I serve an amazing God!!

“And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”
Is. 65:24

This is probably my favorite scripture.  It describes situations in my life so often.

God has been moving in my life without my even realizing it. I am once again optimistic about the future. He will provide my way to follow his will. I know he has a plan in my life and will provide the tools that I need for the plan.

It looks as though I WILL be going back to school in the fall! Praise God for he sure makes a way. Now I just need his guidance on what I should I should choose as my major.

This photograph was taken just a few days ago and I am quite happy with it.  It has become quite popular on deviantART. I am really praising God that he has renewed my passion for photography. I feel at peace while I am working on my photography.

I am starting Project 365 today. I may not be able to post a picture every day, but I will take one every day. I will not make any excuses this time. It is something I have wanted to do for a long time and hopefully I can finish it this time.

my new life

“…let the wicked forsake their way,
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”
Isaiah 55:7

I have realized that everything I ever wanted and searched for is already waiting for me in a life with God.  He loves every part of me and wants only the best for my life. He has a purpose and way for me.

For now on, the posts that I make will be about my daily walk with my LORD and savior.  He is my inspiration for life and has created this beautiful world which I capture in my artwork.

When I took this photograph, there was no significance about the numbers. For some reason, I decided that this would be the first photograph that I posted now that I am reviving my blog.  I then decided to see if there was a scripture with the numbers 55:7. I first checked Psalms. Then I realized that Isaiah also had a chapter 55.  The above scripture is what I found. I find it very fitting in the declaration of what has happened in my life.

I serve a mighty and merciful God who brings me through the trials in a glorious way.

more conceptual

I have honestly never tried very man conceptual photographs. i have not set up man and planned for the idea. However, I want to push myself and plan on doing much more of that.  I figured starting with this simple idea would get the ball rolling.

I want to start creating my photographs more than just finding them in the world.  I will still be taking very man photographs that do not need total creation, but hopefully I can get more precise expressions of my ideas into my art.

the motion experiment with only myself

So a few days ago, I got bored. I took a while to take some self portraits. I started experimenting with motion and slow shutter speeds.  These are all single shot photographs with shutter speeds of about 30 seconds.  Both individuals in the photographs are me. There also more motion experiments with a scarf which I will hopefully post tomorrow.

Here is the rest of the series of what I am calling “disconnect”:

If I make this more of a series, they will all be in black and white probably. I really like the story it tells.

black friday

Thanksgiving is past and Black Friday is almost over. I actually hate the consumerism of Black Friday. So today, my mom and I spent the day cleaning out the garage and donating things to Goodwill.

I took a bunch of photographs a few days ago while playing with motion and self portraits. I have been experimenting with textures as well.  I will be posting those in the next few days.  This photograph is of course using textures and I used a slow shutter speed so the photo is extra soft.

We found some old cameras out in the garage today, and I of course kept them.  I love them.

After all that work though, I am utterly exhausted.  Tomorrow we go to get the Christmas tree and decorate the house.  Hopefully I will be able to get some pictures.