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| The beautiful icon inside Mission Carmel. |
When I visited Mission San Juan Capistrano last week, my friend YC told me her love of icons. The fact took me quite by surprise. I had known YC for over 20 years and knew a little bit about her taste in art and music. It never occurred to me she would be a fan of Medieval icons. It amazed me to see how her face lightened up when she saw even those souvenir icons in the gift shop. ("It is fetish, I know." She said.)
We saw one in the Basilica. It looked so familiar that I soon realized it was actually a copy of the icon I had seen in Mission Carmel. It was not a good copy. It looked dark and dilapidated. The original one was way more beautiful. (I happened to have a photo of the original in my camera and compared them on the spot.)
We saw one in the Basilica. It looked so familiar that I soon realized it was actually a copy of the icon I had seen in Mission Carmel. It was not a good copy. It looked dark and dilapidated. The original one was way more beautiful. (I happened to have a photo of the original in my camera and compared them on the spot.)
However, seeing how much my friend liked it, I made a mental note to take a better photo of the original (the photo I took previously was hand held in ISO 6400) when I came back to the Bay Area and sent her a print. This afternoon, I packed my rarely used Zeiss 135mm, drove to Carmel, and spent some time photographing this icon. Then I ordered a canvas print and had it delivered to my friend. I hope it will make someone happy in Christmas.
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| I also did a horizontal shot, but decided to send my friend the vertical one since it's closer to the original. |
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