Started of at the home to get some shots of Danielle & her family, and godparents. Here she is with her brother, I think they were getting a bit stunned by the flash by this stage.
During the service, love the expression on Danielle’s face.
The actual service where the priest is pouring the water onto Danielle’s head.
A simple yet elegant baptism cake.
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.
A very proud grandmother holding Lucas before being immersed in the baptismal font.
The godmother anoints Lucas with oil all over the body. Do you the smiley 
The priest pouring water of Lucas’ head & body.
All done, about to go into the waiting arms of the godmother.
How Good is This !!!!!! Not only a baptism cake, but a stack of cup cakes to match.
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.
One of the things I truly enjoy about being a baptism photographer is when I get a call from a family to photograph the christening of their next child. This is the case with Mikaela, I met her family back in September 2007 for her older brother Stevens Christening.
The baptism was held at the same church, the Greek Orthodox Parish & Community of Kogarah. Here the priest is conducting the first part of the service which is held near the the doorway.
Part of the service the godfather (godparent) rubs oil all over the child.
Mikaela in the baptismal font, I love capturing this moment.
Back when I photographed Stevens Christening, his father had a Chrysler Charger, check it out below.
A true Chrysler man, here is the family shot taken with the new car.
The delicious christening cake with the gorgeous backdrop taken at the St George Motor Boat Club.
Here’s a shot of Steven & his cousin taken just as the sun was starting to set. Sydney has some great locations on the water, this is one of them.
During speeches, a candid fun moment captured.
