Father Dan
Last Friday despite the non-existent snow event, I ventured out of the house to photograph Fr. Dan McLellan at Immaculate Conception Church in Durham, NC. Cyndy Falgout is one of Father Dan’s parishioners and she happened to go onto the church’s Web site recently and saw a photo of him there. Unlike his actual warm, friendly demeanor, his head shot looks cold and imposing. She hired me to change that. A good portrait is something almost everyone could use.
On the left is a good old, clean backdrop image for various uses. Then I got to take Father Dan around to some of the most photogenic spots in the church. This is the part that I love! For the photo of the right we had originally placed him in front of another part of the stained glass window but after shooting it we all realized that Jesus was getting beaten with clubs in the background and we can’t have that. So we moved him over to the right where Jesus looks much happier.
These two work well, I think. The one on the left was kind of tricky because we wanted to include the beautiful wooden cross but it is suspended high in the air. So I got down low which can usually be a bad angle for the human beings to be photographed. But Father Dan looks great. On the right we just had to include Mary since this is an Immaculate Conception church after all.
Finally, I shot a couple of more backdrops just so they would have plenty to choose from. You just have to love the beautiful pipe organ on the left. Cyndy really wanted to include the altar and I am glad we did. The whole shoot lasted maybe 30 minutes and now he will have photographs to use for many different things for years to come. Thanks Father Dan and Cyndy!
Halloween is in the Air
This was a really busy week as I had the KPO Fall Special, Halloween activites, time doing mom stuff and our last wedding of the year out at Fearrington. Here is a little run down of some of the highlights.
My good friend, Nice Polido just opened a new business in downtown Carrboro called Carrboro Raw. They make healthy drinks, made on demand with high quality ingredients. It is located directly across from Weaver Street Market, just behind Spotted Dog.
Then, I just had to show this, I think, priceless interaction between a couple of two-year-olds. On the left is Hana, who came here for the fall special. On the right is Leo, my youngest. They are beyond cute.
I think for most parents, Halloween is not just one day. It begins well before with discussions of what kind of costume each child wants to wear.
Amira, after several years as a princess, decided to be a witch. So did her cousin, Vivian, with whom she spent Halloween.
Roman, who is forever making complicated plans for pirate ships, trains and treehouses he wants to make, decided that he must construct a robot costume. He had a vision and the whole family worked together to turn a box into his dream.
Finally, Leo, wanted to be a bat. This was his costume last year, when, ironically, he did not want to wear it. So much has changed in a year as now he can explain everything to me.
Finally the kids new school, Grady A. Brown, hosts a Halloween parade every year. The kindergarteners and all the teachers, who were absolutely dressed to the nines, parade around the bus lot to the loud roar of cheers from the rest of the school. The outstretched arms you see on the right belong to Amira as she shouts to her little bro.
