Here is a second message, also from GRAVE-L, following up on the previous.

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com


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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 14:15:05 -0700
From: chris breyer <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: one more thing....oblique flash photography (as applied to
    headstone markers)

in addition to exposures of the marker with the flash at each side of the
marker, i also recommend an exposure with the flash held OVER the marker,
so that the flash will bounce off the face of it, into the ground before
it.  when you have your film developed, you will find which exposure best
depicts the marker in all its glory.

someone had suggested positioning mirrors about the stone might also help.
in my opinion, it is probably not going to be as helpful as oblique flash,
but one never knows.  in my profession, we are after cold hard
documentation.  you, on the other hand, may find the use of mirrors adds
additional dramatic lighting which may be beneficial to your purposes.

chris breyer