Lower Heyford Church

This wonderful little 12th Century church is constructed in a mixture of Cotswold and Hornton stone. It just loves to be photographed and as you can see looks wholly different at different times of the day and in different lights. Here are just some of my many images and of course every one is very idividual. One of the pleasures of photographing this building is the many opportunities for changing the geometry of the gravestones by just moving a couple of feet or changing the focal length of the lens a fraction.

January afternoon

I think this is, perhaps, the definitive angle from which to photograph this church. The slight camera elevation enables the symetry of a horizontal row of headstones to produce a foreground which is in keeping with the classic architecture of the church. The perspective of the nave and the tower are acceptable and although inevitably distorted the eye automatically compensates.The light is exceptional for a January day in England and complements the Cotswold and Hornton stones.

Location: Lower Heyford

Photographer: Robin Barker