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We are gearing up for homecoming season around here, which means I’ve been going through old photos to look for new posing ideas for this year. Our oldest son went to two homecomings the past two years because he and his girlfriend attended two different schools. While the first homecoming in September was on a…
For the past few years, I’ve been working on growing my skills in photo editing. I’ve learned to retouch skin, create sky overlays and add bursts of sunlight. But lately, I’ve been wanting to stretch my editing skills in new ways. A few weeks ago, I took some photos of my daughter and edited them…
Can you believe it? It’s already been one year since my close encounter witnessing the birth of a gorilla baby. Little Ali turned one on June 1, and I’ve been meaning to make a trip to visit her before my zoo membership expired today. I finally made it! I got to see her do everything…
People often ask me if I can take photos of their high school senior or their family. For the past few months, I have been telling people “no” due to the busyness of starting a new job. But now that I’m not going to work everyday, I would love to do some photography this summer!…
Being brave doesn’t mean I’m unafraid. It means fear doesn’t stop me. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HjguZxeG8Q]
We’ve been waiting for this day all week. Not just all week… but for weeks! Scratch that. Months, really. The weather app said it would be sunny and 67 degrees. After what felt like the longest winter in the history of cold, we were finally expecting a warm, sunny day. I couldn’t wait. I woke…
When you’re shooting in color, but your photo comes out in grayscale… Do you find the gray sky sad? Lonely? Peaceful? Or hopeful that colorful days will return?
The sun is 92 million miles away from earth. And yet, somehow its rays are going to burn through the thick cold air and raise the temperature from -24 a few days ago to 40 today. Sometimes, I like to go out early just to see it in action: Feb. 2, 2019 sunrise. * *
“But make sure you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all of your day-to-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God…” “The night is about over, dawn is about to break. Be up and awake to what God is doing…” “God is putting the…
On this bitterly frigid evening with the snow whipping through the air, it’s hard to imagine it will ever be warm and bright again. And then there’s the sun, fighting through the white sky to create a sunset shining upward like a beam. The winter feels like it lasts forever, but don’t give up! Better…
