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| When I tell friends and family (strangers, too for that matter...) what the subject of my website is, the reaction that I sometimes get, and hope for, is "Wow! Great! What's the URL/address?" The other one, well, I'm learning to expect it: blank or puzzled look, "Why? Cemeteries? Ooohh, genealogy,...er, right?" Well, not really... "Looking for ghosts or spirits?" Definitely not. (don't know what I'll do if one finds me...) | |
| I've always been interested in cemeteries and the monuments in them. I never know what I'll find. Sometimes there is enough information that I can figure out things about the person's life. Now, I have an exc...reason to go in and explore and take pictures to my film's limit. I really need to express gratitude for patience shown by my significant other, family and friends, all of which have been roped into at least one cemetery shoot. (First, I have to drag them in, then I can't get them to leave!) | |
| When I first started web-surfing, I discovered 'Graveyards of Chicago'. Fascinated, I read and viewed all of it. Many hours later, I looked for a similar site for Florida. Thus, the concept for this site was born. Even though I am a native of Florida, I rely heavily on maps (Trakker, Rand McNally, AAA), research (scarce), and recommendations from viewers like you. | |
| This brings me to the technical aspect of the essay. I use a Canon FTb with a 75-200mm zoom lens loaded with 800 ISO Fuji or Kodak Gold film. Wolf Camera does all my developing and printing. I use a Digital Research Technologies scanner. For graphic adjustments (crop and sharpen, mostly), JASC Paint Shop Pro 5.0 is the program of choice. Microsoft FrontPage Express 2.0™ and Notepad have been used to set up my code. WordPerfect 6.1 is what I use to catalog everything and to keep track of what I'm doing (not to mention the memo books and odd scraps of paper scattered everywhere!). | |
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