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The “Exceptional” Is Always Just a Handful
In February, God provided the opportunity to photograph a wedding for a friend in Pennsylvania!Of the thousands of photos that Lydia and I will take at a wedding, only hundreds are good enough to be delivered to the couple. And scattered throughout the good ones is...
Do I Really Need A Wide Angle Lens?
“Let me think. Should I bring my wide angle lens with me?” One of my responsibilities at the family conference last weekend was to take family portraits. “No, I wouldn’t need a wide angle lens for that.” Also, even though the conference was all the way down in North...
On Assignment: Prayer
Photographing something so broad as “Prayer” might seem kinda boring. However, when I got to thinking about how I would photograph it, I started getting excited! Instead of being limited to a certain subject, style, or location, I could take the assignment wherever I...
The Extent of My Winter Photo Excursions So Far
I’ve been grateful for the opportunity to take some snow pictures this year! Last winter, I wasn’t able to take very many, so it’s nice that we’ve had a nice snowfall or two this season so far. Back in January, we had a little snowfall that was more than just a...
The Secret to Doing Better Next Time
In a lot of ways, learning photography is like learning how to ride a bicycle. Once you’ve figured out the controls and menus on the camera and learned how to shoot in manual, it’s not that hard to pick it back up again after a while.However, photography is also like...
On Assignment: Motherhood
When Family Conferences asked for photos on the theme of Motherhood for their Mother’s Day social media posts, I was immediately excited. There is such a large variety of ways one could photograph this concept! For this particular assignment, it is a bit of a...
Giving the Right Impression
An old forum topic from a few years back recently resurfaced, and wow, was it an encouragement to read again! It all started 4 years ago, almost to the day, when @loganlamar asked, “How do we, as followers of Christ who happen to enjoy really great photography, shoot...
What I Do To Start Off the New Year
It’s the time of year for organizing photos! Now that it’s January, all the photos in the previous year that will be taken, have been taken. No more photos will be added to 2023. So, it’s time to make sure those photos are all correctly organized, filled away properly...
My Initial Attempt At Shooting the Moon
For this month’s Moon Scenery assignment, did anyone have any success photographing the full moon over the Christmas season? Here in West Virginia, it was super cloudy just about every morning and evening surrounding the holidays. There may have been one morning when...
Down At The Dam
Kendalyn couldn't believe her ears. "Family portrait will be down at the dam on Buffalo Calf Rd!" The dam?! Murkey brown water. Often covered in algae. Muddy, brushy banks. Surrounded by bare, leafless trees and dead, yellow grass. Along a narrow road, where would we...
On Assignment: Moon Scenery
Have you ever tried taking pictures of the moon? If you have, now's your chance to show us your incredible skills! If you haven't, now's the time to get ready to make some great memories! Moon photography might seem easy because the moon is something we can go outside...
On the Shore of the Chaudière
The November sun sunk below the horizon soon after we crossed into Canada. On previous travels to Quebec, my destination to visit friends in Sherbrooke would have only been about half an hour north across the border. But tonight, things were different. There was still...
Looking Back Over 2023
At this time of year, I always seem to find myself looking back to reminisce over the highlights of the year!Thinking about the Shoot to Serve Photo Assignments, it was really neat to have established connection with some new publishers like Solve Family Problems, the...
On Assignment: Christmas!
Yay, it’s Christmastime again! After having photographed so many challenging assignments over the past 11 months, I wanted to close out the year with an assignment that was fun and easy for everyone. Plus, this assignment is only going to be live for two weeks because...
The Day My Camera Lost Its Life
I love a good story. Especially if it amplifies a good life lesson or a Scriptural truth! Well, earlier this year, I happened to be part of a little story that happened in the life of my sister-in-law and fellow photographer, Lydia Bennett. She kindly obliged to...
The Color of Amber
The other day, I started reading the book of Ezekiel. Chapter one is quite an interesting read as it describes how the “word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest” to prepare him for his ministry to the rebellious house of Israel. I noticed something...
On Assignment: Choosing Wellness
At first, I thought this month’s assignment was going to be a difficult one. For one thing, it required finding a model. And for another, if I really wanted to apply myself and get the best photos I could for the assignment, it would require getting permission to...
What To Do While Editing Photos
Depending on where you are in your photography journey, editing photos can be a fairly mindless task. Especially the sorting part! Zooming in, over and over again, to check sharpness; picking out the best of the bunch, over and over again; flipping between two or...
Finding Beauty Close to Home
I was looking at a professional landscape photographer’s blog the other day. His photos were taken from all over the world. As I flipped from page to page, that discontented feeling of “Oh, I wish I could go to those places!” started to steal over me. But few of us...
Why Some Photos Work, And Some Don’t
How good are you at composing photos? Can you make any subject look attractive? Are you able to make attractive photos in unattractive locations? Composition isn’t the only element of a good photo, but it certainly does play a significant role in the attractiveness of...
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