Photography by Kapa

Gorgeous little girl with a name to match, Angel-Rose. I met her family outside the Greek Orthodox Parish of ‘Saints Constantine & Helen’ and grabbed a couple of candid shots of her in her pram.

The service soon started and Angel-Rose was distracted by the flash on my camera, gave me some good eye contact.

The godfather has his hands cupped filled with oil, the priest dipping his finger into the oil anoints the face, chest, mouth, nose, ears, legs and feet in dedication to the service of Christ. Grand-mum holding Angel-Rose securely. Note the way the priest is holding her feet, definite sign of experience to stop her kicking around.

Angel-Rose getting well and truly baptised.

A candid with mum just after the service.

The reception was held at GEoRGES on King St Wharf, the afternoon sun was terrific and provided a great place for a few informal family portraits.

I’m going to start in the middle today. This photo was taken as they are walking towards the baptismal font after the service of the Catachumen which is conducted at the rear of the church. I know it’s an ordinary pic but what I want to show is the amount of natural light available at the Greek Orthodox Church of “All Saints” in Belmore.

The church is surrounded with yellow stained windows, and with the afternoon sun glowing bright the entire church had a warm natural colour to it. This changed my style of shooting for the service, more to what I like, using the available light to capture the image and the flash is just for a little boost.

When the very first shot of the day looks like this and I only guessed the exposure I know I’m going to have a good day.

A quick formal at the entrance while waiting for the Koumbarie & guests to arrive.

In almost a mirror image of a photo I took a few weeks ago at Ioanna’s Christening, the god child & godparent exchanging a look during the service.

The oil is poured into the Godfathers hands in preparation to anoint Dean.

Dean having a wonderful time in the baptismal font.

A very quick lesson on cropping & making a few basic changes.
A good image like this.

Turns into a gorgeous one like this.

Dean’s first offering, a lock of hair.

A Christening cake in the shape of a christening box made by Sweetart.

A couple of heroes from Superheroes Inc showed up to entertain the kids.

When I did the “first run” processing the images, this candid caught my eye.

However after going through all the images, I’ll leave you with my favourite for the day, the mood and emotion in this one is a standout.

Today at Dean’s Christening I liked the concept behind the Christening Cake, it was in the shape of a Christening box with the bit’s & pieces hanging out of it.

It looked great under the coloured balloons used to brighten up the place.

The level of detail was amazing, check these out.

Sweet Art Cake Design
Phone: +612 9361 6617
Web: http://www.sweetart.com.au/

Need someone to entertain the kids? Then look no further than SuperHeroes Inc. Today at Dean’s Christening Superman & Spiderman were there to perform their super feats.

They told the kids stories of amazing adventures.

Kept them in awe with their tales of courage.

Played hide and seek with them (not many places to hide in a restaurant).

Played games with them.

Painted their faces?

and of course, every kid wanted their photo taken with them.

SuperHeroes Inc
Phone: 9326 4686
Mobile: 0412 477 733
Web: http://superheroes.com.au