by Gary Gardiner | Mar 26, 2013
St. Paul Catholic Church exterior
I’ve spent several weeks going to church every day. My mother and grandmother would be proud. My father would be as proud but wouldn’t talk about it very much. It wasn’t that he lacked faith. He was just glad to be alive after floating several days in the Mediterranean Ocean when his destroyer was sunk by a German torpedo plane. He paid back the favor of survival with good deeds, kind words, and no complaints.
My task isn’t necessarily one of faith. I’ve spent every day at church hoping to put together a series of photos that show some of the things that happen at St. Paul during the Easter season. I began on Ash Wednesday with a photo of a grandchild with the smoky sign of the cross on her forehead.
Today’s photo is an exterior to show the front of the church as it will never be seen again. At least, that’s the plan.
St. Paul Catholic Church stained glass
Workers tomorrow will install a new stained glass window in the middle circular window above the entrance. It will be dedicated to Father Lavelle who recently retired from the parish. The cost was borne by parishioners whose donations paid for the window. More than enough was raised so additional stained glass windows will be installed later.
Shot as a three frame 2-stop HDR image processed in Oloneo PhotoEngine and Photoshop.
I hope to be back tomorrow night about the same time for a photo of the new window shining brightly above the doorway.
To add to the Lenten collection, here’s an iPhone photo of stained glass from inside the church. It was shot with the Constructr app processed with Camera+.
by Gary Gardiner | Mar 25, 2013
There is bad news, then good news, then bad news. Then a portrait.
The first bad news is four flat tires in five days. I don’t know what the odds could be for such a set of events, but they are probably more than winning the lightning or winning the lottery. Neither of which I’ve done and only one of which I’d wish on myself.
The first two were the left front deflated with a small finishing nail.
The second was the spare. Partially inflated but not enough to support driving to the garage to have the first repaired.
The good news is that both flats happened in my garage making all aspects less dangerous and the problems more easily solved than being on a roadway with no spare.
Soon repaired, we were on the road for a day’s worth of travel.
Next morning. Same left front tire. Flat. Again in the garage. Spare is properly inflated so the soon repaired tire now has two plugs, the second puncture from a glass shard.
Two days later at the end of the day just before sunset while unloading my gear from the car after a day of travel I hear a high pressure hissing sound reverberating through the garage. I step away from the car to better determine where the sound is coming from to see a larger than a tennis ball sized bubble expanding on the sidewall of the right rear tire. The leak is slow enough that I can get my wife from upstairs to witness the fourth flat in five days. All in the garage while the car is sitting still.
That’s the good news. Everyone was safe and changing tires in the garage.
Then bad news was the tire needed to be replaced which brings me to the portrait of the tire repairman.
Shot it with a D300 and an 85mm f1.8 lens as he stood in the open doorway of the repair shop after replacing my tire. I also shot him with the Hipstamtic Tintype app.
by Gary Gardiner | Mar 24, 2013
Palm Sunday at St. Paul
Today was Palm Sunday. It begins Holy week in the church. We missed the early Mass because we overslept waking up five minutes after our normal departure time.
I had forgotten that this Mass has lengthy readings covering nearly a week’s set of events and was slightly confused to arrive for Mass with a full parking lot. Not having attended the later Mass in many years I wasn’t sure if we were arriving to an already full church filled to overflowing with the faithful and a full parking lot with only scattered empty spots remaining.
The truth was that the readings kept the earlier Mass longer than normal, and now the fire lanes were filled with cars waiting until the departure of the previous celebrants.
We eventually parked close to the church filling a space emptied by someone leaving immediately after communion and bearing their selection of yellow and green palm fronds. Thank you for the hurried departure.
My Final Photo for the day is an iPhone Hipstamatic Tintype photo of a parishioner praying the rosary while holding palm fronds.
by Gary Gardiner | Mar 24, 2013
Palm Sunday at St. Paul
Today was Palm Sunday. It begins Holy week in the church. We missed the early Mass because we overslept waking up five minutes after our normal departure time.
I had forgotten that this Mass has lengthy readings covering nearly a week’s set of events and was slightly confused to arrive for Mass with a full parking lot. Not having attended the later Mass in many years I wasn’t sure if we were arriving to an already full church filled to overflowing with the faithful and a full parking lot with only scattered empty spots remaining.
The truth was that the readings kept the earlier Mass longer than normal, and now the fire lanes were filled with cars waiting until the departure of the previous celebrants.
We eventually parked close to the church filling a space emptied by someone leaving immediately after communion and bearing their selection of yellow and green palm fronds. Thank you for the hurried departure.
My Final Photo for the day is an iPhone Hipstamatic Tintype photo of a parishioner praying the rosary while holding palm fronds.
by Gary Gardiner | Mar 23, 2013
It’s been some time since I spent time at the Cooper Road farm. With today’s weather being relatively pleasant, sunny, and clear, I thought it time to add to the photo collection. Also, it might work out that Sunday will offer a contrasting photo as the weather forecast has the possibility of several inches of snow.
Development plans for most of the farmland behind the barn also means this may be the last year the acreage is farmed. Next use may be a senior retirement facility and other businesses. I’ve always known that was a possibility but the development company has made several proposals to the planning commission and I’m sure one will be approved.
Otterbein University purchased most of the remaining land on the other side of Cooper Road although it has not yet announced what the fields may be used for.
Spent about 30 minutes wandering the fields, especially the bee hives along the front of the property and the farm implements lying still in an open field.
Shot with several lenses but chose this iPhone photo shot with the 6×6 app and processed with TiltShiftGen, and Camera+.
