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Baptisms

Baptisms are short and they move quickly. I arrive early, learn how your parish runs the service, and stay out of the way, which is usually the difference between photographs of a ceremony and photographs of a family.

The baby’s father fastening his outfit while the baby smiles up at himA hand easing a tiny white shoe onto the baby’s footAn older couple holding the baby’s hands as he stands on the bedAn older relative holding the baby, the two of them looking at each otherThe baby’s father holding him in his christening gown and bonnet, the baby smilingThe baby’s mother holding him over her shoulder at the front of the churchAn older relative leaning in to greet the baby in his mother’s armsThe priest pouring water over the baby’s head at the font as his parents look onThe family gathered with the priest at the altar of the churchBoth parents holding the baby between them in front of the altarThe baptismal candle held above the baby during the ceremonyThe baby lifted between two older relatives after the ceremony, everyone laughingThe parents and godparents together with the baby at the altarThe whole congregation gathered at the front of the church after the baptism

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