Wildthing said at 11:12 a.m. on Nov 12, 2008: A beautiful little church. Nice light & shadow. And the single flower in the foreground of the last shot is striking.
Akeke said at 11:12 a.m. on Nov 12, 2008: Great tabblo!. You have good eyes for light and shadows!
Mirella said at 11:19 a.m. on Nov 12, 2008: Beautiful perspectives. I like the last one,too. Ciao
NavyMom said at 11:20 a.m. on Nov 12, 2008: the floorboards of the church are incredibly wide. they must have been taken from immense trees. nice to see the photo of your mom in this set.
Eduardo.affonso said at 11:28 a.m. on Nov 12, 2008: MIKE & AKE: I'm trying to deal with light & shadows, to balance them, but it's hard to succeed in this field. And it's fundamental when one photographs churches.
MIRELLA: The last shot is darker than I would like it to be, but it was about 6 pm and I preferred not to use photoshop to make it clear.
SHIRL: This church is very old, built when huge trees were still available. I'm glad you recognized my Mom (she is with her cousin Ofélia, in that pic). She loves this church, it reminds her of her childhood, and she has lots of stories to tell about its angels, statues, bells...
Robya said at 11:38 a.m. on Nov 12, 2008: Hi Eduardo. I love photos of old Churches , they are so Beautiful. Thank YOU. ~~Robbi
Chaitiamma said at 12:12 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: Wonderful shots !!!
Lifequest22 said at 12:18 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: when they built the church, i'm sure the construction was well to todays construction. that's why so many of these old structures are still standing. The plastic chairs in the bottom right corner of #7 are a great contrast to the church.
Ira said at 12:22 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: It tabblo has calmed my soul. A great place for meeting with the God. Last photo very beautiful.
DocEna said at 12:24 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: I can see yur photo classes are making what was very good into excellent indeed..the light is perfect and the atmosphere of sanctity is present...
Moabjeeper said at 2:24 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: Great lighting. Especiall #6.
Tishfish said at 2:35 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: WOW ! Gorgeous shots ! ! !
L810th said at 2:59 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: Hi Eduardo, I am not a religious person but, I find old churches are amazing places in terms of lighting and symmetry. This church is a Mecca (pardon the pun)for potentially great photography with it's side aisles and access to the upper aisles. Those windows are great on the upper floor and you have made good use of them in the portrait. As is always the case, the lower floor windows are just too high for anything other than dust laden shafts of light. I would be waiting for the cleaner to pass through with a stiff brush to capture that atmosphere. Just imagine how moody it would look. As to you dilemma with exposures at windows in bright sunlight, I will presume you are using a tripod in this church for these impressive shots!? or the lighting is so good you can use high ISO and handhold you camera. If I'm correct with the tripod, then you simple take two exposures at the window- one for the highlights and one for the shadows (even with people included) using the tripod ideally and layer (overlay)them in Photoshop. If you haven't got PS but understand my method then email me the two exposures and I will set you on you way with merging the critical areas together. You will be guaranteed a full dynamic range of shadow and highlights and I will look forward to seeing the result. If you are totally at a loss to what I am suggesting then I will prepare a sample for you over the next few days. My favourites are #8 & #9 because you have chosen an excellent POV, which in turn has attracted much attention to those wide floor boards. Another suggestion is to practice my dynamic range method from the bell tower with full DOF and lets see what we can achieve. Nice Tabblo Nice lighting and Nice POV's. Mike.
Eduardo.affonso said at 4:05 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: ROBBI, DAVID, ROBERT, IRA & DOREEN: Thank you a lot for your comments. I'm glad you liked these images of an old, modest church that means a lot to me and to my family.
LINDA: I considered the idea of removing those plastic chairs, but then I thought nobody would notice them. Now I see I shouldn't be so lazy...
ENALDO: I still have to learn how to balance the light (pic #2 is clearer than I wanted it to be), but I'm really enjoying my new improved skills...
MIKE: I'm not a religious person, either, maybe that's why I have a different approach to churches. I'm usually more interested in the atmosphere, textures, constrasts, lighting. I used a tripod for pics #1 and #7, and put my cam on the floor for #2. Used high ISO (400) for all the others, so I could handhold the cam. Thank you A LOT for the tip of double exposure - I know some Photoshop, but never played with layers. Some of the pics I took were a disaster because of the wonderful light coming from the outside, and the magnificent shadows inside... I simply didn't know how to manage both situations. Send me your mail, please, and I will forward you some images (maybe you can help me recover them). The bell tower is one pic I would discharge (because of the "white" window and the "black" roof), but maybe there's hope for it!
EMA said at 4:15 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: Excellent! As minhas favoritas são a #8 e a #9 pelo jogo de luz e sombra.
Leftofcenter said at 5:58 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: I like all your old quaint small little churches tabblos. If I lived near churches like that, I'd probably wuold go to church! I feel the "peace" just lookin' at yours pics. why do we always have to explain that we are "not religious" like its some kind of disease. OK thinkin out loud again, oops. The last pic is my fave: the delicate flower, totally sharp and in focus. the church in the background, blurry. bwana Edu.
Andre. said at 7:20 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: #7 reminds me one I visited in Paris. Last time I was in church was...mmmm donremember
Liliana said at 8:13 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: Bellísimo y variado... Impagable la vista con techo pintado y altar ... tan tan tan mineirísimos... Qué raro ver la imagen del santo...¡¡¡¡arriba de la de Cristo!!!! Las figuras son delicsadas y tienen detalles llamativos como los ojos celestes de la Virgen... y ese animal raro junto a un santo (¿es un lobo o un cocodrilo? Parece sonriente). La imagen de tu mamá y la sobrina en medio de la iglesia es muy dulce, pacífica... Preciosa la florcita final... recuerdo esas flores brasileñas.
Lifequest22 said at 11:15 p.m. on Nov 12, 2008: I'm glad you didn't remove the chairs. The church looks timeless. But the chairs tell us the photographer is contemporary.
Clydo said at 2:43 a.m. on Nov 13, 2008: Your Tabs are always a visual treat Eduardo, and this is no exception. Great POV's and I envy that you have such beautiful places to photograph and time to enjoy!!!
Chilla said at 3:11 a.m. on Nov 13, 2008: Beautiful church and some lovely shots here. I particularly like #9 and 10
Sirnicolay said at 5:14 a.m. on Nov 13, 2008: Gorgeous shots, Edu! :)
Snooway said at 5:28 a.m. on Nov 13, 2008: beautiful church
Pkeener said at 12:54 p.m. on Nov 13, 2008: love the natural light on your mama. As always, your architects eys makes beautiful tabblos.
Shenresi said at 9:46 a.m. on Nov 14, 2008: very beautiful shots, of this lovely , old church, Eduardo!!!
Candlepower said at 1:18 p.m. on Nov 14, 2008: Very beautiful! Great Tabblo!
AliDar said at 7:20 p.m. on Nov 14, 2008: Great shots of the statues; I'm amazed that I don't see any shadows on the back wall, which is always a disappointment when that happens with me; Nice work. I love the shots of the hallway, of the sunlight and the shadow. :)
Debdog said at 5:04 p.m. on Nov 15, 2008: yes, the floorboards are my fav :)
Debdog said at 5:06 p.m. on Nov 15, 2008: hmmm my comment is gone, but i said my fav is the shot of the light and wood floor :)
Abking said at 10:08 p.m. on Nov 17, 2008: Beautiful old church, skillfully delivered. Great use of natural lighting for the portrait of the women in the window.
Curriehouse said at 11:20 a.m. on Nov 19, 2008: Wow, what a beautiful old church with wonderful art work. I like the angles of your shots.
Eduardo.affonso said at 4:03 p.m. on Nov 27, 2008: Thanks for commenting, BETH, ALLAN, DEBBIE, DAR, PAT, ANGELA, PAM, SUE, JAMES, CELIA, LINDA, CLYDO, LILIANA, ANDRE, ANNELIES & EDITE.
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