Posts Tagged ‘Graveyard Photography’

Today I feature Bett’s choice from Mermaids Tears Jewellery who specialise in creating wonderful pieces of jewellery from collecting coloured glass that is washed up on shore.

If you would like the chance to appear on Fan Spot and receive a digital copy of your favourite photograph from my gallery, all you have to do is tell me which photograph you like and why.  Contact me here.

Heysham Graveyard

I had an extremely difficult time picking my favorite photograph from this incredible collection but after narrowing my choices down to two, I ultimately chose “Heysham Graveyard” from the “Dark Collection”. This photograph definitely set an ominous tone and reminded me of the opening to a Lovecraftian or Edgar Allen Poe film. I could definitely envision Vincent Price strolling through the graveyard as the titles for “Tomb of Ligeia” rolled across the screen. The striking splash of red really set this photograph apart from the others for me. The tall, barren trees and wispy clouds in the sky, all in blacks and greys, set a great contrast for the wash of crimson creeping in. I especially like that this photograph is timeless. I get the impression that a similar photograph of this scene taken 100 years from now would be a virtual mirror image. It is effectively foreboding, yet beautiful.

St Peter’s church in Heysham pictured above dates back to the tenth century and has Saxon architecture as well as early Norman architecture.  There is evidence to suggest that an earlier church existed on the site that dates back to the seventh century.

It is a beautiful place and sits in a small village overlooking Morecambe Bay.

Next to the church stands the ruins of St Patrick’s Chapel that date back to the sixth century and alongside these ruins you will find the stone coffins that have been dug out of the rock.

Today I feature two fans who both chose the same photograph for similar reasons and I enjoyed reading them very much.

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Horror Mug | Business Card |  Thank You Card

Scott Shoyer from Anything Horror

I love the idea for this series you’re doing!!  My pick, hands down is The Dark Road to Nowhere.  What an amazing, haunting, and isolation-inducing picture.  The dark figure in the distance … is he/she walking towards us or away from us?  And what is he/she doing out there? They may not even be walking anywhere. They could be standing there looking at the grave of a loved one.  And I love the light that’s in the distance … it almost looks like a curtain of darkness and one of light; each trying to push each other back.  It’s a really haunting and beautiful picture.  I keep staring at it hoping to find some clue as to the lonely figure out there.

I hope you don’t mind, but that photo is my screen saver on all 3 of my computers!!!  LOL

A. M. Esmonde author of ‘The Breathing Dead’ and more

‘There are many images that I like by creative photographer Amanda Norman, an eye catching  photo of ominous perfection is Dark Road to Nowhere.

It is a black and white image with scope, mystery and intrigue. Is the figure leaving or returning? Are the rays of light hinting at something more unearthly? The depth, equalisation in light, mid-tones and darks highlight the contrasting stones perfectly.

I’m usually a stickler for detail and many of Amanda’s photographs capture every minuet piece of gravel and so on, but what I love about Dark Road to Nowhere is the lack of detail and crispness. It’s unusual to be drawn to an image by what it doesn’t give. But in this case, it is its own unique strength. The dream like quality of the over all photo, the haziness of the graves that disappear into nothingness, silhouette figure that is natural and not posed, accompanied by the dark head stones bookends the road to nowhere.
The understated amount of lighting and the brightness of the horizon level, coupled with soft detail make it overwhelming and that is why I like it. Eerie creepy photography at it’s best. ‘

‘The Vampire’ movie poster is my personal tribute to Hammer Horror.

If you don’t know by now, I’m a huge fan of Dracula and the vampire films of Hammer Horror.  My favourite Hammer Horror films include: -

Twins of Evil

Lust for a Vampire

Any Dracula film with Christopher Lee.

The poster above features a dark portrait of my boyfriend Luke (@1uk3 on Twitter) and some of my graveyard photography, which can be seen by clicking here to visit my Graveyard & Cemeteries galleries.

If you like the poster, you can purchase it on Zazzle by clicking here.  Other ‘B’ movie style posters featuring my dark portraits are also available.

Greeting card version is also available by clicking here.

‘DEARLOVE’ I think is very appropriate for Valentine’s Day.

To me it states that two people’s love will last an eternity.  The photograph above proves this as the headstone was just laying there amongst the grass covered in light debris until I stumbled across it.  Someone’s love has stood the test of time and will continue to do so, unless of course it is a surname?

To see other photos from the cemeteries and graveyards of Manchester, click here.

As you know, one of my passions is graveyard and cemetery photography and I hope you enjoy looking at my photography as much as I did taking them.