Old Center Church Art Print

Old Center Church is one of the oldest churches in Tuscaloosa County. Its historical marker reads:

"Built of massive pine logs in 1875, this church has been an active house of worship, and center of community, civic activities and education for more than a century. Restored on the original site in 1971."

Additionally, Sam Wilson restored the structure in 2019.

This was the most challenging nighttime church I’ve shot. There was virtually no light on the church—not a streetlight, nothing. I’m not even sure where the light in the final image came from! With the naked eye, I could not see any illumination. And I used the longest exposure I’ve ever employed for a church photograph: 120 seconds.

Focusing was particularly tricky in the dark. Eventually, I realized I could aim my car’s headlights at the building, set the focus, and then turn the headlights off before tripping the shutter release.

New Watermelon Road south of Harbour Ridge Way; Lat...

You can keep up with Jeremy's latest photographic efforts on his email newsletter: https://jercomphoto.substack.com Jeremy's origin story: He set up a darkroom in his parents' utility room while in high school in Phoenix, around 1970. He pestered his friends relentlessly and ruthlessly throughout the 1970s--constantly thrusting the camera in their faces. But he never could afford to print all the images on some 100 contact sheets. Once he got a scanner, he went wild rediscovering the images he shot during that decade. Perhaps it's just the law of averages that some of them are quite good. These black-and-white images from the seventies provide a view of the decade through the lens of an adolescent photographer who came of age during...