Friday, January 9, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Teacher / Student
Next week I head off to Yosemite to soak in all I can from professional photographers. I'm very excited about this opportunity to have one on one instruction from people who are tops in their field.
But at the same time, I have also taken a budding photographer under my wings and have tried to share with her some of my limited knowledge. I enjoy teaching as much as I do learning. I strongly feel it is all about giving back.
In the grand scheme of things, I know NOTHING of photography. BUT, I know more that this young woman who wants to learn more. So, we chat on Tuesday nights when she comes for choir rehearsal.
Tonight she brought her camera and I gave her another challenge. I want her to learn to look all around her. Not only at her eye level.
There are times when I have found myself literally lying on the ground to get the angle that I want. I did this in Moscow when I was touring Red Square. I wanted a better shot of St. Basil's Cathedral. Not only did I get down on the ground, but it was the middle of winter. It was FREEZING!!
I wanted her to shoot around the stage at different angles, capturing various images. I went and grabbed my camera and grabbed my shots while she went back to rehearsal. Here are some of my shots.
Shot through a roll of tape.
Now, I know, they are winning not shots. Some are better than others, but I want her to expand her line of sight. I can't wait to see what she comes up with.
As my Aussie friends say, "Good onya mate!"
But at the same time, I have also taken a budding photographer under my wings and have tried to share with her some of my limited knowledge. I enjoy teaching as much as I do learning. I strongly feel it is all about giving back.
In the grand scheme of things, I know NOTHING of photography. BUT, I know more that this young woman who wants to learn more. So, we chat on Tuesday nights when she comes for choir rehearsal.
Tonight she brought her camera and I gave her another challenge. I want her to learn to look all around her. Not only at her eye level.
There are times when I have found myself literally lying on the ground to get the angle that I want. I did this in Moscow when I was touring Red Square. I wanted a better shot of St. Basil's Cathedral. Not only did I get down on the ground, but it was the middle of winter. It was FREEZING!!
I wanted her to shoot around the stage at different angles, capturing various images. I went and grabbed my camera and grabbed my shots while she went back to rehearsal. Here are some of my shots.
Shot through a roll of tape.
Now, I know, they are winning not shots. Some are better than others, but I want her to expand her line of sight. I can't wait to see what she comes up with.
As my Aussie friends say, "Good onya mate!"
Monday, January 5, 2009
A New Adventure??
Things have been hopping for me over the past couple of weeks and I'm very excited about what the future holds.
Today I took another step. I registered my domain name for what could turn out to me my very own photography business, www.littleknollphotography.com.
I have also been thinking about what my business cards might look like.
Now, I know the portraits of Steven that I took last week have been all over my blog, but I love the way they came out. So, with his permission, here is the first mock-up.
Which one do you like better? Please let me know.
Today I took another step. I registered my domain name for what could turn out to me my very own photography business, www.littleknollphotography.com.
I have also been thinking about what my business cards might look like.
Now, I know the portraits of Steven that I took last week have been all over my blog, but I love the way they came out. So, with his permission, here is the first mock-up.
Which one do you like better? Please let me know.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
I just have to laugh
Okay, these past couple of days have been a whirlwind of emotions for me and I'm not sure if I'm coming or going, but I have a huge smile on my face right now so which ever direction I'm heading in, it must be a good one.
I had a nice chat with a friend of mine today after church. She really encouraged me. So, as a result of that conversation I'm going to take this post a bit further. It's not only to share with those couple of people who follow my blog on a regular basis, but I know from past experience that I'm going to need something to look back on this moment to remind me of the Lord's faithfulness. This is my monument to remind me of His faithfulness in my life.
Okay, so many of you may not know that many moons ago I was engaged. It was not a good relationship from the beginning, and only got worse as it progressed. I'm not going to go into the sorted details, but suffice to say it left a very large wound on my heart that effects how I deal with people and how I look at myself.
I have some other friends who have really challenged me in several areas of my life over the past couple of days. One of the areas was wanting to know more about this broken engagement. They told me they wanted to know more about it so they could better understand the struggles I was currently having.
This was quite a tall order. I had squashed all those feelings. As my mother says, "I closed the door" on this part of my life." You know, I had closed the door on it, but there was still a bunch of crap behind that closed door. Closed doors are not good.
So, they challenged me to tell them about this part of my testimony. Later that day I literally crawled into bed and hid under the covers. I tried not to think of all the things that took place in this long ago relationship, but my brain was now on overdrive.
I couldn't take it anymore. I finally pulled myself out of bed and sat down at my computer and told my friends about this failed relationship. When I sat down I told myself that I was not going to hold anything back. Perhaps by telling my friends what had actually taken place, it might begin to open the door I had so long ago slammed shut.
While I did not go into specific details, my friends were able to understand what I gone through, both receiving and giving. Although we have not discussed my writing since sending this information, the freedom that I feel right now is something I have not felt in a VERY long time.
So, what do I do?? And this is really where I could use your prayers.
There is another relationship where the wounds run deep.
When I lived in South Africa, I had friends of 18-years hurt me deeply. The relationship was broken and it is yet another deep, puss filled wound that still festers.
This morning at 3:30am I reached out to them. I'm not sure where this is going to lead and I'm not really sure that I have the strength to deal with it the way the Lord wants me to, but after living these past couple of days, I thought there was no better time.
So, what started out a tear, terror, pain filled communication with friends might just come to change my life.
I just had to laugh!!!
I had a nice chat with a friend of mine today after church. She really encouraged me. So, as a result of that conversation I'm going to take this post a bit further. It's not only to share with those couple of people who follow my blog on a regular basis, but I know from past experience that I'm going to need something to look back on this moment to remind me of the Lord's faithfulness. This is my monument to remind me of His faithfulness in my life.
Okay, so many of you may not know that many moons ago I was engaged. It was not a good relationship from the beginning, and only got worse as it progressed. I'm not going to go into the sorted details, but suffice to say it left a very large wound on my heart that effects how I deal with people and how I look at myself.
I have some other friends who have really challenged me in several areas of my life over the past couple of days. One of the areas was wanting to know more about this broken engagement. They told me they wanted to know more about it so they could better understand the struggles I was currently having.
This was quite a tall order. I had squashed all those feelings. As my mother says, "I closed the door" on this part of my life." You know, I had closed the door on it, but there was still a bunch of crap behind that closed door. Closed doors are not good.
So, they challenged me to tell them about this part of my testimony. Later that day I literally crawled into bed and hid under the covers. I tried not to think of all the things that took place in this long ago relationship, but my brain was now on overdrive.
I couldn't take it anymore. I finally pulled myself out of bed and sat down at my computer and told my friends about this failed relationship. When I sat down I told myself that I was not going to hold anything back. Perhaps by telling my friends what had actually taken place, it might begin to open the door I had so long ago slammed shut.
While I did not go into specific details, my friends were able to understand what I gone through, both receiving and giving. Although we have not discussed my writing since sending this information, the freedom that I feel right now is something I have not felt in a VERY long time.
So, what do I do?? And this is really where I could use your prayers.
There is another relationship where the wounds run deep.
When I lived in South Africa, I had friends of 18-years hurt me deeply. The relationship was broken and it is yet another deep, puss filled wound that still festers.
This morning at 3:30am I reached out to them. I'm not sure where this is going to lead and I'm not really sure that I have the strength to deal with it the way the Lord wants me to, but after living these past couple of days, I thought there was no better time.
So, what started out a tear, terror, pain filled communication with friends might just come to change my life.
I just had to laugh!!!
Friday, January 2, 2009
Interesting past couple of days!
I saw this video and it just described my past couple of days. It put a smile on my face, so I thought I would share it. Enjoy!!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
The Little House
There are some stories that just stay with you into adulthood and "The Little House" is one of them. I remember reading it in elementary school. It's funny how images can bring those memories back like when you get a whiff of perfume that takes you back to a certain place in time or reminds you of a loved one long since passed on.
I have a site that always has some wacky stuff on it. Some of it is nonsense, but other things this author finds are true treasures. Such was the case this evening.
There was a referral to a person who does location scouting for movies in New York City.
Now, I have never been to NYC, have no desire to ever go to NYC, but I have to tell you, if I every find myself there, I will look more closely to the things around me because of this blog.
So, back the "The Little House" story. I found this post and it brought the entire story of this "little house" back into my mind and almost transported me back to the 4th grade.
Do you see it? Do you see the "little house?"
How wonderful is that? Does your mind go through different possibilities as to how this skinny, little building survived progress?? Or was it built to fill in a void left after the buildings on either side of it were built??
An image from the original book by the author and illustrator Virginia Lee Burton.
I love it when I find blogs like this. Take a peek if you know anything about NYC. Or I should say, THINK you know anything about NYC and its finds. It is definitely a blog I will be following!!
http://www.scoutingny.com
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