Thank you, will try this.

Thank you, sounds like I need to get a mirror.

Thank you for your help and the links you provided.

Thanks

Thank you for your input, sorry it took so long to respond. Have daughter in U.S. Virgin Islands and have been concentrating on her right now.

Thank you, might try that, hopefully I won't scare to many people.

I agree, especially since I live in an unincorporated community and am not even sure of who to make request to for photographing headstones.

Thank you for your interest. After reading your post I started trying some of your suggestions (except I use Corel PaintShop Pro and Aftershot). I do shoot in RAW and Aftershot Pro 3 allows me to make adjustments on my RAW photographs. I have had some positive results based on your suggestions. Thank you

Thank you, I had tried using the "Bracketing" mode on my camera, but it didn't do much. Manually changing the exposure settings might provide greater variation. Will try.

Thank you. Usually shoot in late afternoon.

Haven't tried that yet, but have shot after rain while they are still damp.

I just recently moved to a small community in Central Texas that has a cemetery with a lot of history. I am looking for advise on how to shoot old headstones so that the worn lettering can be photographed so that it can be read. I was thinking of trying bracketing, but don't know if I would gain anything by doing this. Some of the worn headstones are from the !850's range. I shoot with a Nikon D5300 and use the 18-55mm kit lens. Any advise?

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