Closing in on the game………

Well we are one day away from the National Championship game in college football and a lot of folks are painting the logo everywhere, above, even on the beach!  We spent yesterday working in the stadium, below, getting our consignment gear unpacked, inventoried and prepared to help the 250 shooters that will attend the game, Monday afternoon and evening.

When we could take a break from our duties, it was fun watching the artists apply the logos and team names to the field with special paint. They use a sprayer and they control the edges with a deft skill!

So as you can see they are truly getting ready for the big event, but that was not what I was referring to in the blog title; “Closing in on the Game!”    No, I’m preparing for some exciting things in my future and one of them is creating and releasing a large number of  eBooks!

I hope over the coming few years to produce a number of eBooks ranging from teaching books on many aspects of photography, and several faith based books.  The first is in the works right now, and it actually started yesterday!  I was trying to find a place in Fort Lauderdale to pickup supplies, and was probably going a little slow trying to figure out where the business was, so an SUV behind me, probably in extreme frustration of my speed, recklessly tore around me and swerved back into our lane and then was stuck behind the long line of traffic we were all trapped in!!!  I thought at that moment, “How can you find peace, in a ticked off world?”  Thus was born the title, How to Find Peace……. in a Ticked Off World!   

As I drove on down the highway a flood of ideas came to me, mostly how much I need this book myself!!!  We live in a world full of people that are very angry, and they show their frustration at the drop of a hat, maybe no place worse than behind the wheel!  Unfortunately it doesn’t stop there, you see it in people’s behavior in the airport, in stores, in restaurants, at sporting events, everywhere people go, they show how “ticked off they are”  I need a guide to help me find peace in my own spirit in the midst of all these frustrated, angry, disrespectful, and down right trying people. I’ll bet some of you do too!  So soon we will all have one.  It will be a fun book filled with funny examples of a not too funny condition of our world.  One fun aspect will be the chapter titles which I’ve pulled from famous movie quotes, like;

“Frankly my dear I don’t give a ………..”    Gone With The Wind

“What we have here is a failure to communicate…..”   Cool Hand Luke

“You complete me……”    Jerry McGuire

I hope you get the idea, a real book about real situations, real people have to deal with, and most importantly what God says in his Word about how to do more than “cope” but live  “victoriously!”   

So the real game for me is not Monday night in Miami, it’s every day for the rest of my life serving Him!

Blessings,

the pilgrim

*Photo Note:  The shot at the top, of the beach logo, was made with the D600 hand held and the 70-300 AFS-VR from my balcony!  At 100% you can see the grain in the sand!

Special word of thanks…..  I was so proud of Scott Kelby for writing his new book, It’s a Jesus Thing,  I’ve always loved how Scott introduces humor into all his books and I think that is the best way to deal with difficult subject, whether it be Photoshop or Faith!!!  Scott has inspired me to wade into this book world!