Seek the Light

From the photographer “There are many reasons that people go to church. And surely one of
those reasons is ‘to seek the light’. Sometimes through beliefs, and
other times through a camera. There is a simple Russian Orthodox
Church in the village of Ninilchik, in south central Alaska, along the
coast of the Cook Inlet. A shot I had long envisioned getting,
auroras over that historic church, was never easy to do as it was
almost 500 miles from my home in Fairbanks. I do not find myself in
that area too often. But the auroras had been active for the few
nights previous, so as I was making a photo trip around the state at
that time, it made sense to park myself at the church that night. So
that become my reason to attend church that evening, as I too was
there to seek the light. There are many ways to be aware that there
are greater forces at work in this world than we can ever understand.
Some may go inside the church to know, and some of us can know from
being outside the church. I welcome the mystery of not knowing some
of the secrets of this world, and this night was a reminder of just
how humble one should be. LeRoy Zimmerman/Photosymphony.com