Photographing San Antonio Missions

"Cross at Mission San Jose"

April 26, 2010

On Saturday, on my way from photographing wildflowers in the Central Texas Hill Country to the beach at Mustang Island in Corpus Christi, I stopped to photograph 4 missions in San Antonio, Texas.

The missions – Mission Concepcion, Mission San Jose, Mission San Juan, and Mission Espada – are part of the National Park Service. I had a brief opportunity to photograph them at this time last year, but arrived too late in the day and was stuck with photographing them from outside. This time I started early in the day and was able to photograph inside and out.

"Cross at Mission Espada"

According to the National Park Service website, the Spanish missions were not churches and in fact were Indian towns with the church as the focus. The native people, in the 1700’s, were learning to become Spanish citizens and as such, had to be Catholic.

The churches on site are still active. In fact, there was a wedding going on when I was photographing Mission San Jose. Certainly a beautiful place for a wedding.

"Sun of Mission Concepcion"

In this post are three photos from my visit. They are also available on my website for purchase as fine art prints. I will add a few more photographs from my visit in a few weeks once I have the opportunity to process them.

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