TexasGirl Photography

Cemeteries aren’t really my jam. I hold them in high esteem, of course, and respect their sacred nature; I’m just not really into photographing them. Lately, I’ve visited a few. The project that had me driving all over my county included stops at several graveyards, and on Halloween I went to the historic Round Rock Cemetery with a couple of costumed teenagers in tow.

I was interested in making ghostly photos, since it was Halloween and my daughter and her friend were so suitably dressed. To that end, I brought along my Holga and Ondu pinhole. We had a peaceful, enjoyable time wandering among the stones reading names aloud. Some of the graves are pretty old, for this area anyhow, with lasting heartbreak lingering around the resting places of infants and children especially.

With it being the beginning of November, with the feast of All Souls so recently passed and Veterans Day approaching, I decided to go ahead and share just about all the photographs we made that day. Sometimes, thanks to the late afternoon sun, my camera decided it needed to make a cameo; I might be going back at a different hour sometime in order to try again. . . . .

The kids were great sports about posing for me, and I was really pleased with the images we made!

All these photographs are made with either the Holga 120N or Ondu pinhole 6×6 and Ilford HP5 film. Thanks for looking!