Deals of America
A few years ago a friend of mine told me about this site. They surf the internet and post the best deals they can find on all sorts of stuff. If you are into saving money you should check this site out. It's also listed under my favorite sites on the right of the page. Enjoy.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Ferry sailing into the Fog
Took this picture a number of years ago of the Ferry sailing off into the fog. I love it. It has long been one of my favorite pictures.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Sixpence
Philippians 4: 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Today I am thankful for my family who has been so important in my life and development. They have blessed me so much and I thank God for the great family I have been given.
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. ~William Jennings Bryan
This quote goes along with what we have been reading in my Mere Christianity study, that we need to acknowledge our bankruptcy to God. That anything we give back to God was already his, and that we can't give him anything he hasn't already given us.
Lewis talks about the story of a dad giving his daughter a sixpence, because she wanted to buy him a gift. When he receives the gift he is over joyed, but only a fool would think the dad is sixpence richer. Thus the quote, sixpence none the richer.
Canon Wireless Remote
I had someone ask me what I use for my shutter release so that Deb and I can both be in the picture. I use this canon RC-6. It is super simple. You can choose to have it take a picture right away or after 2 seconds. There are others out there I'm sure, but this is the one I chose to use.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Studio Lighting
This photo is of my wife and I taken in our apartment. The camera was against the other wall and we used a remote shutter release so we could both be in the picture. We had our two new umbrellas set up. I think the picture turned out quite well.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Wife's Birthday
Here are some pictures we got of the flowers Deb received for her Birthday. These were all taken with the 100mm Macro lens and ringlite flash. Some of them turned out looking a little fake for some reason.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Thanksgiving
Psalm 136:1
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.
Today I am thankful for the love and support of my wife. She is so good to me.
Thanksgiving may be in a couple weeks, but leading up til than I will be posting what I am thankful for, hopefully it will give you a moment to pause and be thankful for something in your life.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
-- Oprah Winfrey
Not quite sure what I think of the Oprah quote, I've been working with a kid at work who has had a hard time being thankful for what he has been given, he always wants something else and lets it keep him down. If he would just enjoy the things he has he might be happy.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.
Today I am thankful for the love and support of my wife. She is so good to me.
Thanksgiving may be in a couple weeks, but leading up til than I will be posting what I am thankful for, hopefully it will give you a moment to pause and be thankful for something in your life.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
-- Oprah Winfrey
Not quite sure what I think of the Oprah quote, I've been working with a kid at work who has had a hard time being thankful for what he has been given, he always wants something else and lets it keep him down. If he would just enjoy the things he has he might be happy.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Fern
Again with the macro lens, this was kinda fun to do, take pictures with the focus at different parts, and play with it. Doesn't really show the lens off too much, but I think they are some pretty cool pictures.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Thorns that Hinder
Was reading the Bible this morning on my way to school and came across this passage...
Mark 4:
1 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”
9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables 12 so that,
“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a]”
13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.” (boldness added)
What hinders me from fully practicing what Christ has taught? What gets in my way from full devotion to God? I find that my worries, my thoughts are what hinder me. It's not that I don't believe, its that I sometimes have a hard time letting go of my desires. I work so hard to get ahead, but am I worried about the things of Christ?
The song here, is about coming back to the Heart of Worship, being focused on all that really matters, when all else fades away.
Mark 4:
1 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”
9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables 12 so that,
“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a]”
13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.” (boldness added)
What hinders me from fully practicing what Christ has taught? What gets in my way from full devotion to God? I find that my worries, my thoughts are what hinder me. It's not that I don't believe, its that I sometimes have a hard time letting go of my desires. I work so hard to get ahead, but am I worried about the things of Christ?
The song here, is about coming back to the Heart of Worship, being focused on all that really matters, when all else fades away.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Rings
I wanted to get some cool ring shots, while I had the macro lens, here are two of my best so far, I will be playing with this more later, to get some other pictures. I also am renting the ring light flash, so, the one with both rings, I took with flash, the other one, was outside.
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