Do you find graveyards and cemeteries frightening, or do you think of them as places of rest and beauty?

Does the thought of walking amongst the dead make you nervous, or do you relish the opportunity to find out more about the local history?

These places of rest conjure up all types of emotions amongst the living.  Personally, I can’t wait to visit a graveyard and take my camera to try and capture the atmosphere of the place and not just end up with a photograph.

When alone in the graveyard, statues make me nervous.  It’s as if I can feel their stone cold eyes following my every move.  When I walk past old tombs, thoughts of vampires resting in the day light hours cruise through my mind and I wonder what I would do if I came across one. 

Are the thoughts of a vampire in my mind because a vampire is luring me closer to their lair?  As you can see, I have an over active imagination, and you can blame this on the old Hammer Horror movies that I used to watch as a child growing up in the seventies.

This site has been set up to showcase my dark photography and share with you some fascinating places and faces.  My 'Dark Portraits' section will probably disturb some of you as I find and release the dark beauty within my chosen subjects.  I must say, some of my subjects have been so disturbed that I’m not allowed to publish their portrait and it must remain hidden from sight for all eternity.

As photography is one of my major passions, (the other being vampires) you will also find a small minority of photographs that are not of a dark nature.   Feel free to browse amongst my galleries and I would love to hear your feedback.  

Most of the prints on this site are for sale and you can find further information on the ‘Buy Prints’ page.

Amanda Norman