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From: William Hoisington <>
Subject: Re: Photographing old tombstones
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:56:25 -0400


I've had luck with marble headstones using a black and white film, bracketing both
sides of the focus setting and then looking at the negatives.... the inscriptions
come out in the negative lighter than the back ground stone.
Darcy

Deb wrote:

> I recently took photos of numerous headstones - all made of granite and/or
> slate. I did absolutely nothing to them and they came out perfectly. I know
> people will use mirrors, spray bottles to wet the stones, etc. but I didn't have
> to do anything at all. The only material I haven't photographed is marble and
> you may have problems with that no matter what you do. The old marble stones get
> very pitted.
> I used a 35 mm camera with 200 speed film.
> have fun!
> deb
>
> The James Family wrote:
>
> > Any suggestions on phtographing old tombstones? The cemetaries up here are
> > finally out from under thier blanket of snow and I'd like to get my pictures
> > before the black flies come out. I figure taking a picture of the stone is a
> > much better and safer way to get a record of them.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > D James
> >

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