Gothic horror isn't everyone's cup of tea!
Dark, Gothic horror and alternative photography is about capturing the deathly stillness of a Gothic graveyard or capturing the magical presence of a once fantastic building still fighting to stand proud after centuries of ruin.
Have you ever wondered about the inhabitants and their experiences of yesteryear when in such beautiful surroundings?
Lots of subjects have their ghosts within, even the portraits that I love to take with those eyes looking deep within you as you wonder about their soul.
Victorian cemeteries and spooky old graveyards reveal numerous ideas and visions to spark a creative imagination like mine, especially if you love the vampire of Gothic literature later explored by the wonderful Hammer Horror.
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Live life for today
I love the art of Memento Mori in old graveyards and paintings from long ago, but right now, I’m thinking of how relevant the message behind this imagery is, especially with the Coronavirus outbreak.
How I Long for Heysham
How I long for Heysham and my dream of opening a shop in Heysham Village. How I long for those sunsets upon the barrows and how I long for the quiet and peace of St Peter’s Church graveyard where all you can hear is the animals scuttering and the birds…
Ruins of Moreton Corbet
Moreton Corbet Castle in Shropshire is one of the most beautiful ruins to photograph and I highly recommend visiting it. The Elizabethan ruins you see above date back to the 16th century and was built by the Corbet family whom the village, Moreton Corbet is named after. Robert Corbet who was…
Burwell Church in Lincolnshire
Whilst visiting the late Sir Simon Marsden’s home county of Lincolnshire, me and Mark decided that we would tour some of the churches that are under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, which I highly recommend. St Michael’s Church St Michael’s Church stands on a hillside in Burwell and…
MacKenzie Pyramid
Have you ever visited Liverpool’s Rodney Street and marveled at the pyramid tomb set amongst a few old graves over shadowed by tall Georgian houses? Haunted Liverpool It’s an odd site and it’s on the very outskirts of Liverpool’s city centre and it is well worth a visit, but be…
The Ghosts of Huskisson Street
Huskisson Street in Liverpool was named after the MP, William Huskisson who was unfortunately the first person to be killed by a steam engine, which was none other than George Stephenson’s, Rocket. It is a beautiful street of renovated listed buildings and it is transformed into a quiet, but…
The Ghosts of St Lukes Liverpool
St Luke’s church in Liverpool or known locally as the ‘bombed out church’ has been left standing in ruins as a reminder to all of the bombings of World War II. The ruins are stunning especially if you like Gothic architecture and if you like haunted locations, Liverpool’s, St Luke’s…
Glasgow Necropolis
Glasgow Necropolis is a magnificent cemetery with its first burial taking place in 1832. It has now upwards of 50,000 burials and is a magnificent cemetery to visit. I was amazed at the amount of tourists in the cemetery who were enjoying photographing the various tombs, mausoleums and statues. Below…
Victorian Death and Cemeteries
I love the peace and quiet of old Victorian cemeteries and I can spend hours reading the inscriptions on tombs and headstones and marvel at the magnificent carvings of statues. I love it even more when I come across an old tomb that invites me in closer to reveal its…
Most Memorable Vampires
Not all vampires from TV and the movies have to be scary to be memorable. By now, regular followers should know that my most scariest vampire of all time is the one and only Mr Barlow from Stephen King’s, Salem’s Lot (1979). Read my other post about ‘Scariest Vampire of…