photographic sites in Charleston, SC

[mo]

I will be in Charleston/Isle of Palms, South Carolina in Mid March. Are there areas of interest for large format photography. I am interested in landscape and found still life.
Thank you

Mo

[Walter Calahan]

Anywhere you look that moves you should be of interest. It's a pretty area.

If you like old southern charm, explore "South of Board" in Charleston. Anyone living south of Broad is called an SOB. HA!

[Greg Lockrey]

Where ever you point the camera.

[Brian Vuillemenot]

If you make it an hour or so north of Charleston along the coast, Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island has a very large and impressive collection of outdoor sculpture, along with some very scenic old live oaks, rife with Spanish moss. Close by is Huntington Beach State Park, which has coastal scenery as well as the ruins of a Moorish style cement mansion from the 1930s that was occupied by the artist whose sculptures can be viewed at Brookgreen Gardens. The abandonded structure makes for some great photography.

[Paul Bujak]

I'll second Brian's recommendation. Brookgreen Gardens is in Murrell's Inlet, SC and is about 1-1/2 hours from Charleston. Watch for speed traps on the way.

Be sure to stop in at the Litchfield Beach Fish House restaurant. Great seafood and Bob, the owner,and Robin ,behind the bar, are good folk.

Paul

[D. Bryant]

I'll second Brian's recommendation. Brookgreen Gardens is in Murrell's Inlet, SC and is about 1-1/2 hours from Charleston. Watch for speed traps on the way.

Be sure to stop in at the Litchfield Beach Fish House restaurant. Great seafood and Bob, the owner,and Robin ,behind the bar, are good folk.

Paul

There is an entry fee to Brookgreen garden, but it's worth it IMO. Most of the sculpture on display there wasn't created by Anna Hunntington but is perhaps the most extensive collection of sculpture by American artists. Photographing the sculpture in the landscape can be challenging, take plenty of film and be prepared to walk a lot.

Check out the details at:

http://www.brookgreen.org/index.cfm

It is quite a place and view camera friendly. Unfortunately the garden is not open during the best light of the day. And there is a separate fee for the state park across the highway.

Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston is a really nice and photogenic Gothic cemetery. Look for the pyramid shaped mausoleum and the over hanging oaks with Spanish moss around the tital pools.

Old town is almost always crowded with tourists but there are some grand homes and churches in the historic corridor. Be careful of traffic if you are on foot. Charleston College students drive recklessly and I've seen some serious accidents on the city streets there.

You can visit and photograph the worlds oldest live oak on John's Is. - The Angel Oak.

Garibaldi's restaurant is a great place for seafood even though their menu is primarily Italian cuisine - pricey though.

Though Charleston is a fun place to photograph the real visual treasures of the low country are to be found on and off the by ways and highways. For your first visit you can't miss by shooting in and around town.

Don Bryant

[Jim Rhoades]

For formal gardens, Magnolia Plantation is the place. The Live Oaks and canon on the Battery is cool. The stone work on Fort Sumter is wonderful.

[Kevin M Bourque]

Another vote for magnolia cemetery. Its off the beaten path so you can work there all day and not be interrupted. There's lots of great architectural details in the city if you're in to such things.

There's always a line outside outside Hyman's Seafood. Not so good, IMHO. Try Jestine's Kitchen.