Skylights, Cambridge Water Works
The making of Skylight #1 and Skylight #2, November, 2004 (click to enlarge)
Morning Glory
The making of Morning Glory, August, 2005 (click to enlarge):
On Location: Mount Washington
Known for it's bad weather and high winds,
Mount Washington in New Hampshire's Presidential Range is a difficult place to work with a wooden view camera.
For the complete story, see
Mount Washington, "The home of the world's worst weather."
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On Location: Rocky Hill Meeting House
On an earlier photography session in the Rocky Hill Meeting House,
I leaned over the railing to discuss something with the person who was escorting me
and was immediately struck with the intersection of the box pew railings:
they formed a cross.
I was very moved by this,
and I thought this symbolism was particularly appropriate given the Christian heritage
of the building and the people who first used it.
However, to make the photograph that I envisioned,
I would need to place the camera several feet off of the balcony
so that it could be positioned exactly above the intersection of the box pew railings.
Also, the back of the camera would need to be exactly horizontal to avoid converging lines.
I built a cantilevered holder for my tripod head (see photos below),
and returned several months later to make this photograph, which is one of my favorites.
(click to enlarge):
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