The World Around Us The Chapel at West Parish (post 23)

Steven Nagle
Feb 28, 2021
2 min read

A few weeks ago, Romi and I were in the town of Andover, Massachusetts and I had about 30 minutes of free time, so I took a quick ride over to the Chapel at West Parish located in the West Parish Cemetery of Andover. (Had the camera with me)

The Chapel was built in 1909 and is included as part of the West Parish Center National Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

With a fresh coat of snow on the ground and a mid-morning sun the Chapel sparkled with its stained-glass windows and a well-maintained presence. I made a note to return on another day before sunrise or just before sunset as I am sure this location has a lot to offer.

I did not know much of the Chapels history prior to visiting but it is worth a review with an interesting read at “http://westparishchapel.org/history.htm”.

Having my go to camera and lens and I did quick 360 of the chapel with the lights and shadows providing some interesting views. One thing you need to consider when shooting in snowy scenes is your camera’s metering systems. They are going to try to expose the snow at a middle gray so the snow can become a muddled/dirty white and not what your eyes are seeing. I find the easiest way to resolve that is to expose to the right anywhere from a half stop up to 2, allowing a lighter exposure and rending the snow white.