illness
I recently worked on a story for the newspaper about the stigma of mental illness and how the Catholic Family Services in St. Louis works with its patients. Obviously photographing patients for the story would be out of the question so I worked on developing a photo illustration to run with it instead. I used my dear photo-artist friend and we headed downtown with my lights for some shooting. I used three snooted strobes and a little HDR technique for this image which was shoot near high noon. It is often a challenge to over power the sun but keeping out of direct sun often helps and you can use the sun to your advantage as a light source.
citylife
I had to shoot some images in downtown St. Louis yesterday afternoon. What luck it was a beautiful day with gorgeous light!
St. Margaret of Scotland
This morning I was privileged to photograph the Stations of the Cross at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in the Shaw Neighborhood of St. Louis. Before I finished I wanted to shoot images to produce an HDR photograph of the main altar and sanctuary. This church holds some very special memories for me and it was wonderful to be present there. I thought sharing this photo may provide a glimpse into the beauty of the house of prayer. Thank you to Fr. W. for allowing me to bring my camera inside! (Also a special thanks to Carmela and Colleen!)
To see the finished multi-media project click here.
Oak Tree
More fog in St. Louis for the next few days. I hope I can make it out for a photo adventure before it blows away…
Grand Basin
After a mighty few weeks of frigid temperatures St. Louis is beginning to thaw. The children were off school on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King day so we took a little walk around Forrest Park in the afternoon fog.
The Grand Basin is located at the foot of Art Hill in front of the Art Museum in Forest Park. The park is one of the largest urban parks in the United States. At 1,293 acres, it is approximately 500 acres larger than Central Park in New York. In 1904, St. Louis held the World’s Fair and drew more than 20 million visitors from around the world to Forest Park.
thunderbirds are go
Saw this lovely car yesterday and tried hard NOT to picture myself driving it. What a beauty!
Poor Clare Monastery
The Poor Clare Monastery in St. Louis is celebrating 50 years in the Archdiocese and held a mass today to commemorate that AND also the 800th year of the Franciscan Order. As I was leaving the monastery I turned around to see this beautiful sunset on their chapel spire complete with a Franciscan feathered friend.
Mississippi River
Thought I’d post another image from my Saturday visit to Cliff Cave just south of St. Louis. That Muddy Mississippi was looking low but beautiful.
Mississippi river path
Had a great assignment today which led me down to the banks of the Mississippi River just south of St. Louis. There was a beautiful path of native prairie grass growing there and tons of jumping grasshoppers. Thought I’d upload an image from the little hike…
