Tag Archives: Historical

Black And White Photography, Cemetery, Charleston, Film Filter, Landscape

1864, Found On A Walk (Film Filter)

November 2, 2023 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

This was taken in a corner of Soldiers Ground, a US Civil War cemetery in Charleston. The year 1864 saw many graves filled here with Confederate troops. General Sherman on the federal side was starting his ‘march to the sea’ with Georgia and South Carolina in the path.

Note; The finish of this photograph is in the style of the Bonfils Studio, Lebanon.

Félix Adrien Bonfils was a French photographer and writer who was active in the Middle East. He was one of the first commercial photographers to produce images of the Middle East on a large scale and amongst the first to employ a new method of color photography, developed in 1880. The studio sold photographs from catalog’s which were first introduced at the 1878 Paris Exposition.

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Black And White Photography, Cemetery, Historical, Landscape, Monochrome, OM System

Found On A Walk, Church Grave Yards

October 23, 2023 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

A few shots taken as we walked through several of the old Charleston church yards.

These wanderings are a lesson in history. You will find stories from the US Revolutionary War, our Civil War, pandemics, and even earthquakes.

Charleston, South Carolina.

Charleston, Historical, Landscape, OM System

Cathedral Of St. John The Baptist (Color)

October 20, 2023 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

This is the second cathedral in this spot. Both were made of Connecticut brownstone, and yet the first still burned. There was a huge fire in Charleston in 1861. The original had to be replaced.

We usually visit the old churches in town on a week day when there are few people inside.

I always try for a wide perspective down the center aisle of the church down to the alter. I also don’t want to photograph people. This series does not have a full wide shot because of that.

A good description here would be ‘immense and shiny’.

Cemetery, Charleston, Historical, Landscape, OM System

Behind The Circular Church, Charleston

October 19, 2023 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

‘The congregation was co-founded with Charles Towne, 1680–1685, by the English Congregationalists, Scots Presbyterians, and French Huguenots of the original settlement. These “dissenters” erected a Meeting House in the northwest corner of the walled city. The present sanctuary occupies that exact site. The street leading to it was called “Meeting House Street,” later shortened to Meeting Street. Meeting Street is one of the main avenues in Charleston. Wikipedia‘

The sanctuary is rarely open to visitors outside of normal services or special events. I may have been inside twice in the last seven years. The old graveyard does have street access and I wander through the back during most of our ‘wandering days’ in town.

There is a beautiful view of nearby St. Philp’s spire from the church yard. It also gives you an idea of how close most of the old churches are to each other. The original walled city was not big.

Circular Church, Meeting Street, Charleston.

Black And White Photography, Historical, Landscape, Monochrome

Back Doors / Open Kitchens, Monochrome

October 15, 2023 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

When we moved to the Lowcountry the grand plan was to shoot wildlife all the time. For a while that’s just what we did too.

As we explored we also found places we never considered, or even conceived of. Meeting camps like this are a perfect example.

From both a photographic and historical perspective Indian Fields is a treasure.

Taken with a Canon 7D2, Tamron 18 – 400 lens.

Charleston, Historical, Landscape, OM System

Charleston Stained Glass

October 14, 2023 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

Lately we have been in several of the historic churches in town. Of course what immediately grabs your attention are the different stained glass windows. While I can’t say for sure how old the windows are it’s a safe assumption not as old as the buildings themselves. In 1861 through 1865 Charleston was under siege and cannon fire from the harbor hit all the buildings. Big glass windows were probably the first thing to go.

Below are three images, from different churches in Charleston. All are on the National Historic Registry.