Wenham Cemetery, Wenham, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - S for simple.

Beech Brook Cemetery, Gloucester, MA - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

First Parish Burying Ground, Wakefield, MA - Canon EOS 5D Mark II - The Deacon, her husband, is flat on his face.

Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - for an old Victorian, this fencing around the Beal Family is in superb shape.

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - Olympus C3100Z - What did Barlow say or do to be unfriended? Old World look with a New World narrative, a composition that’s always on my radar.

Old Graveyard in Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - as you might have expected, there are a few photoshop things going on with this capture. Perhaps some oil paint, a little graphic pen, with a dab of antique coloring. It works.

Mountainview Cemetery, Harding, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

Calvary Cemetery, Queens, N.Y - Olympus C3100Z - Those eyes! I believe her name to be Antonia or Antoinette and she haunts me, in a good way. She poses just the cutest, sweetest, image. But it saddens me that so young a passing was her fate.

Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - every buried soul in this photo, sat in quiet solitude just thinking of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, MA - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Old Graveyard in Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - yep, that’s about 4 ft. of red hair. And if you hadn’t noticed, she’s in a cemetery.

Beech Grove Cemetery, Rockport, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - Love those bare tree limbs.

Old Graveyard in Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

Old Graveyard in Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - the fence provided a nice dividing presence to play with.

Old Graveyard in Carlisle, PA - Nikon D300

Old Graveyard in Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - I do like to mix B&W with Color when it strikes me. A class narrative perhaps?

Old Graveyard in Carlisle, PA - Nikon D300 - Metaphorically speaking, segregation.

Mountainview Cemetery, Harding, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - I use a fair amount of photoshop oil paint, in various configurations, to soften an image. It can blur so I try to be careful and not process when I’m tired and lacking visual acuity.

Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

Marcy Cemetery, Duryea, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - the lighting was just perfect for little John Eugene. JE appears several times on these pages.

Marcy Cemetery, Duryea, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - besides ideal natural light, I softened the harsh grainy raw image with a smattering of oil paint.

Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - Ida died of Typhoid Fever/Edrie in a fire/David of croup

Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Nikon D300 - she was just sitting there waiting for me. Story of my life, LOL.

Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

Old North Burying Ground, Ipswich, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

St. John’s Cemetery, Compass, PA - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Old North End Burying Ground, Ipswich, MA - Nikon D300 - leaning stones talk to me. They sometimes tell a life story. Richard is leaning toward Mary, but Mary is already married. Hmmm.

Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York - Nikon D300 - love those rare finds. I wonder if they buried the doll with the young lady. The two must have been inseparable.

St. Joseph's Cemetery, Pittston, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - I hated to be found. I felt I let myself down. And as an adult, I play hide and seek with myself. It’s called keeping it all in.

Old Brick Church Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - again, I’ll soften the visual chaos with the oil paint filter.

The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - Olympus C3100Z - of course the Olympus had its limitation, but you work with what you got. Photoshop helps me polish Olie’s limitations.

The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - C3100Z - I would love to spend more time at Evergreens. It certainly has character.

The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - Nikon D300 - My middle name at times in my life. And still an introvert at heart.

Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts - Canon EOS 5D Mark II - the graves of Horace, Mary, and Edith Ebert. Horace loved reading in his comfy plush chair.

Landis Family Cemetery, Rehrersburg, PA - Nikon D300 - version 2 in B&W. There’s a color version, too.

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - a lot of chipmunks seek camera time. I really must remember to bring almonds with me in the future.

Hanover Green Cemetery, Hanover, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, MA - Olympus C3100Z - The title? It’s the last thing I remember my friend, Tom, said once the magic mushroom kicked in. We were at the 1970 Randalls Island concert featuring Grand Funk, Steppenwolf, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix & others. Anyway, I had my own Sparklefield. Great concert though.

Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

Old South Hampton Cemetery, New Hampshire - Nikon D300 - Colby appears in an earlier version from an opposite perspective.

Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, PA - Nikon D300 - my daughter liked the tree on the left, so I left it. My daughter’s the pro so I was out voted, LOL.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Pittston, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

The Burying Point, Salem, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

Calvary Cemetery, Gloucester, MA - Canon 5D Mark II

Old Burying Ground, Lynnfield, Massachusetts - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Turkey Hill Cemetery, Merrimack, NH - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Westchester, N.Y. - Nikon D300 - I took some shots of the model (Victoriana Lady) while attending a Halloween event.