Team City Lights

Once a month, those who serve in our church come together for worship and prayer. It's one of my favorite times in the life of our church. I have been asked to take some pictures for our website and Team City Lights was one of those time I got to capture what it is that we do on camera.

I was talking to some people about how over the years I've had several opportunities to take photos during worship. It's a time of conflict for me. On one hand, normally when engaged in worship, I am not focused so much on the people around me but on praising God and hearing from him. But when I take pictures I get to watch everyone else and it brings such joy to see how much people are worshiping God with great intensity and love for Him. On the other hand, though, it is hard because I want to allow people to worship without distraction. People are engaging in sacred and intimate moments with the Lord and there I am trying to take a peek.

On a more technical note, Team City Lights takes place at night and with low lighting and plenty of movement. I wanted to limit distraction so I used no flash. We have lots of different light sources so I played around a bit with white balance and later some sharpness techniques and other fun things in photoshop. These are a few from that night.