Back in the fall, my family and I took a trip out to Cades Cove and the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. We made the trip through Maryville, Tennessee. I could not help but stop for a few shots of this church.
With everything going on for the end of the year, I am finding that I have very little time to go hunt down churches for my normal Sunday theme. I found this one along the north edge of town in Calhoun Georgia. Traffic was heavy, so I only got a couple shots before I had to move.
I love the details that are put into architecture. When I was in high school, I took drafting and really enjoyed designing buildings. The overall designs were fun, but it was the details that I think really make a building stand out. Most architecture has these details, but not many have the wealth of detail that religious buildings do.
Nearly every city has a “First” church and many have multiple “First” churches. One for each denomination. This is the First Presbyterian Church in Marietta. It sits along Church Street with the First Baptist Church and several others. Not all of the others are “Firsts” though.
A few weeks ago, I made it back through downtown Marietta for a few minutes. While I was there, I took some shots from a church that I failed to get the name of. Well, it is the First Baptist Church of Marietta. It is a rather large church and has tons of details. I could spend hours there taking photos. This is of a little courtyard in between two of the larger buildings.
Aptly named Church Street in Marietta is lined with churches like this. This is the St. James Episcopal church. I was intrigued by the architecture of this church. There are not many older architecture style buildings in this area.
I spent a little while a few days ago with one of my daughters walking around Marietta. It was exciting to get to spend some time with her. It is always fun to get my children engaged in photography. Some of the suggestions that I get for …Continue Reading Here…
Another Church for Sunday. This one is from just outside Marietta Georgia. I spent a couple hours around the square downtown and was able to collect a bunch of shots of Churches for the up coming weeks. I actually was not planning on shooting this one, but I had to pull over for unrelated reasons and chose to take this photo anyway.
I grew up in the deep South and there are many churches. However, there is not a large population of Mormons. When I visited Boise, this was my first experience with one of the large temples. The architecture was superb and the grounds well cared for, which is exactly what I would expect from a place of worship. I just wish there had been better clouds to go with the sunset.
Some of the best places I find to photograph are purely by accident / exploration. The exploration mode was what I was in the day I ran across this church. It was not in any place one would find it purely by accident. You have to either look …Continue Reading Here…
