Welcome to the group, Dale. My father was a history nut. His passion was visiting old and threatened cemeteries and documenting the material on the gravestones. The records were to the County Historical society, for genealogical and other research. I did a lot of rubbing of gravestones as a boy.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 1:25 PM, Dale H. Cook <radiot...@plymouthcolony.net> wrote: > I am a recently retired broadcast engineer who is taking up photography as > a hobby after using it largely only for work and genealogical research over > the last 30+ years. Most of my genealogical photography going forward will > undoubtedly be photographing gravestones in B&W, the preferred format for > those photos (I am a member of the Association for Gravestone Studies). > > I used SLRs for years (most recently a Pentax K-1000). but switched to a > digital camera (a Sony Cybershot) about 15 years ago for convenience. With > retirement I decided to upgrade, and recently bought a Pentax K-70 with a > DA 18-270mm as my walking-around lens. I am still mastering the amazing > array of settings but am making progress. I am using a variety of colored > B&W filters for gravestones, because 1) I am on old guy who was used to > doing that with film, and 2) although I have done a fair amount of image > post-production over the years I would rather get the correct image > in-camera than fix it in post. > > Dale H. Cook, 50+ years as an SLR photographer, > Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm lens, using > colored filters for B&W gravestone photography > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
