It Never Hurts to Ask October 5, 2009
Posted by Emily in : Church, New York, Photography , 6commentsHours before we left New York, one of my secret readers (aka lurker) decided to comment telling me that her parents were serving a mission in Palmyra.
She wanted to know if I could take a picture of them.
You know what? It never hurts to ask! Two phone calls and 30 minutes later, I met and photographed them.
Then, I got a crazy idea. I almost didn’t ask because it is so crazy.
But . . .
It never hurts to ask, right?
I asked this girl’s parents if they had access to the roof of the Historic Book of Mormon Print Shop. I wanted to take a picture of the four large churches on the corner from a high vantage point.
They asked someone, who asked someone, who allowed permission and gave detailed instructions on how to get up on the roof and what to expect when up there.
After climbing the fire escape, walking from one rooftop to another, (praying I wouldn’t fall through the roofs!), and shimmying my way up to the pitch of my building, I took one deep breath (mostly so I wouldn’t freak out and fall off the building) and held it so the camera wouldn’t have any camera shake. (I was told my tripod could not make the trip to the roof and after getting to the top, I agreed.)
This is what the four churches look like from the roof of my building. It was worth the adventure on the roof for this image. 
I really, really, really tried not to look down, but I did.
After my rooftop adventure, I got down and photographed the churches up close.
This is the Presbyterian Church
I think this one is Catholic . . . but please don’t quote me on that.
I have no idea which denomination this church is. I can tell you it’s not the Methodist or Presbyterian. Does that help any?
All of these churches are so old. The newest one was renovated in 1850. Most of these were built in the 1700′s.
This last picture is just for fun. I had a great time shooting buildings during my last few hours in New York, and the Phelps General Store was one of them.
Apparently, this building is haunted.
I did not go inside.
