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We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders to replace the authority of knowing Jesus Christ personally and directly. When the religious views of others interpose between us and the primary experience of Jesus as the Christ, we become unconvicted and unpersuasive travel agents handing out brochures to places we have never [...]
Totally blew the Christmas Card thing this year. So this is a New Year’s shout out to all my friends and family – and whomever else happens to stumble across this blog.
Last year, I talked my family into doing a themed picture Chrismas card – everyone needed to have a candy cane in the [...]
Well, it’s snowing again. After a 55 degree day last week we’ve plunged back into winter. So, we have two choices. We can either “have a cow”* or we can try to catch snowflakes on our tongues.
*The expression “have a cow” is said to have originated in the 1950s. The [...]
This is my mother-in-law, Pinky. She’s a wonderful lady and very beautiful and she agreed to pose for me the other day. I wound up liking the black and white version of her portrait better. There’s just something about black and white pictures. Sometimes color can be distracting and can actually leave [...]
Yesterday I shot my final photography assignment for my studio lighting class. We had to create images using non-standard lighting. I tried using candles, shooting through a sheer fabric, and shooting with a light in back of my model. The resulting backlit shot is above. And if you have read other blog [...]
You know when you meet a person that sparkles. They just light up your day. Somehow, other things become less important. You’d rather just spend some time with them and absorb the good feelings they emanate. That’s my daughter Tracey. She is a light in this sometimes dark world. Her positive attitude, [...]
I was taking pictures at Christmas this year, and Kelly’s hair fell on top of Carlene’s head so that their hair merged together. Many people might think that wrecks the picture. To me, it made the picture and this is why.
Kelly and Carlene are cousins. And whenever they are together they [...]
I am taking a studio lighting course to better learn how to use my new studio lights! This week, we learned about hard lighting, and boy does it look beautiful! This kind of lighting was used to light movies stars in the 40s. I am looking forward to playing more with this [...]
Well, it’s been a year, and I haven’t done much with this site. I really spent most of last year just “being” with my friend Deb, who was battling cancer. She lost that battle in October, but at one point she told me that if she got better she wanted to be [...]
It’s early morning and I reluctantly get out of bed. It’s hard to leave the warmth on these cold winter mornings. But I do it because I know what I will be feeling soon rivals the warmth of the bed. It will fill my senses, boost my spirits and, besides that, make [...]
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