177 Comments for James Clemens House

My favorite Motts shot! Love these! You should start a Lone Chair gallery with all of your Lone Chair shots!

Nope there weren't any other marks like this that I could see. The symbol is nicely detailed with clean edges, hinting at some time and effort being put into drawing it up there.

Yep, I agree with Spad. It says "母", which can mean female or mother. But it just doesn't make sense to write this character on the wall. Feels more like vandalism than anything connected to worship. As a Chinese person, I don't understand why that was written on the wall. Were there any other similar markings in the chapel?

Yes, the chapel is a separate building, added by the sisters in 1896.

This chapel seems to be inordinately big for the size of the house. Possibly added when the nuns moved in?

Nope, I still haven't really had any paranormal experiences!

I like the niches on either side of the alter. They probably had statues of Mary and Joseph in them or the patron saint of the religious order that once occupied the place.

I thought about removing the mirror from my old 5D, but no they're all stock camera bodies with a R72 filter. I think the lens and the camera body make a difference - I was able to pull colors from my very old Digital Rebel, but the 5D (I & II) don't grab much color at all, so I wind up with mostly B&W/monotone infrared photos.

Try pushing the white balance to the very cold temp side; some parts get washed out with too much red. The result still needs a LOT of contrast work to make it pop nicely.

I believe it's all painted plasterwork.

Mr. Motts. I know a few years ago someone had asked you about "paranormal" events happening in any of these buildings but wonder if your view/opinion has changed.

I'm with you Freespirit76. I hope they can save this place as well.

The Motts trademark lone chair.

Awesome shot! Question, do you have a modded camera for your infrared work? I have the Hoya R72 on a regular DSLR but it never quite gives the dynamics I'm hoping for.

Now i wonder if there is a death-mask of the wife Elisa above every window?

Very nice