Saturday, January 17, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Last night together as a group.
Today has been a day full of shooting which was also made up of good company, conversation and learning.
This is our last day night together as a "team" and we closed out by having a night of critique.
Scott told us over dinner that we could bring five images to be critiqued and it was up to us as to how we wanted it to be served up: mild, medium and hot salsa! And guess what I wanted.
We had half an hour to select our five images. And we weren't supposed to select our strong images. They were to be the ones we thought were the weakest and where we could learn the most from.
It was not hard for me. I had quite a few images where I tried something and the execution just did not work.
Scott and the other professionals were brutal. They held nothing back. And I'm glad they didn't. It encouraged me. There were three of the five that were salvageable through a tighter crop. I was quite happy with that.
Me, Nikki and Scott were standing around after the session and he greatly encouraged us. I have to tell you, this man may put on a hard outer shell, but he has such a heart of gold!!! He is a great encourager. He wants to challenge people to bring out the best in them. What an honor this experience has been.
Nikki and I found out even more information about the contest and really how good our photos were to have been selected. Apple had to approve all the images. They had their photo professionals give the final approval for all four of our images.
I feel a bit like Sally Fields when she won her academy award: "You like me." :-)
Tomorrow morning the winners are going to be interviewed and we will take a group photo. After that, Steve and I are going to do a bit of shooting as we go through the park on the way to the airport. And that will be the end of this amazing time with such a talented group of people.
There is the next step of editing our photos down and sending them in to be submitted in the book the Peach Pit Press is going to be creating out of the four contests. There is no guarantee that any of our images are going to be selected to be included in the book, but I know at least one of mine will be.
There are two more contests to be run, eight more people to have this amazing experience and more wonderful images to be captured.
This is our last day night together as a "team" and we closed out by having a night of critique.
Scott told us over dinner that we could bring five images to be critiqued and it was up to us as to how we wanted it to be served up: mild, medium and hot salsa! And guess what I wanted.
We had half an hour to select our five images. And we weren't supposed to select our strong images. They were to be the ones we thought were the weakest and where we could learn the most from.
It was not hard for me. I had quite a few images where I tried something and the execution just did not work.
Scott and the other professionals were brutal. They held nothing back. And I'm glad they didn't. It encouraged me. There were three of the five that were salvageable through a tighter crop. I was quite happy with that.
Me, Nikki and Scott were standing around after the session and he greatly encouraged us. I have to tell you, this man may put on a hard outer shell, but he has such a heart of gold!!! He is a great encourager. He wants to challenge people to bring out the best in them. What an honor this experience has been.
Nikki and I found out even more information about the contest and really how good our photos were to have been selected. Apple had to approve all the images. They had their photo professionals give the final approval for all four of our images.
I feel a bit like Sally Fields when she won her academy award: "You like me." :-)
Tomorrow morning the winners are going to be interviewed and we will take a group photo. After that, Steve and I are going to do a bit of shooting as we go through the park on the way to the airport. And that will be the end of this amazing time with such a talented group of people.
There is the next step of editing our photos down and sending them in to be submitted in the book the Peach Pit Press is going to be creating out of the four contests. There is no guarantee that any of our images are going to be selected to be included in the book, but I know at least one of mine will be.
There are two more contests to be run, eight more people to have this amazing experience and more wonderful images to be captured.
Second day of shooting
Scott, Gary (one of the pros), Nikki and I headed out this morning to do some more shooting. I have not looked at the shots I captured yet, but I know they are going to be awesome once I edit them into HDR format.
Yesterday Scott showed me how I shoot to prepare for the HDR process. HDR mean High Dynamic Range and it is a way of processing images that will pull more of the digital information from a minimum of three different exposures of the same image.
He taught me to shoot a minimum of five images to give a higher quality end product and I have been shooting that ever since. Anytime I grab captures where there are no people involved, trust me, I am going to be shooting this way.
Most of the images I posted yesterday were HDR processed. I even went online and purchased the software needed to do this. I cannot believe how much it makes my images "POP" and I simply love it!!!
So, this morning we went back to the same waterfall I posted yesterday. But let me tell ya, the image is not even close to what I captured yesterday. We got there when the sun was in the right position and the colors of the rainbow was stunning. It looked like a painter had taken his brush an painted the colors on.
Scott taught me about the use of a polarizing filter and reminded me, again, to use my lens hood.
Mind you, this guy knows his stuff. How can I not trust his judgement. We started talking about filters and he told me that a polorizing filter is the only thing he has on his lenses. He does not have a skylight filter on any of them. That drops the quality of the image down unless you have one of the high quality, German made one from B+W. He said I should take any skylight filters off my lens and stomp on it.
I got some great shots of the rainbow and we moved on.
At our next stop, I pulled out my lens with the skylight filter on it, promptly pulled it off and handed it to him. He put it in his pocket and said we would have a "stomping" ceremony later on.
One of the things that just strikes me as a bit odd was several times last night Scott made a comment, in a shocked tone, that I actually listened to him. He must have said that three times last night when I showed him some of my edited work. That really struck me as a bit odd.
Mind you, this man is VERY, VERY, VERY successful and knowledgable at what he does. He has been doing it for 37-years, like I said, why in the world would I NOT listen to what he has to say??
Since there were only four of us in our group today and we took two vehicles, Nikki road with Scott and I road with Gary. At our last stop, Nikki and I were left on a bridge to shoot while Gary drove Scott back to his truck.
Both Nikki and I are in the same place with regards to still trying to wrap our heads around the fact that we are here. She shared with me what Scott had told her and that was that, "She is good enough. He choose her image and when she thinks she is not good enough, she just needs to stop thinking like that."
I know that now I am puttng that out there, I'm going to be hearing that from a lot of you!! That's okay. That's what I need to hear.
Today after lunch we sit down and start learing Aperture. I'm looking forward to that. The we go back out for the evening shoot. I'll post some more of my images later tonight.
Again, please keep the comments coming. DON'T LURK!! I want to hear from you. :-)
Yesterday Scott showed me how I shoot to prepare for the HDR process. HDR mean High Dynamic Range and it is a way of processing images that will pull more of the digital information from a minimum of three different exposures of the same image.
He taught me to shoot a minimum of five images to give a higher quality end product and I have been shooting that ever since. Anytime I grab captures where there are no people involved, trust me, I am going to be shooting this way.
Most of the images I posted yesterday were HDR processed. I even went online and purchased the software needed to do this. I cannot believe how much it makes my images "POP" and I simply love it!!!
So, this morning we went back to the same waterfall I posted yesterday. But let me tell ya, the image is not even close to what I captured yesterday. We got there when the sun was in the right position and the colors of the rainbow was stunning. It looked like a painter had taken his brush an painted the colors on.
Scott taught me about the use of a polarizing filter and reminded me, again, to use my lens hood.
Mind you, this guy knows his stuff. How can I not trust his judgement. We started talking about filters and he told me that a polorizing filter is the only thing he has on his lenses. He does not have a skylight filter on any of them. That drops the quality of the image down unless you have one of the high quality, German made one from B+W. He said I should take any skylight filters off my lens and stomp on it.
I got some great shots of the rainbow and we moved on.
At our next stop, I pulled out my lens with the skylight filter on it, promptly pulled it off and handed it to him. He put it in his pocket and said we would have a "stomping" ceremony later on.
One of the things that just strikes me as a bit odd was several times last night Scott made a comment, in a shocked tone, that I actually listened to him. He must have said that three times last night when I showed him some of my edited work. That really struck me as a bit odd.
Mind you, this man is VERY, VERY, VERY successful and knowledgable at what he does. He has been doing it for 37-years, like I said, why in the world would I NOT listen to what he has to say??
Since there were only four of us in our group today and we took two vehicles, Nikki road with Scott and I road with Gary. At our last stop, Nikki and I were left on a bridge to shoot while Gary drove Scott back to his truck.
Both Nikki and I are in the same place with regards to still trying to wrap our heads around the fact that we are here. She shared with me what Scott had told her and that was that, "She is good enough. He choose her image and when she thinks she is not good enough, she just needs to stop thinking like that."
I know that now I am puttng that out there, I'm going to be hearing that from a lot of you!! That's okay. That's what I need to hear.
Today after lunch we sit down and start learing Aperture. I'm looking forward to that. The we go back out for the evening shoot. I'll post some more of my images later tonight.
Again, please keep the comments coming. DON'T LURK!! I want to hear from you. :-)
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Shooting, shooting, shooting
This morning was fantastic!!! I learned so much from Scott and Steve.
Last night, Scott challenged us to come up with a theme for our shooting today. I had chose "delicate". I had no idea what I was going to shoot that was "delicate". There are not flowers right now, so that made me work extra hard finding those special shots.
However, shortly into the day I kinda forgot about the theme I had selected and was shooting a lot of water and streams and snow and moss and anything else I could point my camera at.
It seemed like I had taken a ton of photos but when I looked at the count, I had shot less than 300 in the morning session. I was in shock when I saw that.
One of the more treacherous journeys we went on today was making the trek up to Bridalvale Falls. It was shear ice on the walk up there. Scott was so kind. He kept telling us that we should head back because he did not want us to get hurt. I was not going to miss this chance so I pressed on and so did everyone else.
I never made it to the falls though. I stopped right after the trail cleared of the ice and basically camped out at a stream while the rest of the group, Nikki, Steve, Scott and Lianna walked up to the falls.
I was shooting the stream that's created from the waterfall and got some good shots. I spent all my time there, getting different angles, trying different exposures and even getting down on my belly in the snow to get a different viewpoint. This was my second time laying on my stomach in the snow and it was not yet 9:30. My pants were wet and remained that way for most of the rest of the day.
We came back and had a quick meeting. In the meeting Steve talked a bit about his work and showed us the software program "Aperture". This is the same program we all won and will be learning more about tomorrow from him.
He has a tremendous heart for Africa as well and showed quite a few photos from his time in Lesotho. Lesotho is a small country that is surrounded by South Africa. As I watched his images I started crying and could not believe I was crying. I was missing Africa again and the images he captured were wonderful.
We headed out again after the meeting and I was not as happy with this shoot as I was with the morning shoot. I'm still in the process of editing the images so I don't really know what I captured.
But, for now, one of my images from the morning for you to enjoy.
I have enjoyed all the comments from people. You have encouraged me greatly.
Last night, Scott challenged us to come up with a theme for our shooting today. I had chose "delicate". I had no idea what I was going to shoot that was "delicate". There are not flowers right now, so that made me work extra hard finding those special shots.
However, shortly into the day I kinda forgot about the theme I had selected and was shooting a lot of water and streams and snow and moss and anything else I could point my camera at.
It seemed like I had taken a ton of photos but when I looked at the count, I had shot less than 300 in the morning session. I was in shock when I saw that.
One of the more treacherous journeys we went on today was making the trek up to Bridalvale Falls. It was shear ice on the walk up there. Scott was so kind. He kept telling us that we should head back because he did not want us to get hurt. I was not going to miss this chance so I pressed on and so did everyone else.
I never made it to the falls though. I stopped right after the trail cleared of the ice and basically camped out at a stream while the rest of the group, Nikki, Steve, Scott and Lianna walked up to the falls.
I was shooting the stream that's created from the waterfall and got some good shots. I spent all my time there, getting different angles, trying different exposures and even getting down on my belly in the snow to get a different viewpoint. This was my second time laying on my stomach in the snow and it was not yet 9:30. My pants were wet and remained that way for most of the rest of the day.
We came back and had a quick meeting. In the meeting Steve talked a bit about his work and showed us the software program "Aperture". This is the same program we all won and will be learning more about tomorrow from him.
He has a tremendous heart for Africa as well and showed quite a few photos from his time in Lesotho. Lesotho is a small country that is surrounded by South Africa. As I watched his images I started crying and could not believe I was crying. I was missing Africa again and the images he captured were wonderful.
We headed out again after the meeting and I was not as happy with this shoot as I was with the morning shoot. I'm still in the process of editing the images so I don't really know what I captured.
But, for now, one of my images from the morning for you to enjoy.
I have enjoyed all the comments from people. You have encouraged me greatly.
Ready, Set, GO!!!
Colossians 1: 15-20
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church, he is the beginning and the first born from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Shooting day one.
It is 5:45 am and I have finished my devotions for today. Some of you may know how amazing I find Colossians 1:15-20. I stand in awe of the Lord when I read those verses. It boggles my mind, yet at the same time I sometimes think I begin to wrap my mind around what it is saying. I know that will not fully happen until I no longer have daily devotions but am, instead, worshiping around my devotion.
I don’t know what the day holds, but then again I never do. I’m excited! I’m anticipatory!! And I am looking forward to a day of awestruck wonder.
Nikki, Scott, Steve and I will be heading out in about an hour and a half. When we finish shooting we will come back and Steve will begin teaching us Aperture. From the little I have heard about this program, I am excited to see how it is going to change my workflow process.
So, I am about ready to walk out the door. I’ll update the entry when we return.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church, he is the beginning and the first born from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Shooting day one.
It is 5:45 am and I have finished my devotions for today. Some of you may know how amazing I find Colossians 1:15-20. I stand in awe of the Lord when I read those verses. It boggles my mind, yet at the same time I sometimes think I begin to wrap my mind around what it is saying. I know that will not fully happen until I no longer have daily devotions but am, instead, worshiping around my devotion.
I don’t know what the day holds, but then again I never do. I’m excited! I’m anticipatory!! And I am looking forward to a day of awestruck wonder.
Nikki, Scott, Steve and I will be heading out in about an hour and a half. When we finish shooting we will come back and Steve will begin teaching us Aperture. From the little I have heard about this program, I am excited to see how it is going to change my workflow process.
So, I am about ready to walk out the door. I’ll update the entry when we return.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
I never thought...
I never thought this day could have gotten any better than the flights to Oakland. Like I said in my earlier post, the first flight was all worship. It was the most amazing flight I think I have ever had.
The second leg of the journey was a little less worshipful, but that was only because I fell asleep for about half an hour, but once I woke up I was right back into worship mode.
Things in my life over the past 2-weeks have been the most amazing, sometimes painful, but yet a time of great growth. I truly cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for me.
When I arrived at the Oakland airport, I was picked up by one of the professional photographers, Steve Simon. It was just the two of us for the five hour drive to our hotel. There was no lag in conversation. No radio, just good conversation We talked about almost everything you could think of from religion to politics and of course a lot of photography. It was a great trip. We laughed a lot and the conversation flowed easily. The time flew by.
We arrived at the hotel 20-minutes late. Our orientation was supposed to start at 5:00pm and when we checked in, the front desk told us that Scott, the organizer of the workshop had called a couple of times to see if we had arrived yet.
Stee and I just laughed and I agreed to take the blame for us being late, since Steve was here as one of the professionals. Of course once we met up with Scott and the rest of the crew, that plan fell by the wayside.
When we arrived in the room where the orientation was being held, Scott's hotel room, we found out that we were not the last ones to arrive. The one who actually lived the closest, John, was the last one to arrive. We forgave him! :-)
What an amazing group of people I am teamed up with. I am totally at ease with them. I am trying take in all the conversation and learn and still remember to ask questions.
I found out one thing that still boggles my mind. On trip up here, one of the things that kept going through my mind was the fact that I actually won this competition. I'm here with only three other amateur photographers. I thought my photo had been selected out of 1,222 images. I WAS WRONG!!!
All of us went to dinner and that was where I found out that our images were not selected from 1,222 images. They were selected from over 10,000 images!!! TEN THOUSAND IMAGES!!!!! I cannot fathom that.
Scott told us that we are all here because we have talent.
Okay, this is where those of you who know me will NEVER let me live this down. It is here that I also need to apologize for what I'm going to say next. I know that I have heard that from all of you who know me. BUT, there is one thing when you hear it from people who are your friends and family and it is entirely another thing to hear it from a man who makes a very good living from doing this type of work.
There are so many other things that I still have to process from what happened tonight. Little things that are to numerous to mention here, but that mean a lot to me.
On the way to the hotel, Steve and I stopped to take some quick photos. The following is one of the better ones from that impromptu shoot.
Tomorrow I'm in the team that is heading out at 7:30. I will be with Nikki Frantz, one of the other winners, Scott Bourne and Steve Simon in the morning. We are heading off to shoot some waterfalls, among other interesting things.
Scott has issued us a challenge. He wants us to focus on one theme. It can be any theme, but he does not want us just shooting anything we see. We are to start to visualize our shots and know a little of what we want to capture. I think I going to go for small, delicate things. Of course, that could change between now and tomorrow morning, but that is what I'm starting to try to visualize.
Thank you for all your encouraging words. I appreciate all of them. Keep them coming!!
I do have a prayer request. When I was getting my luggage off the belt at the airport I twisted my knee. Of all times for this to happen, this was not the best time. Can you please lift this up in prayer that I'm able to move around to get the shots that I want and that I won't injure it any further?
Thanks.
The second leg of the journey was a little less worshipful, but that was only because I fell asleep for about half an hour, but once I woke up I was right back into worship mode.
Things in my life over the past 2-weeks have been the most amazing, sometimes painful, but yet a time of great growth. I truly cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for me.
When I arrived at the Oakland airport, I was picked up by one of the professional photographers, Steve Simon. It was just the two of us for the five hour drive to our hotel. There was no lag in conversation. No radio, just good conversation We talked about almost everything you could think of from religion to politics and of course a lot of photography. It was a great trip. We laughed a lot and the conversation flowed easily. The time flew by.
We arrived at the hotel 20-minutes late. Our orientation was supposed to start at 5:00pm and when we checked in, the front desk told us that Scott, the organizer of the workshop had called a couple of times to see if we had arrived yet.
Stee and I just laughed and I agreed to take the blame for us being late, since Steve was here as one of the professionals. Of course once we met up with Scott and the rest of the crew, that plan fell by the wayside.
When we arrived in the room where the orientation was being held, Scott's hotel room, we found out that we were not the last ones to arrive. The one who actually lived the closest, John, was the last one to arrive. We forgave him! :-)
What an amazing group of people I am teamed up with. I am totally at ease with them. I am trying take in all the conversation and learn and still remember to ask questions.
I found out one thing that still boggles my mind. On trip up here, one of the things that kept going through my mind was the fact that I actually won this competition. I'm here with only three other amateur photographers. I thought my photo had been selected out of 1,222 images. I WAS WRONG!!!
All of us went to dinner and that was where I found out that our images were not selected from 1,222 images. They were selected from over 10,000 images!!! TEN THOUSAND IMAGES!!!!! I cannot fathom that.
Scott told us that we are all here because we have talent.
Okay, this is where those of you who know me will NEVER let me live this down. It is here that I also need to apologize for what I'm going to say next. I know that I have heard that from all of you who know me. BUT, there is one thing when you hear it from people who are your friends and family and it is entirely another thing to hear it from a man who makes a very good living from doing this type of work.
There are so many other things that I still have to process from what happened tonight. Little things that are to numerous to mention here, but that mean a lot to me.
On the way to the hotel, Steve and I stopped to take some quick photos. The following is one of the better ones from that impromptu shoot.
Tomorrow I'm in the team that is heading out at 7:30. I will be with Nikki Frantz, one of the other winners, Scott Bourne and Steve Simon in the morning. We are heading off to shoot some waterfalls, among other interesting things.
Scott has issued us a challenge. He wants us to focus on one theme. It can be any theme, but he does not want us just shooting anything we see. We are to start to visualize our shots and know a little of what we want to capture. I think I going to go for small, delicate things. Of course, that could change between now and tomorrow morning, but that is what I'm starting to try to visualize.
Thank you for all your encouraging words. I appreciate all of them. Keep them coming!!
I do have a prayer request. When I was getting my luggage off the belt at the airport I twisted my knee. Of all times for this to happen, this was not the best time. Can you please lift this up in prayer that I'm able to move around to get the shots that I want and that I won't injure it any further?
Thanks.
Fantastic start to this trip!
Okay, I have to admit, I have not been excited about this trip to Yosemite. That is, until this morning!!
It's not that I was not looking forward to it. I am a perfectionist and add a lot of unnecessary stress to my life. I want to do my best. I want to learn everything I can from Scott Bourne and the other professional photographers. I want to learn from the other contest winners. I want, I want, I want....
I woke up at 4:30, bright eyed and bushy tailed and ready to get there. I hate the process of traveling, but love the arrivals. It is only when I finally make it onto the flight, with all my STUFF, do I finally start to relax.
I didn't know if I was going to be bumped up to first class since I was 5,000 miles short of making the "elite" status in 2008 but was pleasantly surprised when I boarded, they gave me a second row seat. SWWEEEEETTTT!!!!
I had a window facing the west and let me tell you, the view I had was amazing the entire way to Salt Lake City, the first leg of my trip.
As we flew over the Grand Canyon, the sun was just starting to rise. The majority of the canyon was still in shadows, but as the sun floated higher, splashes of light hit random cliffs. The sun was brilliant and caused the cliff tops to appear as if they were white caps in the ocean waves. It has been a long time since I have seen something so beautiful. And I was not lost on the fact that I am going up to learn how to capture images like this.
I was listening to Christian artist, Chris Tomlin, on the flight and although I could not sing at the top of my lungs like I did at the David Crowder Band a couple of nights ago, my heart was bursting as I quietly sang along about the wonders and majesty of God and His creation. That was exactly what I was seeing before me, the wonders of His creation.
The worship continued right up till just prior to landing. We flew over snow covered mountains that were so close that they almost filled the windows. How can people say there is no God?
To top it off, just as we were taxing down the runway in Phoenix, my sis-n-law called. I had to turn my phone off and let it roll over to voice mail. I'm so happy I did.
When I arrived in SLC, I listed to the message. I was expecting to hear Teri's voice but did not. As the voice began to speak, I could not help the explosion of a smile that overtook my face.
Alex, my youngest niece wished me happy, fun time in Yosemite. When she finished, everyone in the car gave a big hoot and holler. I can't tell you how much more that one little phone call lifted my heart. I saved the message just so I can listen to it again and have that same corny smile find its way back to my face.
If this is how this trip is getting started, what in the world does He have in store for me? How will I be able to capture the magnificence of God and represent His Son, Jesus Christ, in a way that will be honoring??
I wait in anticipation and a willing heart!!! It is not what I want, it is what He has for me as a very special gift. How can I not be excited???
It's not that I was not looking forward to it. I am a perfectionist and add a lot of unnecessary stress to my life. I want to do my best. I want to learn everything I can from Scott Bourne and the other professional photographers. I want to learn from the other contest winners. I want, I want, I want....
I woke up at 4:30, bright eyed and bushy tailed and ready to get there. I hate the process of traveling, but love the arrivals. It is only when I finally make it onto the flight, with all my STUFF, do I finally start to relax.
I didn't know if I was going to be bumped up to first class since I was 5,000 miles short of making the "elite" status in 2008 but was pleasantly surprised when I boarded, they gave me a second row seat. SWWEEEEETTTT!!!!
I had a window facing the west and let me tell you, the view I had was amazing the entire way to Salt Lake City, the first leg of my trip.
As we flew over the Grand Canyon, the sun was just starting to rise. The majority of the canyon was still in shadows, but as the sun floated higher, splashes of light hit random cliffs. The sun was brilliant and caused the cliff tops to appear as if they were white caps in the ocean waves. It has been a long time since I have seen something so beautiful. And I was not lost on the fact that I am going up to learn how to capture images like this.
I was listening to Christian artist, Chris Tomlin, on the flight and although I could not sing at the top of my lungs like I did at the David Crowder Band a couple of nights ago, my heart was bursting as I quietly sang along about the wonders and majesty of God and His creation. That was exactly what I was seeing before me, the wonders of His creation.
The worship continued right up till just prior to landing. We flew over snow covered mountains that were so close that they almost filled the windows. How can people say there is no God?
To top it off, just as we were taxing down the runway in Phoenix, my sis-n-law called. I had to turn my phone off and let it roll over to voice mail. I'm so happy I did.
When I arrived in SLC, I listed to the message. I was expecting to hear Teri's voice but did not. As the voice began to speak, I could not help the explosion of a smile that overtook my face.
Alex, my youngest niece wished me happy, fun time in Yosemite. When she finished, everyone in the car gave a big hoot and holler. I can't tell you how much more that one little phone call lifted my heart. I saved the message just so I can listen to it again and have that same corny smile find its way back to my face.
If this is how this trip is getting started, what in the world does He have in store for me? How will I be able to capture the magnificence of God and represent His Son, Jesus Christ, in a way that will be honoring??
I wait in anticipation and a willing heart!!! It is not what I want, it is what He has for me as a very special gift. How can I not be excited???
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Adventure is about to begin.
I have one more day at work before heading off to Yosemite to learn from professional photographers. I have so much to do tomorrow!!!
A friend is picking up my old couch, I am having my new couch delivered, have an edit for Sunday I have to finish, need to direct a voice over for another video for Sunday and I still have to pack for the trip. No pressure!!!
I'm not sure what my schedule is going to be like while I'm there, but I'm planning on updating my blog on a daily basis. There are a lot of you who placed votes for me during this contest and I want you to feel like you are on the journey with me.
Stay tuned....
A friend is picking up my old couch, I am having my new couch delivered, have an edit for Sunday I have to finish, need to direct a voice over for another video for Sunday and I still have to pack for the trip. No pressure!!!
I'm not sure what my schedule is going to be like while I'm there, but I'm planning on updating my blog on a daily basis. There are a lot of you who placed votes for me during this contest and I want you to feel like you are on the journey with me.
Stay tuned....
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Liberia treasures
I am in the process of transferring photos from three different hard drives onto the new DROBO I received from the contest. As a result, I have been able to look through the photos I took in Monrovia, Liberia West Africa in February 2008 when I volunteered with Mercy Ships on board the m/v Africa Mercy.
Here are some of the treasures I found.
Here are some of the treasures I found.
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