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Religious Ceremonies

We learn the order of service before we bring a camera into it.

23 frames·Austin & Central Texas

Baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, confirmations, pujas, half-saree ceremonies. Every tradition has its own rules about where a camera may stand and when it must not fire — so we ask the clergy or the family first, every time. Quiet lenses, no flash where flash is wrong, and coverage that never puts a photograph ahead of the rite it's recording.

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The rite comes first.

We ask permission before the day, not during it. If the answer is no camera at the font, or no flash in the sanctuary, that is simply how we shoot it — and there is always a way to tell the story anyway.

A young girl in a long ivory gown seated on the altar steps of a church beneath a stained-glass window.
A priest anointing an infant in a white christening gown lying on a green cloth.
A priest pouring water from a brass ewer over an infant held by parents at the font.
A baby held over a glass baptismal bowl by a priest in a blue and white stole, the mother laughing.
A priest in an embroidered blue and white stole holding a service book.
Parents standing together holding their baby in a christening gown inside a church.
Chapter 01

Torah, tallit, thirteen

A year of preparation for one reading. On many Shabbat services photography is limited or not permitted at all — we work to whatever the congregation asks.

A rabbi in a tallit leading a small service in a bright room, congregants seated.
The reading he practiced for a yearFrames 10–12
A boy in a kippah reading from a book beside a flag, preparing for his bar mitzvah.
A close view of a Torah scroll's Hebrew lettering with a silver yad resting on the parchment.
A man speaking beside an open ark holding the Torah scrolls.
A woman following the service from a prayer book in a congregation.
A young couple holding hands before a gilded iconostasis in an Orthodox church.
You asked our priest what was allowed before you asked us. That is the reason we felt comfortable the whole morning.
Family · baptism, Austin
Chapter 02

Puja, mehndi, and a house full of relatives

Hindu and Tamil ceremonies run long, move between rooms, and carry an enormous amount of detail. Coverage has to keep up with all three.

A young woman seated on a decorated throne surrounded by family in saris at a half-saree ceremony.
A family gathered on the floor around a home puja, an oil lamp being passed over the offerings.
A couple performing a puja together at a low decorated table, marigolds and brass vessels in front of them.
Two open palms covered in intricate deep red mehndi patterns.
Every detail is a decisionFrames 19–21
The back of a young woman's head showing a braided hairstyle dressed with jasmine and a red rose.
A close view of fresh flowers resting on a folded gold and green silk sari.
A young woman in a red and gold silk sari and temple jewelry holding a small white dog.
Three family members in silk saris and a pale suit standing together after a ceremony.
Two women in richly colored silk saris and gold jewelry smiling together outdoors.

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