Category Archives: Monochrome

Plantation Chapel

Behind the main house at Middleton Plantation a small brick chapel sits. It’s the same design and bricks as the other building here so I’m sure it’s pre-Civil War, probably closer to the Revolutionary War.

Plantation Chapel
Plantation Chapel
Plantation Chapel
Plantation Chapel

During the spring this entire area of the plantation is filled with flowering bushes and trees.

Plantation Chapel
Plantation Chapel

Middleton Plantation, Charleston.

Graves Of Pon Pon

The Pon Pon Chapel Of Ease is ‘off the beaten path’…and on an electric utility dirt road. The first wooden Chapel here was built in 1725, right after the Yemassee War (Yemassee were a confederation of Native Americans).

My love of old cemeteries and grave yards brings me here about once a year. A Colleton County Historic group has worked hard to maintain the site and they may have even saved the ruins from caving in completely.

Below is a sampling of the grave sites that remain scattered around the ruins.

Graves Of Pon Pon
Graves Of Pon Pon
Graves Of Pon Pon
Graves Of Pon Pon
Graves Of Pon Pon
Graves Of Pon Pon
Graves Of Pon Pon
Graves Of Pon Pon

St. Michael’s Anglican Church B&W

Besides being the oldest original (not burned, bombed, or earthquaked) church in Charleston it is incredibly photogenic. Just looking through window at the other historical scenes adds drama.

Below I walked a few steps in the church, turned and shot over the pews. I try to do this in all the churches since it’s an angle usually missed.

St. Michael's Anglican Church B&W
St. Michael’s Anglican Church B&W

St. Michael’s Anglican Church, Charleston, South Carolina.

A Camp Meeting Grounds Cabin (tent)

Maybe the best B&W, Monochrome, photography subjects you can find. We visit the various grounds whenever we can and find all new ways to shoot ea h time.

This is the time of year for a camp meeting, revivals. A great time to stop by.

Camp Meeting Grounds Cabin (tent)
Camp Meeting Grounds Cabin (tent)

The grounds here have 99 tents (cabins) built around an open sided tabernacle. This is private property, be respectful and people are happy to stop by and chat.

Indian Fields, South Carolina.