Alexia
Today at the Greek Orthodox Parish & Community of ‘St. Andrew’ when I was taking photo’s of the christening box, the outfit, the shoes, the candle, etc, etc, my eye caught something I had never seen before, a keepsake for the first lock of hair cut. As you may (or may not) know, part of the Orthodox Christening service, the first offering is a lock of hair, more on this later.
Alexia was in front of the church being passed around between relatives (as you do) and this is one of the candid ones I took, the start of some great eye contact.
At the start of the service which is conducted at the front of the church, Alexia wanted to help turn the pages. I like the lighting in this mainly as the sun was setting and the last of the direct sunlight just streaming in.
During the service, as if Alexia knew I was waiting, she lies back and looks over the priests back right at the camera.
For Alexia, this was just another bath, didn’t cry at all.
Apart from the black & white treatment, I also gave this one a bit of grain. Now back to the lock of hair I started talking about earlier.
While Alexia was being dressed got some more eye contact and that “I’m tooo cute” look.
With three people trying to dress her, she looked at me as if to say “they’ve got no idea”. You can see mum & dad in the background.
By the time the guests had passed on their congratulations, Alexia had fallen fast asleep. We took the formals with her sleeping, and then I took some of just her and her mum. Although I took this one again because mum blinked, I actually liked it a lot more than the one with her eyes open.
Finally off to the reception at the Lakes Golf Club where a gorgeous & colourful cake greeted the guests.
