Monday
May032010
Say cheese, OMG.
If I have learned anything from my mother over the years, it is how to behave in church. And here's one thing I can guarantee you: my mom wholeheartedly disapproves of picture-taking during a worship service dedicated to our Father who art in heaven.
Nevertheless, my camera and I strolled over to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on a recent lunch break to nose around. It’s tourist-central, of course, so even during a mass, it’s jam-packed with people taking photos. And one thing I noticed on this visit was, since today’s cameras let us take photos using an LCD screen instead of a viewfinder, this fact--particularly in popular tourist spots--can create an interesting tableau of people with outstretched arms.
To me, within a church setting, this looks very much like someone raising their hands up in prayer, as if asking the Holy Ghost of Digital Photography to bless them with a few decent vacation pics, dear Lord, especially-after-all-this-blasted-walking-and-expensive-New-York-City-food.
So here’s how I saw it. And since they’re pictures I took of people taking pictures in church, I have a feeling I’m getting a double dose of going-to-hell points for this one.
(Sorry about that, Mom.)
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oi vey, this looks like penance central..i feel bad just looking at it! he he...
I love this series. Little did they suspect they'd end up being the photographed subjects. Raise your hands and say Hallelujah!
amy, i can't even express to you how much i love this sentence - "..as if asking the Holy Ghost of Digital Photography to bless them with a few decent vacation pics.."
Thanks, V + J + M! Didn't know what kind of response I'd get on this one...
Your Mother has mellowed with age and really enjoyed this blog.
Great pics. There IS something religious about this.
LOVE st. patricks! lovely pictures :)