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<p>Last weekend we were at my son-in-law and daughter's church, Holy Cross Orthodox Church in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, where my youngest granddaughter, Beatrice, was baptized into the life in Christ.</p>
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<p>In my last post (which I wrote earlier today), I talked about the itch to capture <em>beauty</em>, or the <em>arresting image</em>, or the image that <em>engages </em>us as persons. The last is usually an image of other persons, especially when they are interacting with others. A service of worship, especially a liturgical one, provides lots of opportunity for this. People may be distracted (especially children), or moved, or amused. When something is happening to someone, as in baptism, there is a focus of attention on someone who is unselfconscious (often a baby), and who is the object of the love of parents, grandparents, godparents, and those who love these others. This gives the photographer great opportunities to capture the visible signs of this love, in the context of the worship of the One who has made us.</p>
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