Laura
Today Laura got baptised at St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church at Gladesville. The traditions starts at home, this is when the godparents dress the baby in preparation for its baptism. I love this candid / photo journalistic style image. The godmother is looking at the baptismal dress that Laura is going to wear and if you look in the mirror you can see Laura’s mum holding it out showing it to her. If case you’re wondering, this wasn’t a set up shot.
Laura dressed in her outfit and laid out on her parents bed, she sat there like a little princess.
I grabbed a bunch of close ups, and I really wanted to show off her lovely big brown eyes. Decisions, decisions, couldn’t decide which photo I liked the most, couldn’t decide which treatment suited her best, so here is a combination of all.
Laura held by mum and dad standing right next to her during the baptism.
Outside as everyone was leaving, I grabbed Nadia (godmother) for an idea I got. It was a pearler of a day, sunshine, clouds to add perspective, an old sandstone church, what more could I ask for.
The beauty of a good flash, I manually pushed the output by two full stops to balance the very bright background with Nadia in the shadows.
At the reception, this little feller was being passed around for everyone to sign. A really cool outfit and a fine momemto for Laura to treasure.
February 10th, 2010 12:36
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