Katerina
It was a gorgeous day today and although I should have been sleeping in after yesterdays efforts I was at the Greek Orthodox Parish of ‘St. Catherine’ in Mascot for the Christening of Katerina.
During the service of the Catachumen I liked the way everyone including the baby appeared to be reading the prayer book.
Picked up some detail on the bottle of oil, those are Katerina’s initials which also appeared on the cake made from giant alphabet blocks.
The actual christening with the baby immersed in the baptismal font.
When publishing images on my web site, I always have the dilemma of keeping the size and quality of the images at an acceptable level and at the same time showing photographs the way I’d like them to be seen. The tragic consequence of this is the level of detail I cannot show. Here is the above photo at 100% crop, I love the water droplets falling off Katerina’s head and the ones caught in mid air around the Priests hand.
A bit of mayhem while Katerina was being dressed, hands everywhere.
I like the framing and shallow depth of field in this photo. I’ll also use this as an opportunity to explain what is happening. Towards the end of the service, the priest places his hand on the baptised child’s head. This tradition goes back to when Jesus was baptised, and the touch has been passed down since then to all those baptised through all the generations over 2000 years.
The reception was held at the Lakes Golf Club where the balcony and the fairway provided a great location for some family portraits.
