22. April 2011 by Friedhelm.

I photographed this ship inside a church in Swinoujscie in Poland. The city is located at the Baltic see and it looks like the ocean had a big influence on the life of this faith community. After all life is a journey!

Enjoy and happy Easter!

PS: I will take an Easter break and be back online in a week with more exercises.

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21. April 2011 by Friedhelm.

This is the altar inside San Carlos Borromeo de Monterey, Californias oldest brick building. You can read the history of the church at http://www.sancarloscathedral.net/. I only used natural light to photograph the altar and included the wsindow on the left in the overall composition. The church is rather small for being called a “cathedral” but it has a very nice feeling to it.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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20. April 2011 by Friedhelm.

This is the altar of the Dome of Hildesheim, a city in northern Germany. the feeling in this church is again totally different. You have to look up and walk up to it. The large round light fixture reminds me of a crown or as a group of people that congregate around the altar perhaps referring to the last supper of Christ or a group of people that sits around a Germanic noble. Interesting is also the model of a church that is built underneath the altar table.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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19. April 2011 by Friedhelm.

There are many beautiful buildings in Munich’s City Center.  Right besides the “New City Hall” (Neues Rathaus) and the attached “Glockenspiel” is the St. Peters Church, probably the oldest church in Munich. The inside is beautiful decorated. I decided to mount my camera on a tripod and shoot straight up. The ceiling is just beautiful. I wonder how people felt over the centuries when they entered this church.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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18. April 2011 by Friedhelm.

It is relatively easy to photographs subjects you can see like apples or cars. It is a lot harder to capture expressions like joy, fear or pain. IT is one of my ongoing projects to photograph places of worship. Of course these are buildings but somehow they are more than “brick and mortar.” I remember my visits to Jerusalem where holy sites from Judaism, Christianity and Islam almost stand side by side. There are a lot of feelings and faith involved and it is quite a challenge to capture them. This week I challenge you to photograph places of worship and capture a glimpse of beyond what you can see.

I photographed the altar of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain. You can read about the church by clicking on http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/barcelona-sagrada-familia. When I entered the church I was overwhelmed by the amount of people that were inside and the rich symbolism. Antoni Goudi, the architect, was a master in creating visual impressions.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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