Trucksville United Methodist Cemetery, Shavertown, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300
Cypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, NY - Olympus C3100Z - this is a really old one straight from the opening chapter.
The Burying Point, Salem, Ma. - Nikon D300
Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - Seashells are an ancient Christian symbol referring to religious pilgrimages and spiritual protection.
Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, MA - Nikon D300
Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, NY - Nikon D300
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - Olympus C3100Z - a Green-Wood Cemetery winter.
Union Cemetery, Rockport, MA - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Old Burying Ground, Falmouth, MA. - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
My best friend, Jimmy, had a huge backyard with many trees, and they all called us to climb them. This setup reminded me of those days. We would stand there trying to decide who would go first. Sometimes Jimmy's mother, if she caught us, decided for us.😢
Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, MA - Nikon D300
Beech Grove Cemetery, Rockport, MA - Nikon D300
Calvary Cemetery, Queens, NY - Olympus C3100Z
Decker Family Burying Ground, Montague, New Jersey - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Canon EOS 5D Mark II - John McConaughy, BIRTH - 7 Jun 1850 DEATH - 9 Jun 1855 (aged 5)
Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - all good photographers like twists and turns and angles. Look for them and cut just right.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Westchester, N.Y. - Nikon D300 - Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820).
South End Cemetery, Ipswich, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - Love shadows!
Old Graveyard, Essex, Massachusetts - Nikon D300
Reformed Dutch Church Burial Ground, Bushkill, PA - Canon Eos 5D Mark II
Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, MA - Nikon D300
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY - Nikon D300
Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, Massachusetts - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts - Olympus C3100Z
United Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island, New York - Olympus C3100Z - it’s so hard for me to wrap my head around. While working on the family genealogy, my ex-wife being Jewish I encountered many in her family that perished at the hands of the Nazi.
Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, MA - Nikon D300 - a simple silhouette of a gravestone against snow. It has that alien look from the old 50’s space movies. Or underwater diving suits from the same period. Yes, I remember…
Old North End Burying Ground, Ipswich, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - now I know how a preacher feels at a wedding. LOL
Langsford Cemetery, Gloucester, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - a darkened background adds to the effect.
Wilson Family Cemetery, Kittery, Maine - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
As it turns out, Miss Mary (background) is Eunice’s daughter from a previous marriage to James Hutchings, who is likewise buried in this small pocket cemetery. FYI, Miss Mary was 70 years old when she died.
Oak Grove Cemetery, Gloucester, MA - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, MA - Olympus C3100Z
Wyoming Cemetery, Exeter, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300
Southside Cemetery, Ipswich, Ma - Nikon D300
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Gloucester, MA - Nikon D300 - Calvin & Matilda Hurd
Wyoming Cemetery, Exeter, PA - Nikon D300 - Shortly after the historic battle of Gettysburg, Confederate prisoners of war were marched through Northeast Pennsylvania to an internment camp located in Syracuse, N.Y. One Confederate soldier died somewhere between Forty Fort and Wyoming so the story goes. He ended up buried in the Cemetery of Wyoming.
Beech Brook Cemetery, Gloucester, MA - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Decker Family Burying Ground, Montague, New Jersey - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Mountainview Cemetery, Upper Exeter, PA - Nikon D300
First Parish Burying Ground, Wakefield, MA - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY - Nikon D300
Shawnee Cemetery, Plymouth, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300
Hillside Cemetery, Goffstown, NH - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Edgewood Cemetery, Nashua, NH - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - they only knew loneliness, not love, just loneliness. The building in the background is the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Calvary Cemetery, Gloucester, MA - Nikon D300
Pocket Cemetery, New York State - Mamiya NC1000? Camera - My first cemetery capture ever, a very long time ago.