With the 2013 church calendar photo project completed and the photos turned in, I’ve added them to my gallery (along with last years photos) under Projects-Rowan Churches.
From a creative stand point I’m limited in what I can do with or to these photo’s — their use demands a fairly high contrast monochrome taken with a slight angle from the front establishing a common theme and providing each church equal representation in the calendar.
I may still return to some of the more interesting churches on my own time.
Another nice collection, Earl. So, were you able to take any images inside of these churches? Some stained glass windows can be beautiful to shoot from inside. By the way is there a way we can purchase your calendar?
Hi Monte, thanks! No, for this project I didn’t get any inside photos. What I thought i’d like to do is take a couple of the older and more photogenic churches and see if I could arrange a more complete inside and outside shoot later on to go along with these “canned” shots. I believe there’s around 300 churches just in this county. Here in the Bible belt this is an almost limitless subject matter.
Outstanding job Earl; a great mix of building styles.
Thanks, Steve. I was given a list of selected church names and addresses for this project. I was always surprised by what type of church I’d find.
Good work, Earl! The restrictions you mention seem to not really have hindered you to create strong images. And it encourages me to give b&w a serious try again.