I have hundreds of cemetery photos from the same cemetery over all the seasons. There is always an image to capture that I missed on my last visit. Texture, abstract, light and shadow. I love it 👍
"This is what my life has become, begging for likes and subs. Might as well climb in their now." Best lines ever delivered on a RUclips video. Because so true, lol. I learnt photography by hanging around in graveyards as a teenager. I love them. Actually I'm editing a video right now I shot at one last month. Great holiday cottages, I hope people take up your offer, seems like you have lots of great photo opps in your area, despite the lack of epic mountains or herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the landscape.
I don’t think it’s so much we live in boring areas it’s more the appeal of going away and photographing somewhere new and exciting…..not somewhere you’ve spent your entire life and know inside out.Appreciate your videos.👍🏻
There's an element of that, but I regularly hear the comment about "boring areas" or "there's nothing to photograph around here" and it's demonstrably not true. Lots of people don't have the opportunity to go other places and then get downhearted because of their familiarity with the local area has stopped them looking at it properly
@ it also has an awful lot to do with what you prioritise photographing.I used to photograph motorsport because that’s what I prioritised and had no choice but to travel living here in the southwest,funny enough a lot in Norfolk and Suffolk.If you don’t really mind what you photograph and just want to get out and shoot,I totally agree with you.
@@martinpickard5818 An interesting point. I have no real priorities in what I photograph. I class myself as an Observational Photographer and find that I can capture interesting views in so many things, locations and situations. What I tend to avoid is people - I am just socially awkward, but almost anything else is game; finding captivating images in nothing. Partly why I love abstract. Watch out for some of that next week.
Well andy, ive shot myself in the foot here......Ive spent the last month watching your vids from your first one....Its been an incredible journey following you on here picking up great tips and advice..and now I have to wait patiently for the next one..Its also been very therapeutic as I'm nursing a hip injury thats stopped me going out......I should be ok after xmas and will be out there "snapping" away....So from the old bloke with a beard have a wonderful xmas and thank you from the bottom of my heart for your inspiration 👍
I’m from Massachusetts, U.S. & old cemeteries are a favorite! Currently located in Florida, since last November, & trying to find a decent cemetery is so much harder. Jealous! Thank you for sharing. Some lovely shots!
All the pictures shown are really quite beautiful. Andrew has usually kept them quite dark, darker maybe than I would have probably done. As to having a tent in the background, well, that is a case for object removal. I would not have any misgivings about doing a touch of post-processing to get rid of a tent showing through the foliage. It is always interesting to see how Andrew approaches things and how his final compositions come out. Cemeteries are definitely a good idea and Andrew's unpretentious videos are nice to watch. I always look forward to them.
Thanks for your ongoing support, Simon. I found a method of minimising the tent. You'd wouldn't notice it now unless you knew it was there. I will use object removal if absolutely necessary, but I prefer not to generally. The skill should be in getting a photo that doesn't need it, not falling back on a "fix it in post" decision that promotes a certain laziness in the composition stage. If we can't learn how to compose an image and get rid of something (or at least minimise it) before we press the shutter, we aren't improving as photographers.
Brilliant photos (as always) delivered with your usual sensitivity. Plus the bonus of a laugh out loud moment - 'this is what my life has become, begging for subs and likes' (point to grave) I may as well climb in there now! Priceless 😂
Thankyou for this video. I cut my teeth doing film photography in cemeteries in the 1990s. Some of my favourite early photos were taken in cemeteries during this period of my life. Lately I've been struggling with a lack of motivation so this may well be just the thing I need to do and get back to basics.
Yes. I really enjoy photographing in churches too. There's over 600 medieval churches in Norfolk to enjoy too. I have barely scratched the surface of this county.
What an incredible location! I could spend days photographing there. Love your photographs. As I commented a while back in a similar location you were visiting, I really like to shoot these types of shots in infrared. I think it really adds to the spooky feel of the location.
Thank you for producing such an inspirational video. It just goes to prove , that we need to slow down and take stock of what’s around us , even if you live in a boring place!!!!
great video Andy 🙂 I bought a 120 roll film camera 2 years ago specifically to undertake (groan!) a graveyard project. I've taken 1 shot!! This video has inspired me to get back out and finish it. Maybe...
Nice video, I love old churches and grave yards, especially the architecture of our older churches. I quite often use my old Box Brownie with black & white film and the images are just great. For myself personally, I have no issue in taking photos in old cemeteries as long as you stay respectful of where you are and don't go walking over the graves.
As a collection, these images definitely portray a feeling. I cannot quite define what the feeling is but I suspect it is a mixture of sadness, neglect and loneliness. I am very much a beginning amateur photographer and use mostly older film cameras. I find your videos very helpful and educational, especially in composition and seeing possible subjects of interest. Thank you for sharing.
There's a certain melancholy to these places for sure and I have really brought this out in the processing of these images. To a degree, they spark a certain amount of introspection and I think serve as a reminder of the short time we get on this planet.
Fabulous as always, Andy. I love your cemetery videos. The charm in that cemetery is waaaay more beautiful than what's here in New England. But I also weigh the pros and cons of the overgrowth. And hard to find tents in cemeteries around here. Anyway... A bunch of helpful information in here. The image at 34:50... I had to leave the video paused on that beauty for a bit. Print and hang that art. Awesome. Thank you!
Hi, Andrew. A place where you can indeed take beautiful pictures. I have also been to a cemetery regularly. When I walk around there I have mixed feelings. But that is personal and different for everyone. Good video.
I think I get your meaning, Antoine. For me, my family rests a long way from where I live and I have not been now for a many years - much to my shame. There's an anniversary coming very soon actually, but it's over 100 miles away and challenging to get to with traffic congestion charges and such. Be well, Antoine. Thanks for always watching.
@@AndyBannerI don't mean this personally, Andrew. I also go to an old cemetery to take pictures. Even though I do it, I still have a strange feeling about it. So don't take it personally at all, buddy.
Greetings from the Netherlands and thank you for (again) this video which I liked very much (again) . You really make me produce making images around my surroundings. Great photos! Thanks for sharing!
Some lovely photos today! A dusting of snow would be icing on the cake! Regarding editing software, I've been using Photoshop Elements (2020 version) and the Nik Collection 4 for several years, with opportunities for creativity that I haven't even touched yet! My budget has no room for monthly subscriptions and Adobe still offers PSE (up to version 2025) as a buy alone option. For $100 or so, it's yours forever. Works great with the Nik Collection. You can also buy older versions for less if you shop around. Cheers!
I think the Affinity suite knocks Photoshop Elements into a cocked hat and, frankly, I just don't like the way that Adobe does business. I *might* re-subscribe to the £10 a month to get photoshop, but Lightroom is useless to me now. I have Affinity Photo as a trial but not really given it any attention yet.
Love the photo's, this is right up my alley, I spend most of time photographing graveyards, I reckon I spend more time around the dead, than with the living.
I find Golf courses are a good place to capture different types of trees etc, after the last hole has been played for the day. Just watch out for that little white ball heading your way..
whew! I thought I was the only one to frequent cemeteries. I say that because I note the absence of footprints. The ones I visit contain my ancestors going back centuries. Edit: the shrub is cotoneaster.
I thought I named the berry plant as a cotoneaster? Microphyllus indeed! My family aren't resting local to me so these places aren't emotional in that sense, but I absolutely understand how they could be.
I don't know American history vey much at all. I would love to travel now that I am older and free of the shackles of the family. All I need is the money!
Did you go from Lightroom to DXO - can I ask if you didn't have to export all your photos before DXO would read them? I ask because I'm using the dng format in Lightroom and I want to go to DXO. Beautiful cemetery and your photos too. Sorry for the interruption.
I abandoned Lightroom - I haven't moved any images. I never found the LR catalogue function to be remotely useful so transferring to DXO was no issue for me. Any "finished" images would have been exported already and any images I want to revisit, I will simply re-edit from scratch. You need to be aware that Photolab 8 will read DNG images, but it won't be able to apply its demosiacing and other correction settings as it needs the original camera raw file for that. In short, don't throw DNG images at Photolab - it works way better with the original files.
I have hundreds of cemetery photos from the same cemetery over all the seasons. There is always an image to capture that I missed on my last visit. Texture, abstract, light and shadow. I love it 👍
"This is what my life has become, begging for likes and subs. Might as well climb in their now." Best lines ever delivered on a RUclips video. Because so true, lol. I learnt photography by hanging around in graveyards as a teenager. I love them. Actually I'm editing a video right now I shot at one last month. Great holiday cottages, I hope people take up your offer, seems like you have lots of great photo opps in your area, despite the lack of epic mountains or herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the landscape.
I like some of the flower arrangements you can get, especially the “ dead” and forgotten plastic flowers.
I don’t think it’s so much we live in boring areas it’s more the appeal of going away and photographing somewhere new and exciting…..not somewhere you’ve spent your entire life and know inside out.Appreciate your videos.👍🏻
There's an element of that, but I regularly hear the comment about "boring areas" or "there's nothing to photograph around here" and it's demonstrably not true. Lots of people don't have the opportunity to go other places and then get downhearted because of their familiarity with the local area has stopped them looking at it properly
@ it also has an awful lot to do with what you prioritise photographing.I used to photograph motorsport because that’s what I prioritised and had no choice but to travel living here in the southwest,funny enough a lot in Norfolk and Suffolk.If you don’t really mind what you photograph and just want to get out and shoot,I totally agree with you.
@@martinpickard5818 An interesting point. I have no real priorities in what I photograph. I class myself as an Observational Photographer and find that I can capture interesting views in so many things, locations and situations. What I tend to avoid is people - I am just socially awkward, but almost anything else is game; finding captivating images in nothing. Partly why I love abstract. Watch out for some of that next week.
@@AndyBanner look forward to it.👍🏻
Well andy, ive shot myself in the foot here......Ive spent the last month watching your vids from your first one....Its been an incredible journey following you on here picking up great tips and advice..and now I have to wait patiently for the next one..Its also been very therapeutic as I'm nursing a hip injury thats stopped me going out......I should be ok after xmas and will be out there "snapping" away....So from the old bloke with a beard have a wonderful xmas and thank you from the bottom of my heart for your inspiration 👍
I’m from Massachusetts, U.S. & old cemeteries are a favorite! Currently located in Florida, since last November, & trying to find a decent cemetery is so much harder. Jealous! Thank you for sharing. Some lovely shots!
Yes, the cleaner a cemetery is, the less photogenic I find it.
Thanks Andy, yep we have a graveyard at the end of our street and I often do a nightshift in that spooky place
Chipping in on some caffeine Andy.. thanks.
Hey, thank you so much, Alex.
All the pictures shown are really quite beautiful. Andrew has usually kept them quite dark, darker maybe than I would have probably done. As to having a tent in the background, well, that is a case for object removal. I would not have any misgivings about doing a touch of post-processing to get rid of a tent showing through the foliage. It is always interesting to see how Andrew approaches things and how his final compositions come out. Cemeteries are definitely a good idea and Andrew's unpretentious videos are nice to watch. I always look forward to them.
Thanks for your ongoing support, Simon.
I found a method of minimising the tent. You'd wouldn't notice it now unless you knew it was there. I will use object removal if absolutely necessary, but I prefer not to generally. The skill should be in getting a photo that doesn't need it, not falling back on a "fix it in post" decision that promotes a certain laziness in the composition stage. If we can't learn how to compose an image and get rid of something (or at least minimise it) before we press the shutter, we aren't improving as photographers.
Brilliant photos (as always) delivered with your usual sensitivity. Plus the bonus of a laugh out loud moment - 'this is what my life has become, begging for subs and likes' (point to grave) I may as well climb in there now! Priceless 😂
The temptation was very real, Martin. :-)
Thanks for your support and kind words
Thankyou for this video.
I cut my teeth doing film photography in cemeteries in the 1990s. Some of my favourite early photos were taken in cemeteries during this period of my life.
Lately I've been struggling with a lack of motivation so this may well be just the thing I need to do and get back to basics.
Hope you find your phojo soon! Thanks for your support.
Rye Cemetary in East Sussex is a beautiful place well worth a visit….great video thank you 🙏
I don't think I have visited Rye Cemetery. Love the old town, so picturesque. Not been for about 8 years. Maybe 2025. Who knows.
Love old churches and graveyards the wilder the better, fantastic video, thank you for sharing.
Yes. I really enjoy photographing in churches too. There's over 600 medieval churches in Norfolk to enjoy too. I have barely scratched the surface of this county.
What an incredible location! I could spend days photographing there. Love your photographs. As I commented a while back in a similar location you were visiting, I really like to shoot these types of shots in infrared. I think it really adds to the spooky feel of the location.
One day, I might get a camera converted to IR. One day...
Thank you for producing such an inspirational video. It just goes to prove , that we need to slow down and take stock of what’s around us , even if you live in a boring place!!!!
There's no such thing as a boring place. It's only our perception, often brought about by familiarity.
great video Andy 🙂
I bought a 120 roll film camera 2 years ago specifically to undertake (groan!) a graveyard project. I've taken 1 shot!! This video has inspired me to get back out and finish it.
Maybe...
Cheers, Nick. I like the idea of shooting such places on film. One day when I have some sponsorship perhaps!
Hope you're well.
Nice video, I love old churches and grave yards, especially the architecture of our older churches. I quite often use my old Box Brownie with black & white film and the images are just great. For myself personally, I have no issue in taking photos in old cemeteries as long as you stay respectful of where you are and don't go walking over the graves.
I like the idea of taking a vintage camera into these spaces.
Great images, wish There was an old cemetery like that near where I live.
Shame there's not one. There will still be plenty of interesting things close by to photograph.
As a collection, these images definitely portray a feeling. I cannot quite define what the feeling is but I suspect it is a mixture of sadness, neglect and loneliness.
I am very much a beginning amateur photographer and use mostly older film cameras. I find your videos very helpful and educational, especially in composition and seeing possible subjects of interest.
Thank you for sharing.
There's a certain melancholy to these places for sure and I have really brought this out in the processing of these images. To a degree, they spark a certain amount of introspection and I think serve as a reminder of the short time we get on this planet.
Brilliant video, thanks. Like the idea of the cottages!
Cheers, Steve. If a visit to Norfolk is something that will interest you, send me an email. addy is on my channel bio.
Your work is lovely indeed
Thank you
Fabulous as always, Andy. I love your cemetery videos. The charm in that cemetery is waaaay more beautiful than what's here in New England. But I also weigh the pros and cons of the overgrowth. And hard to find tents in cemeteries around here. Anyway... A bunch of helpful information in here. The image at 34:50... I had to leave the video paused on that beauty for a bit. Print and hang that art. Awesome. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your regular support, Scot.
I enjoyed the peaceful walk. Thank you ! 👻
Thank you too!
really enjoyed that. Great photos. Many thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Great topic! I learned to use my first camera, a Canon AE1, at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA. So much variety!
For sure. Any cemetery is a good place to take a camera. The wilder the better for me.
Hi, Andrew.
A place where you can indeed take beautiful pictures.
I have also been to a cemetery regularly.
When I walk around there I have mixed feelings.
But that is personal and different for everyone.
Good video.
I think I get your meaning, Antoine. For me, my family rests a long way from where I live and I have not been now for a many years - much to my shame. There's an anniversary coming very soon actually, but it's over 100 miles away and challenging to get to with traffic congestion charges and such.
Be well, Antoine. Thanks for always watching.
@@AndyBannerI don't mean this personally, Andrew.
I also go to an old cemetery to take pictures.
Even though I do it, I still have a strange feeling about it.
So don't take it personally at all, buddy.
Greetings from the Netherlands and thank you for (again) this video which I liked very much (again) . You really make me produce making images around my surroundings. Great photos! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much.
Some lovely photos today! A dusting of snow would be icing on the cake!
Regarding editing software, I've been using Photoshop Elements (2020 version) and the Nik Collection 4 for several years, with opportunities for creativity that I haven't even touched yet! My budget has no room for monthly subscriptions and Adobe still offers PSE (up to version 2025) as a buy alone option. For $100 or so, it's yours forever. Works great with the Nik Collection. You can also buy older versions for less if you shop around. Cheers!
I think the Affinity suite knocks Photoshop Elements into a cocked hat and, frankly, I just don't like the way that Adobe does business. I *might* re-subscribe to the £10 a month to get photoshop, but Lightroom is useless to me now. I have Affinity Photo as a trial but not really given it any attention yet.
Love the photo's, this is right up my alley, I spend most of time photographing graveyards, I reckon I spend more time around the dead, than with the living.
The dead aren't out to cause any more problems... Cheers, John.
I find Golf courses are a good place to capture different types of trees etc, after the last hole has been played for the day. Just watch out for that little white ball heading your way..
Don't they always come in fours? :-)
whew! I thought I was the only one to frequent cemeteries. I say that because I note the absence of footprints. The ones I visit contain my ancestors going back centuries. Edit: the shrub is cotoneaster.
I thought I named the berry plant as a cotoneaster? Microphyllus indeed! My family aren't resting local to me so these places aren't emotional in that sense, but I absolutely understand how they could be.
I've ALWAYS wanted to go to Massachusetts and photograph the history.
I don't know American history vey much at all. I would love to travel now that I am older and free of the shackles of the family. All I need is the money!
The cross with all of the vegetation around it would be a good infrared.
I have never tried infrared. One day. Thanks for your support.
Cemeteries are great locations for photography. You tend to run into some interesting people in cemeteries (hopefully mostly living ones).
A great place to find a degree of peace. Such a shame they have become homes for displaced and unlucky people.
@AndyBanner indeed.
Enjoyable
Thanks
Did you go from Lightroom to DXO - can I ask if you didn't have to export all your photos before DXO would read them?
I ask because I'm using the dng format in Lightroom and I want to go to DXO.
Beautiful cemetery and your photos too.
Sorry for the interruption.
I abandoned Lightroom - I haven't moved any images. I never found the LR catalogue function to be remotely useful so transferring to DXO was no issue for me. Any "finished" images would have been exported already and any images I want to revisit, I will simply re-edit from scratch.
You need to be aware that Photolab 8 will read DNG images, but it won't be able to apply its demosiacing and other correction settings as it needs the original camera raw file for that. In short, don't throw DNG images at Photolab - it works way better with the original files.
@@AndyBanner thank you.
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