December was filled with plenty of joy, and though I was bummed to see the end of fall family photo sessions, I still found a few fun opportunities for photo fun!
First, my church City of Light Anglican holds a beautiful service of Lessons and Carols during Advent, where we journey through several Bible readings leading up to Christ’s birth through art, dramatic readings, music, and beauty. This service overflows with beauty, and I felt so thankful for the chance to not only get to snap some pictures but also got to play oboe for several songs - I studied oboe in college, and though I rarely get the chance to play nowadays, I still deeply enjoy it. There was a theme of light woven throughout this service, and no one image could fully capture the immense beauty of light scattering the darkness, which we celebrate with the birth of Christ.
Next, I enjoyed photographing a local school’s basketball game. Sports photography is definitely out of the realm of my normal family photo fun, but I was so glad for the chance to learn a thing or two about sports photography and about basketball too! Those high schoolers are incredible athletes!
