{"id":2231,"date":"2012-11-17T01:16:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-17T07:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2012-11-17T01:16:57","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T07:16:57","slug":"churches-around-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/17\/churches-around-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches around Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I would start this blog post with a portion of this chat i had with a friend of mine recently.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.? : When did u become a Christian<br \/>\nMe \u00a0 \u00a0: Umm&#8230; No idea wht u r talkin abt n not sure y u asked this<br \/>\nMr.? : U kno why I&#8217;m askin this<br \/>\nMe \u00a0 \u00a0: Trust me, No.<br \/>\nMr.? : You&#8217;ve been capturing a lot of Churches recently, So i figured u became a christian.<br \/>\n<em>(Well, at this point I&#8217;m expecting a &#8216;LOL&#8217; after this previous sentence but not a thing, zippo)<\/em><br \/>\nMe \u00a0 \u00a0: Ummm&#8230;. wow! So, if I shoot inside\u00a0a Synagogue tomorrow., does it mean I&#8217;ve become\u00a0Jewish?<br \/>\nMr.? : U seem very interested in Churches, that&#8217;s y i askd<br \/>\nMe \u00a0 \u00a0:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.(<em>I did answer my friend but I would rather rephrase my\u00a0answer\u00a0in the rest of my post<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>To be short and simple., <strong>I stalk light, chase colors and capture beauty where I see it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Now where in hell does religion come here in the middle of all this ? And I love to shoot architecture. IMHO, I don&#8217;t think this makes me a person of specific religious\u00a0belief.<\/p>\n<p>I was kinda surprised when i had to explain all these. But anyway I&#8217;m really not sure when and how i fell in love with shooting churches. But I&#8217;m pretty sure I have a long way to go before my thirst to shoot Churches is completely taken care of.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Chicago is already having the fall colors blended everywhere around the city and needless to say that it is turning even more gorgeous. Also, This is kinda of a delayed post because I am currently travelling and won&#8217;t be back in Chicago for couple of months to the least. I&#8217;m really gonna miss Chicago so badly.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Gear Used<\/strong><\/span>: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon EF 16-35mm f\/2.8 L II USM,\u00a0\u00a0Manfrotto 055MF3 MagFiber Tripod + Manfrotto Q5 054 Magnesium Ball Head<\/p>\n<p>Here are the shots.,<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Queen of All Saints Basilica\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qasbasilica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Queen of All Saints Basilica<\/a> &#8211; This is an awesome church in the northern suburbs. Real colorful and amazing light setup.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter p3-downsized\" title=\"Queen of All Saints Basilica_01\" src=\"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Queen-of-All-Saints-Basilica_011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another shot of the\u00a0Queen of All Saints Basilica which shows the \u00a0organ.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter p3-downsized\" title=\"Queen of All Saints Basilica_02\" src=\"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Queen-of-All-Saints-Basilica_021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"648\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shot at the <a title=\"Holy Name Cathedral\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holynamecathedral.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Holy Name Cathedral<\/a> in downtown Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter p3-downsized\" title=\"Holy-Name-Cathdral\" src=\"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Holy-Name-Cathdral.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"633\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shot at the <a title=\"St. Francis Xavier Parish\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sfx-lg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">St. Francis Xavier Parish<\/a>, La Grange, IL.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter p3-downsized\" title=\"Saint Francis Xavier Church_01\" src=\"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Saint-Francis-Xavier-Church_011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another shot of\u00a0the St. Francis Xavier Parish, La Grange, IL.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter p3-downsized\" title=\"Saint Francis Xavier Church_02\" src=\"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Saint-Francis-Xavier-Church_021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for stopping by&#8230;. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"p3-fb-like-btn-wrap\">\n\t\t<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Faperturism.com%2Fblog%2F2012%2F11%2F17%2Fchurches-around-chicago%2F&layout=standard&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&width=450&height=35\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I would start this blog post with a portion of this chat i had with a friend of mine recently. 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