Father Linnane at Loyola's Chapel

Last month I had the pleasure of working with Malia Leary, a fellow MICA graduate who now works at Loyola University as the Assistant Director of Creative Services and Art Director for Loyola Magazine.  Malia contacted me to photograph three priests at Loyola who were celebrating their 25th year anniversary as clergymen and are highlighted in the December issue of Loyola Magazine.

Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., is the president of Loyola University.  We had the opportunity to photograph in the university’s beautiful chapel, which was a great backdrop and gave us a lot of room and different lighting options to play with.  The shots above was taken on the choir balcony over looking the alter.  I loved the light coming through the stained glass windows in the first shot above, and used a little lens flare to exaggerate it.

Rev. Timothy Brown, S.J.

The second priest was Rev. Timothy Brown, S.J., Loyola’s special assistant to the president for mission integration.  The campus at Loyola is really beautiful, a lot of really great architecture and gorgeous interiors.  We photographed Fr. Brown in the lounge area of the Humanities building, which used to be the old Jesuit residence.

The lounge area has lots of built in dark wood bookcases, shelves, and some stained glass windows.  I particularly liked the stairway, and thought having Fr. Brown stand between the warmer tungsten light from below and the cooler, whiter light coming through the windows from above seemed appropriate, if not too dramatic.

Rev. Jack Dennis, S.J.

The third priest was Rev. Jack Dennis, S.J.- aka “Fr. Jack”- the director of Campus Ministry.  Fr. Jack was very charismatic and seemed popular among the students, so we photographed him out and about on the campus.  The shot above is in front of these gorgeous doors which I think- if I remember correctly- were outside the building the chapel is in on the second floor.  We had moved up to this spot after getting a few shots from further away, in the much hotter, harsher sun:

This was a great assignment to work on- Loyola’s campus is full of photo opportunities with plenty of beautiful locations and backdrops, and it was a lot of fun working with a friend from college.  Thanks again to Malia for the great assignment, as well as Fr. Linnane, Fr. Brown, and Fr. Dennis!