Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>but the bodies are all above ground Just out of curiosity, why ? Is this something particular to New Orleans ? > with the exception of Holt Cemetary because poor folks cannot afford to build above ground ? Thanks, - - Phong - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 10:28 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: know any good cemeteries? > We have a bunch in New Orleans, but the bodies are all above ground with the > exception of Holt Cemetary (for really poor folks). If you are looking for > lots of marble tombs above ground, look no further. Let me know if you want > a handful of digital pics of them. > > Jeffery > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Johnny Deadman > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:49 AM > To: Street Photography; Leica Users digest > Subject: [Leica] OT: know any good cemeteries? > > > Hi all > > Off topic so apologies but this is the kind of thing you guys are good > at. > > I am looking for a location to shoot a movie in. It needs to be in the > US or Canada. We need a decent sized, atmospheric cemetery, kind of > tumbledown and unkempt, with a good variety of graves (mainly late > nineteenth and early 20th century preferably). It should have a load of > trees and ideally a sightline to a road and a place where a shack could > be built. It's going to be standing in for the Ozarks but location is > not too important. > > The ones we've been looking at so far include the Ross Bay cemetery in > Victoria, BC and the Toronto Necropolis. However the best visually I > have seen so far is the Bagdad cemetery in Pensacola, FA > > http://www.filmnorthflorida.com/locations/Bagdad:-Cemetery > > I would be really grateful for tips for any other cemteries that people > may know about, especially if people have pictures of them. At this > point we're not even worrying about whether we could get permission to > shoot in them. We'll deal with that later. Please mail offlist to: > > <john@johnbrownlow.com> > > > Thanks in advance for any help... > > -- > John Brownlow > > pictures: > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > > warblog: > http://www.unintended-consequences.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html