South End Cemetery, Ipswich, MA - Olympus C3100Z - this is a cemetery that has a little bit of everything. I never come away empty. LOL. I generally don’t tend toward the dark stuff, but this one has only one direction, and that’s dark.

New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, New York - Nikon D300 - solitude in the Big Apple is a rare thing. Capturing these two was a delight.

Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford, MA - Nikon D300 - another one from the 17th century with pretty much all the bells and whistles. A cute little pocket cemetery if you can find parking.

Washington Jewish Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. - Olympus C3100Z - This young Lady took some work. As you can tell, she’s a laser-engraved headstone. She needed some major softening, twisting and tilting, and reflection removal. Damsels in distress are a specialty of mine. She’s my special girl.

South End Cemetery, Ipswich, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - Love shadows!

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA - Nikon D300 - You know how much I hate working with this crusty, coarse stone. That harsh reflection of light off every surface greater than a micron. Yuck! Love Ghoulies though.

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York - Nikon D300 - off center works best. Simple.

Washington Jewish Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - Olympus C3100Z - Nothing more can be said.

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - Nikon D300 - Junior was in the midst of bathing and catching rays when I happened upon his Sunday morning routine.

St. Nicholas Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Nikon D300 - Yep, oil paint, some highlighting, and maybe some other minimal filtering.

Calvary Cemetery, Gloucester, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - she fades, and then is gone.

Calvary Cemetery, Gloucester, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - a little humor in this piece…very little.

Waterside Cemetery, Marblehead, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, MA - Nikon D300 - the skyline of Boston deep in the background…for now.

Wenham Cemetery, Wenham, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - who doesn’t like an interesting background.

Wenham Cemetery, Wenham, MA - Nikon D300 - Here lies buried the body of Mr. Skipper Balch who departed this life 13 September, 1714 in ye 23rd year of his age,

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York - Nikon D300

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York - Nikon D300 - Friends in Life? Neighbors in Death.

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. - Nikon D300 - I had some fun with this one. It was the first thing I thought of when I first saw it. Based on personal experience of course. Can you figure it out?

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York - Nikon D300 - an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York - Nikon D300 - you must be careful where you step with these little guys digging new burrows. I’m sure Henry is thinking about toppling over and crushing Woody’s little brains out for disturbing his forever home.

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York - Nikon D300 - Frank Gannett, Founder of the Gannett Company. And my first job was a paper route. No dog, just a bicycle and a sack full of papers.

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York - Nikon D300 - almost time to fly, fly.

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York - Nikon D300 - when I looked down into the crater, I imagined an uptown/downtown train station. Growing up in NYC it was not impossible to imagine such a thing. That, too, is art.

The Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

The Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

The Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - the Granary is a rather busy place considering all the folks from American history. It’s also a rest stop from the busy street traffic just the other side of the fence.

The Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - right place at the right time once again. And, once again, knowing what to do with it as a photographer.

Cypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, New York - Nikon D300 - lessons learned the hard way.

St. Mark's Cemetery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada - Olympus C3100Z - She’s been in St. Mark’s for quite some time by the looks of her. Why and how did she get there?

St. Paul's Graveyard, Newburyport, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - nice natural light once again.

Cypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, N.Y. - Olympus C3100Z - CHC is a dark place. My senses were always on highest alert. It gave me the creepies, but I loved every minute.

First Parish Burying Ground, Gloucester, Massachusetts - Olympus C3100Z - the suns reflection off a small pool of water on the gravestone. A lucky happenstance.

Trucksville United Methodist Cemetery, Shavertown, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - I had a good father, but he was a poor parent. I should hope to have been an improvement on the latter. I’m told so.

Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA - Nikon D300 - a little extra emphasis on the backlighting through the trees, not to mention highlighting the stones.

Cypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, New York - Olympus C3100Z - another family forever home.

Beech Grove Cemetery, Rockport, MA - Nikon D300 - I cannot exactly tell you why the orange, red, and yellow leaves appeal to me, but they do. And I do love the 3D effect noticeable in a number of my works. Working with light and dark.

Old Graveyard, Essex, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Westchester, N.Y. - Nikon D300 - a little of this, a little of that. The model is Victoriana Lady.

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).

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York - Nikon D300 - Birdsey is a bit set apart from his parents. Did he take the generation gap to the grave? Quite the independent streak I’d say.

First Parish Burying Ground, Rockport, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

The Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - I hope whoever got paid well enough for this piece of work. Talk about all the bells & whistles; and there’s more below these 3.

The Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

St. Mark's Cemetery, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Canada - Olympus C3100Z - it must have been a very hard life for Harriet Eliza to be noted on the stone.

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. - Nikon D300 - Susan B. Anthony is perhaps the most widely known suffragist of her generation and has become an icon of the woman's suffrage movement.

Green Street Cemetery, Marblehead, MA - Nikon D300

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Gloucester, MA - Canon 5D Mark II

Old Burying Ground, Falmouth, MA - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Little Mary Dimmick died at 1 year and 9 months.

Gallery Show, Springville, New York - Nikon D300 - once again, Victoriana Lady appears at a gallery show I did a few years back.