Monthly Archives: October 2011

Last night our group had dinner at a throw back diner called “Route 66”.   This little place is filled with antiques and collectables from the 40’s and 50’s era, my childhood.   It was a great experience to look around at old signs, toys, and various other memorabilia of that time in my life.  It reminded me of what it was like for my mom and dad to be alive, my grandparents, for my brother Homer to be a little boy and me only a little older.  It was a bitter sweet reminder of just how much time has passed and how much has changed in our world.  We certainly are not the people we were such a long time ago.  That’s sad, it was a simpler life, a time of a great deal more innocence.  While the world has changed, God’s love has not, it has been and will always be the one constant we can count on.

 

I was reminded again last night as I watched the group laugh and visit how good God is to us.  How he protects us, guides us, and places us in the very place we need to be to be blessed.  The last thing we did yesterday in the classroom before we broke for supper was share a slide show I often show.   The images are nothing spectacular, just some landscape stuff from over the years , but the song is a rich spiritual experience.   The song is Chris Tomlin’s “How Great Is Our God”   Dwell on it’s lyrics for a few moments this morning,  and enter into a time of praise of our Father.  It will bring you face to face with the majesty of our gracious, loving, God.

 

The splendor of a King, clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice

 

He wraps himself in Light, and darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice

 

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God

 

Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end

 

The Godhead Three in One
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb

 

Name above all names
Worthy of our praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God

 

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God

 

Be blessed,

 

the pilgrim

 

 

 

We finished up in New Hampshire yesterday and have moved over to Maine to finish out the week.   The big storm that moved up the coast got to us today and forced us in the classroom  for the day.  We had a great time with teaching sessions and critiques.  This is a very talented group that is eager to learn!  When you plan workshops like this a year in advance it’s always great when nature co-operates and gives you great color, it has been a fantastic week in that respect, in fact in all respects.  We’ve had great color, safe travels and wonderful fellowship, who could ask for more…….   We’ve had a great variety of subject matter, enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today we really started to get it in gear, with great early morning locations that yielded great shooting opportunities.  The fellowship has been even better than the photography and that is a saying a lot.  This group is made up of some of my dearest previous workshop friends, and some great new friendships that are being formed each day.  For me photography is and always has been about the people.  I’ve been blessed to work with great shooters and people, teach alongside gifted photographers and educators, and work with and share with talented and wonderful folks.  As much as I enjoy sharing photography with others, I equally am blessed with seeing what they are learning from each other and what they are teaching me.  You’re never finished learning, and that’s a good thing.  I would have no interest in doing anything at which I could master completely.  What would you do if you couldn’t learn anymore?  I don’t ever want to find that out, and trust me, there is little chance of that happening.

 

The greatest joy of teaching is seeing the excitement and enthusiasm rise up in those you share with.  It’s an amazing thing to see someone else’s life enriched from something you’re gotten to be a part of.  These people at this workshop are of all skill levels, but everyone wants to get better, and everyone is working to those ends!

 

Father, thank you for the joy of learning, the desire to make ourselves better, and the happiness it brings when we see even a little progress.  I ask that even more than photography, you help each of us to grow in our knowledge, love, and devotion to you.  Amen

 

the pilgrim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After a rocky start on Sunday with killer traffic and record warm temps in New England today the conditions made a dramatic turn for the better!  The day started out with wonderful fog and then the light was perfect for early morning fall foliage.  We got to shoot everything from the grand landscape to close-ups all illustrated here, the day was topped off with a trip to a beautiful farm with many photo-opps.

 

The group had a great time and are now pumped for the next opportunity to capture this wonderful region.   Thanks Father for another great day with great people making great images of your incredible world……