Photo Salvage

I liked the emotion of this shot of youngest grandson watching his older cousin play soccer, but it was a miserably out of focus shot. A little color and texture work gave it a quasi-vintage look that I find more appealing than the original.

EMOTIONS

Bright eyes, dimpled cheeks, toothy grin. Emotions.

ONE

One lovely blossom.

PARTS

Still playing with new lens; trying to consistently determine the parts of the image that are sharp and the parts that are blurred. Hand held; I know I'll need to use a tripod to get something printable.

PARTS II

Grandma Paparazzi

All done with a wicked belly laugh as he got those slobbery hands on the camera.

VIOLET

Yeah, real men wear violet.

Grandson #2 working his trendy accountant look.

GLOW

The Easter fire casts a glow on the faces of the parish community as the Vigil begins.

The Easter Vigil is celebrated in the Catholic Church during the hours between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter Sunday morning. In our parish it typically begins just beyond sundown, between 8:30 and 9:00.

There are 4 parts:

The Service of Light

The Liturgy of The Word

Christian Initiation/Renewal of Baptism Vows

Communion

The fire is lit and the Christ candle (representing The Light of Christ in the world) is lit. Everyone follows the candle into the dark church. Candles are lit and held by the entire community as the Exsultet is sung, telling the story of Christian salvation history. As seven Old Testament readings are read, the lights are gradually brought up in the church. The water in the baptismal pool is blessed by immersing the lit candle in it three times. The fonts in the church are filled after possibly 6 Lenten weeks of being empty. The music is loud and joyfull. Those adults being baptized into the faith begin to be received, those people joining by profession from another faith are met and all are confirmed. The entire community recalls their own baptismal promises during a very wet sprinkling rite throughout the church. The liturgy continues through the celebration of Communion and dismisses, often as late as midnight.

It's an evening rich with tradition and deep with meaning in the Catholic faith.

ACTION/ACTIVE

Easter Baptism

Two years of active faith formation.

The action of the priest pouring water three times over her head.

Stopping the action of the falling water droplets (I love their shadows on the priest's chausable)

BLOOMS

One tulip in bloom after a few warm, sunny days and the promise of more blooms in the coming days.

The circular blur in the high background is casued by a new toy--a wide angle/macro lens that screws onto other lens I own. I'm in the early stages of learning what can be done with it. Very low cost fun.