The Sooriyakumaran family recently visited NYC from England to perform and celebrate the Roman Catholic christening of their son at the beautiful Our Lady of Good Counsel church on the Upper East Side. We captured the ceremony itself, posed photos of the family, and some fun candids of baby and cousins playing afterwards. While it went smoothly once it was underway, there was a bit of a scheduling snafu with the priest in that he did not know he had to perform this particular baptism on this day, so there was a considerable amount of hand-wringing as we all waited to see if he could be summoned 😅 Thankfully, it all turned out all right!

Here are some of my favorite images from this shoot (click/tap to view full size and un-cropped):

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All images in this blog post were shot on a Nikon D850 using both a 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom lens and a 50mm f/1.8 prime lens, and all individually post-processed in Adobe Lightroom using custom-built presets.

Jinnifer Douglass is a full-time freelance photographer based in NYC, shooting for both individuals and brands such as Google, Sotheby’s, Uber, Make Up For Ever, Squarespace, and more! Specializing in portraits, food, and special events, she works to make every piece of your social and website content ‘Insta-worthy’ with high resolution, full-frame DSLR photography and expert Lightroom editing. Interested in chatting? Leave a comment below, or send an email to hello@jinyc-photo.com!