Posts Tagged ‘church’

San Francisco

Cathedral by Moonlight Cathedral by Moonlight – Grace Episcopalian Cathedral in downtown San Francisco

I had the good fortune of going to San Francisco for a business conference this past week. When I wasn’t at the conference, I had some opportunities to explore the city. I had actually seen this beautiful Cathedral the day prior, but I had foolishly decided to explore San Francisco sans camera.

I came back the next night and took this shot. As I was taking pictures two lovely young women came up to me, expressing their dismay in trying to photograph this picaresque church at night. I showed them a shot I took, which they seemed to think was pretty good, so I handed them my card and said they’d be able to download the picture from my website later on.

They thought this was too good to be true and insinuated that I would try to charge them for it like some kind of fly-by-night, bait-and-switch, raspberry-seed-in-the-wisdom-tooth-of-the-consumer, carpet-bagging-snake-oil salesman! Well they did seem rather nice, and since they don’t know me we’ll forgive them for it.

So ladies, if you are reading this, you’ll find the picture in question available for download at no charge. Hope you had a great time in San Francisco and found a nice Italian place to eat at. Drop me a message if you like the picture (and if you’d like to apologize for doubting me). Just kidding about the apology!

I’ll be posting more of my San Francisco pictures in the coming days!

Lententide

 Lententide

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart, in South Bend, Indiana. This beautiful place of worship is nestled on the University of Notre Dame campus.

Ostensibly in observance of the Lenten season, the Basilica has been adorned with banners of violet, the traditional hue of the Roman Church during this annual time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Despite the nature of this season, these streaming bolts of cloth add an additional embellishment to an already ornate sanctuary.

Such brazen ostentation in contradiction to the canonical edicts surrounding lent indubitably accounts for Notre Dame’s recent loss to Louisville in the Big East basketball finals.

Line and flow The ostentation! Some nuances on the Ambo …in the details