Daily Archives: February 29, 2012

As a photographer my visual life as most often been driven by color.  I shot Black & White for many years, an still enjoy that medium, but color is my first love.  Roaming around looking for color is one of my favorite past times.  Thankfully color is everywhere!  I’ve always loved the photographers whose work screams with color; Jay Maisel, Bryan Peterson, and Jim Begley shoot in your face, killer color.  Freeman Patterson, Christopher Burkett, and Tony Sweet shoot in wonderful shades of subdued but rich hues.  I loved the almost monochromatic, but yet pleasing colors of Ireland in Scott Diussa’s travel class.  All kinds of color, in all kinds of form are fun to shoot.  I admit to having stolen every good idea I’ve ever seen.  When I see a vivid color subject, I’m reminded of how much God loves us, how many incredible colors he placed in our world.

 

People that have had after life experiences and have been brought back often tell of seeing colors they have never seen before on the other side.  Wow, sure hope we can carry a camera there!  From the rusted cars in Old Car City, to the brilliant hues of the Caribbean, I love color, thank you Lord!

 

the pilgrim

 

 

* All images with a point and shoot camera, I’m traveling with several including the Coolpix P7100 and Coolpix AW100.  Dedicated to Sam Garcia who can get the best images I’ve ever seen from a pocket camera!

 

 

Before I start, the images in this post have nothing whatsoever to do with the subject, usually that’s not the case, but I’m here and all of you are there, so just  enjoy the Caribbean scenes, and believe my words.

 

After my relationship with my God, and the wonderful family He has given me, the next most treasured thing in my life is the wonderful friends He has allowed me to enjoy!  There are people that have inspired me, we touched on that yesterday, those that have been great companions, those that have taught me spiritually, prayed for me, stood by my side.  Those that have lead me into truth.  Those that have provided great times and fellowship.  They have been co-workers, fellow photographers, and co conspirators!  The key is they have been right by my side.

 

I can’t tell you how excited I am about being with the friends that will gather in early March for the next His Light Workshop in White, Georgia!

 

When Jesus sent out the disciples, He sent them in pairs.  He knew they would need each other, and we need each other too.  We need others to stand up for us, and stand behind us, to have our backs, and pray for what is best for us.  We need people to defend us, and cheer us on, and we need to be that person for someone else doing all the same for them!  It is a great gift when God allows you to be someone’s friend, it’s also a big responsibility.   Such a big responsibility that Jesus said, “No man hath greater love than to lay down his life for his brother.”  Real friendship means you will be there, no matter what, for your friend.

 

1 Corinthians 13

Love Is the Greatest

 

 ¹ If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. ³If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.

 

 ⁴ Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud ⁵ or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. ⁶ It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. ⁷ Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

 

 ⁸ Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! ⁹ Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! ¹⁰ But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless.

 

 ¹¹ When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. ¹² Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.

 

 ¹³ Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. 

 

Having a friend to love is an honor, and I’m so honored to have you………..

 

the pilgrim

 

 

Oh yes, and I’m thankful for getting to rest in such a beautiful place too!