As you probably read in my Planet McLean post, I recently went for a hike in McLean Game Refuge down in Granby, CT with Alanna. I have a few more pictures from McLean, and some from a nearby cemetery.
I had seen the graveyard in Simsbury, CT before, and I had wanted to explore it for awhile. The headstones are set on a hill, and it’s a really beautiful place. Sometimes I wonder why we keep ending up in Cemeteries, but then I think about what peaceful places they are.. And they lend themselves to great imagery!
View the cemetery pictures below, or jump to the rest from McLean. As always, click the thumbnail for the full picture!
Simsbury, Ct Graveyard
Cemetery on the Hill - Simsbury, CT
Old Headstone Etchings
Cemetery on the Hill - Simsbury, CT
Alanna and her Holga
Justin Case
Long shadows in the Graveyard
Light on the other side
Texture
McClean Game Refuge – Granby, CT
Ice
Melting Ice on a Frozen Lake
Ice, Ice Baby
And a tree for good measure!
Hey, really great photos.
I love the texture you were able to get with the headstone photos.
Peace,
Darren L Carter
Some really great shots there Ryan, love the retro feel. Headstones make such interesting subjects, I’ll have to get down to my local cemetery for a few shots myself.
Thank you both for the kind words! Headstones can hold such beauty, and I really love the older hand engraved designs that show through the weathering.
Paul, you should definitely get out there and shoot! I’d love to see another artists interpretation of similar subjects.
I like cemeteries as well, although I doubt I would walk through one at night. I like reading the inscriptions on the headstones, especially the older more historical ones.
As for Alanna, how about a shot where she’s not hiding behind the camera
Haha, walking through them at night can definitely be creepy. I did some Long Exposure Cemetery Photography awhile back. Definitely fun, and I liked the results, but walking around in a cemetery (That is supposedly haunted, of course) in the pitch black had me a little shook. The older and more historical the cemetery, the better! I guess most of my pictures of Alanna have her hiding behind a camera, haha. I managed to find one shot she took with her Holga over at her blog.
Hi Ryan
Looks like you had a good time at the cemetery!
They are such spooky places.
If you want to visit a fantastic cemetery try the “Pere la Chaise” cemetery in Paris.
It is full of famous graves…
Jim Morrison, Edith Piaf, Chopin, Proust, Colette…
I went with my wife on our last visit to Paris and had a fantastic time.
I really must get out more often! LOL
Hi Keith,
Haha, yes, I guess we did have a great time. Spooky? Well I can’t disagree completely, but I like to use the term peaceful.. Oh who am I kidding, they’re spooky too. I will have to add “Pere la Chaise” to my list of places to travel! That list seems to grow by the day.. I think we could all get out a little more often, haha.
These pictures are a little eerie and haunting, quite an unusual subject matter. But thinking outside the box, I like it.
Nice shots, a lot of textures.
And I like how you responded to Keith, using peaceful instead of spooky. You know how we usually think of cemeteries, I’m just glad you’re not showing us any ‘night-shots’ here. ^^
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Hi Ching Ya,
I’m glad someone else can appreciate texture in photographs as well, haha! I don’t have any night shots in this post, but more than likely, I will have some in the future. Thanks for stopping by!
@Summer :: If you find these pictures a little haunting, then I captured what I wanted to, haha!
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I love the character of these older cemetaries. The headstones are so elaborate and beautiful. The newer cemetaries have really lost something since they have gone to the flat headstones in order to make maintenance easier. What a shame!!
Old cemeteries really are beautiful. Since moving to California, I barely see any cemeteries at all. Perhaps I just don’t notice them because they don’t have the ornate headstones. Did they really switch the style just for maintenance?
excellent writing .
wow scary.. but nice pic..
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Thanks Haris!