Where to shoot in the Tanglewood, MA area

[sepstein17]

Will be in this area over the long/long 4th wknd -- with a car -- any suggestions -- no specific categories -- just shooting my 5x7 DD with HP5...thanx

[jp]

In western MA?

If you like motorsports, http://limerock.com/index.php?option...d=57&Itemid=59
Limerock's the place to enjoy it up close. I've photographed with my 4x5 there.

The whole berkshires area of western MA and CT has plenty of woodsy/rural/quaint areas to enjoy and photograph. Even quarries if you're a burtinski fan. Clarence H White had a photo school in Canaan CT, probably a mix of following the $ and seeking nature.

[Nathan Potter]

Williams College campus has some nice architecture. The Hancock Shaker Village outside Pittsfield is outstanding but I think tripods are not allowed - I shoot digital there. A bit further on just over the MA/NY state line is another Shaker village remnant that is nice, and unregulated (I forget the name). Check for nearby mill towns if classic New England mills appeal to you - North Adams comes to mind but there may be some closer to Lenox.

I love Tanglewood but have not been photographically inspired by anything on site.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[sepstein17]

Thanx, guys.

[Peter Lewin]

I don't have a good sense of the distances to the Shaker sites from Lenox, but here is a good website if they interest you: http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/shaker/northeastern.htm. For a book of large format photographs taken at various sites, Linda Butler's "Inner Light - The Shaker Legacy" gives you a sense of what they are like. I was on a Shaker "kick" many years ago, and at that point you could use tripods at Hancock Shaker Village, but it was so long ago that regulations may well have changed.

[Greg Miller]

If you like photographing waterfalls, Bash-Bish Falls in Mt. Washington State Park is unique and not that far.

[Ken Lee]

You can just drive around the surrounding towns: as JP498 said, the whole area is beautiful.

These photos were made in Lenox/Stockbridge back in 2004 within an hour or so. (4x5 Arca Swiss Discovery, 240mm Fujinon A)