Ready, Set, Go……….
This is the week, the week, one of my favorite weeks of the year! Great friends, tons of airplanes, both flying and sitting on the tarmac! Photo opportunities galore and just plane great Reno early fall weather, couldn’t be better! I always get to work with my favorite crew from Nikon, Bill Pekala and Mark Kettenhofen, and we are joined by David Lee for part of the week, all aviation guys and great to work and hang out with! I have a special love for airplanes and love to photograph them, especially the antique and older planes and I will be giving the D800 and real workout this week. I have also, as mentioned earlier, assigned myself the single subject of color for color sake. I think it is valuable to assign yourself things to look for and work on while doing your normal photographic walk arounds.
The shot above is one of my favorites with a liberal application of Glamour Glow from NIk Color Efex 3.0. I hope to find more subjects that will work with his kind of digital filter use.
I’m asking a special favor of you guys, I need you to pray for me in a special way. This will be the first time the entire team will be back at Reno since last year’s terrible crash. I know a lot of people will need to be wrapped in love, prayer, and concern. For those of us that were in the middle of last years tragedy will find it hard to return to the scene of so many bad memories. It is especially hard for me, as I was the unlucky fellow selected by the NTSB and the FAA to edit the video and still images that revealed what really happened in the crash, that very few in the public will ever see. I still have lasting memories I wish I could erase. I want to be there for others and be supportive, but will also be struggling with those horrible memories myself. I shutter when I think back and remember that I was standing, shooting, at almost the exact spot of the crash fifteen minutes before it happened. Please lift all of my team up, and all the photographer, and officials of the Reno Air Racing Association that must climb this hill together!
Now to better thought; God is in control, He has a plan, and I will trust Him with everything! How good it is to leave home knowing He is with me, driving up to the airport, flying out to Reno, and in my day by day duties there. Please pray that I can rise above my own concerns and be His man on the ground in Reno. I would not want to be doing anything more, than serving Him, and that goes for my obligation to you too! I will pray for you, and will share faithfully what God is giving me for you and I!! I hope to post everyday from Reno, but just in case that doesn’t start until Tuesday, (the first day is always rea lly busy getting set up), this hopefully will work as my Monday post!
One last thing, thank you so very much for your visiting this blog, and I’m so pleased that so many of you are sharing that it means a lot to you, and that God is speaking to your heart!! Just remember to put the praise where it belongs, with my Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus! When we lift Him up and praise Him, it frees Him to bless us in unimaginable ways! I know, that’s what He has done for me!
Blessings to all of you,
the pilgrim
This entry was posted on Sunday, September 9th, 2012 at 3:08 pm
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Praise God, indeed, Bill! But thank you for inspiration you give me (and many others) through this blog.
Jeff, not hard when you are fueled by Him!
Thanks…I needed that. Great post.
Thank you Dave, we all do!
I’m glad you are asking for support for yourself as well as others who faced this tragedy. Sometimes the secondary trauma, such as what you saw repeatedly while editing the films, can be as difficult as the original experience because it’s being imprinted in your brain from the repeated viewings. Take care and prayers are with you. Karen
Thank you Karen, and you are so right, it was very difficult to live it over and over, but nothing is beyond our Almighty God!
Will be praying. Isaiah 41:10, 2 Cor. 2:14
Blessings,
Catherine
Thanks so much Catherine! By-the-way, my daughter is named Catherine with the “C” spelling, she was named after Catherine Marshall! I would love to see some of your work! Blessings!
Here’s a word our pastor shared this morning which may encourage you as it did Linda and I. “Don’t focus on the circumstances, focus on your creator!”. May He fill you with wisdom, peace, and joy as you work through this week.
….and a good word indeed! thank you!
Bil, I will definitely be praying for you and all the others in attendance. Safe travels. – Lynn
Thank you Lynn, God is in control and I’m excited to see what he has in store for us!
Catherine with a “C”! And I love that she was named after Catherine Marshall, one of my heroes of the faith. That is so cool! I’m going to put some of my books in the mail to you and I’ll include one for Catherine 🙂 I post some of my photos along with devotionals every day at awalkingrace.com and a verse and a photo on my Facebook pages every day. I love the art of photography. love going on photo walks early in the morning here in the desert, and I’m passionate to learn everything I can to show God’s magnificent creation through the photos I shoot.
I love reading your blog posts, Bill – I’m learning so much! Thanks for everything you share and to God be the glory.
Blessings,
Catherine
Very kind of you Catherine, I look forward to some encouraging reading, and I will go back to your website and look at some of your work! Thank you for your faihfulness in Service to Him, what a grand and exciting mission!!!
Galatians 2:20
The pilgrim
Bill, Dave and I are sending you big hugs and thinking good thoughts for all of you there.
And your thoughts are appreciated!