Not one church is the same

While venturing around different churches and their surroundings, I found that these four photographs worked really well together as they showed a good architectural surface of which really intrigued me. Each church is created in completely different ways and yet people still associate the familiar buildings as churches no matter what shape, size or surroundings.

The church is not the buildings, but the people who gather to worship. However, the buildings say something about the worship held within, and about the original intention of those who founded them. There are, and always have been, different buildings for different worship 'purposes'.  Cathedrals for the focus of worship of whole regions, to small chapels for simple ordinary prayer. Some church buildings had political importance, some not. Just by looking at these examples of different architectural buildings, you will find a range of diverse and unique witness to faith.

I decided to experiment with both the way I was standing and how I held the camera as well as using the light around me. For example in the photograph above I created almost a misty atmosphere by the way I reflected the light off of my camera lens and to take the photograph I decided to kneel on the floor in order to get a light abstract appearance to it.

This photograph in particular really caught my eye due to the angle at which I have taken the photo, by experimenting and using both the foreground and background. The gate works well and makes the photograph balanced as it of similar shape and angle as the clock tower of the church in the background. The blackness and colour of the gate also makes the church and church doorway stand out more from the background of which is another element of this photograph that I like.