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| Trinity Lutheran Church 759 Linden Ave.; Long Beach, California U.S.A. April, 2014 (c) Jim A. Beardsley |
Creating my religious architecture image archive has become a fairly consistent hobby over the last ten years or so. It's proven to be an inexpensive pursuit that provides me with focal points from which to get a bit of exercise while I explore various neighborhoods on foot. What I enjoy most about building this type of personal collection is the availability of content everywhere I go, as well as the great array of structural shapes, textures, and colors which I encounter along the way. Add in some of the contemporary, cultural and historical elements of local architectural and my casual interest becomes an evolving appreciation.
The actual imaging is produced in three basic steps: (1) capturing a subject; (2) editing the selected photos; and (3) presenting, sharing, and preserving the results. It does takes a fair amount of time and effort. In my definitively amateurish case, I complete these steps with an assembly of cheap equipment, hardware, and supplies.
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Trinity Lutheran was originally built at its Long Beach site in 1910. Prior to taking on its current appearance the church underwent a number of reconstruction or repair projects that included rebuilding following a powerful earthquake in 1933 and recovering from a big fire in 1955. Now, it's a very photogenic building due, in part, to an absence of obstructions. With this photograph and framing, the late morning bright light played well on the east-facing elevation and the chosen shot was the first take.
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