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Greek Orthodox Baptism of Lucas

Sunday, July 11th, 2010 by Kapa

At the Greek Orthodox Parish & Community Of The Resurrection Of Our Lord; Our Lady Of Myrtles; Saint Elessa, in Kogarah, young Lucas was baptised. The light in this church is a huge contrast to the photographs I took last week at Chrisovalantou’s christening. Here I was relying a lot less on natural light and much more on flash.

Here is a candid of Lucas with his godmother before the service began.

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A very proud grandmother holding Lucas before being immersed in the baptismal font.

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The godmother anoints Lucas with oil all over the body. Do you the smiley

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The priest pouring water of Lucas’ head & body.

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All done, about to go into the waiting arms of the godmother.

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How Good is This !!!!!! Not only a baptism cake, but a stack of cup cakes to match.

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Orthodox Christening of Chrysovalantou

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 by Kapa

Today I was at the Greek Orthodox Parish of ‘St. Stylianos; Saints Peter & Paul & St. Gregory of Palama’ for the Christening of Chrysovalantou. The service started at the rear of the church, where the godmother stands and vouches for Chrysovalantou, since she is unable to make the necessary confession of faith herself.

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Chrysovalantou’s older brother holding the candle for the service.

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I was having a bit of a play with selective colouring on this photo. The Olive Oil was a lot more yellow however with the light it’s come through more of an orange.

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Chrysovalantou has stunning blue eyes, this was taken less than a second before they started crying.

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Inside the baptismal font.

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The first offering – a lock of hair.

A tip for any budding photographers out there, learn how to use the manual settings on your camera. Look at the background of this photograph. There was a huge amount of glare that was coming through the opaque doors and windows at this time of the day. I almost always shoot with manual settings, and compensating for this much glare was a quick flick. No automatic / program modes would be able to handle this much contrast as well.

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