take photos in a cemetery

One of many of the cemeteries I have photographed.

It was a very interesting exercise. One of my favorite images from the shoot was one where the woman I was with put her face in a section of stained glass that had fallen out in a crypt. I was able to photograph her from the other side of the crypt.

I love going to cemeteries to take pictures. In Atlanta, there are several large ones, the largest being West View. I’ve been there many times and still haven’t seen it all.

More of my cemetery photos.

I took some wonderful pictures in a cemetery (day time) in the center of the city. I even took some pictures in a 1890 crypt…yeah…that still gives me chills….I think his grave was robbed, because the bones were all over the place and the top of the casket was tampered with. I could see the skull…creepy stuff. I can’t get that image out of my head. I can’t even look at those pictures…

most of my assignments in high school photo class were done in a cemetary…and they were loved by my teacher..dear mrs. fisher…i miss her…must start taking pics again! and i will return to my fave cemetary.

I spent quite a bit of time this week in some local cemeteries taking photos. I found it calming and strangely relaxing. And fascinating, reading the headstones. Cemeteries for the most part are beautifully landscaped, and incredibly poignant. It’s nearly impossible to take a bad photo in a cemetery. Of course, I believe you should approach cemetries with respect. They are not playgrounds, they are the resting places of loved ones. That said, I find older, out of the way, and very small cemeteries to be the most interesting.