery and taking my camera, it's so nice and peaceful there.

Here are a couple of mine.

Sep 25, 2011 11:31:05 #

forbescat

manna wrote:

so i went to the local cemetery with my mum today so i thought awesome! photo ops! these are just a couple of the ones that i took. Have never taken pics at a cemetery before so not quite sure how i did! Please critique where needed! Thanks

I love the last one with headstones as background. My only suggestion is that in the future, take the time to make sure your composition is the best it can be. In this one, you cut off the feet of your subject. In situations like this where time is not important, bring along a tripod and you'll love the results.

Sep 25, 2011 12:37:11 #

sscooper38 Loc: Southwest Georgia

I am new here. I had a photo I took at a pet cemetary that I wanted to post, but can't quite figure out how to post!

Sep 25, 2011 12:43:17 #

sscooper38 Loc: Southwest Georgia

Hey! It finally popped up, so I did something right! I know that it is not centered, and the lighting is not the best, but there is something very endearing about the photo. I looks like a child buried their best friend, and it's the feeling behind the photo.

Sep 25, 2011 20:58:09 #

KathyinNH Loc: Kingston, NH

modest genius wrote:

Good stuff. Bottom one may have been better if you... (show quote)

My favorites are the last two. Great shots.

Sep 25, 2011 21:06:55 #

KathyinNH Loc: Kingston, NH

MWAC wrote:

Great captures. I secretly love going to the cemetery and taking my camera, it's so nice and peaceful there.

Here are a couple of mine.

I love your shots. I also love shooting in cemeteries. I had a photo album printed titled "Seasons of the Cemetery" I shot the same cemetery in all seasons. I had a ball. Here are 3 shots from the book.

Sep 25, 2011 21:25:54 #

Big Nickel Loc: New Hampshire

I go into cemeteries with my daughter and mother-in-law.
my mother-in-law has been doing genealogy for the past 40+ years. We go in the cemeteries to find headstones of our relatives and clean them up and photograph for findagrave.com.

Here is a shot of the WWII section of Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn, Massachusetts where my wife's great uncle was buried.

WWII Scetion (HDR)

Sep 25, 2011 21:31:29 #

JackSR Loc: Jackson, New Jersey

That's a beautiful shot. How do you 'clean' the stones?

Sep 25, 2011 21:40:01 #

meaherma Loc: Nevada

I like the last one a lot but I think it'd be cooler if you got the whole cherub in the photo instead of cutting out the feet.

Sep 25, 2011 21:44:56 #

DaveHunt Loc: Greensboro, NC

Cemetery shots are particularly challenging, re backgrounds, angles etc. But I do enjoy the challenge myself. I am always looking for a marker that brings up emotions in me. Then I try to get a shot that captures a bit of my emotion. There's always a story. One I like is at http://InstantKeepsake.com.

I also look for interesting epitaphs, like photo attached.

There is some great cemetery photography at NyghtFalcon.com, my local photog mentor.

Sep 25, 2011 21:52:49 #

MWAC Loc: Somewhere East Of Crazy

I live in Texas, there are more than a few civil war monuments ... most honor the confederate Soldiers (if not all of them).

Sep 25, 2011 23:02:29 #

ZeeGadget Loc: South Greensburg, PA. U.S.A.

Next time you go there put a infrared filter on the lens and see if you capture any ghosts. I went to a ghost seminar and they were showing pics using that filter. Boo 8-)

You will need a tripod to shoot off of since that filter is dark.

Sep 26, 2011 02:11:08 #

modest genius Loc: joshua tree park CA

Well,
What an interesting range of images your cemetery snaps have produced....... You are Manna from photographers heaven indeed!
I thought the old lady entering the churchyard added something to the scene. Don't know if The Cenotaph is the biggest tombstone in London but certainly one of the most is impressive. Mr and Mrs Fatt are still together in Southwark Cathedral. (Shame about the chair foot!) Tree as memorial marker (Tombtree?) Thaks for sparking the subject.

The Fatts. Southwark.