Orthodox Christening of Chrysovalantou
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.
Chrysovalantou’s older brother holding the candle for the service.
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.
Chrysovalantou has stunning blue eyes, this was taken less than a second before they started crying.
Inside the baptismal font.
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.
Chrysovalandou is blessed with four older sisters, here is three of them dressing her after the baptism.
The sun was setting towards the end of the service, I absolutely love the colour generated here – by natural light.
A delicious looking Christening Cake with a lot of attention to detail.
August 27th, 2010 17:31
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