i like it sometimes when you accidentally hit the shutter as you are taking the camera away from your eye

30 HR Famine

sorry it's been so long since i last posted...

the last couple weeks have been absolutely crazy. i hope to get back up and posting regularly again though.

anyways, this past weekend we had our 30 Hour Famine event...it's always our biggest event and so much work and planning goes in to the weekend.

our theme this year was Slavery with our slogan being "Set Me Free"
as our focus, we looked at child soldiers, the child sex industry, and sweat shops
the weekend consisted of a game focusing on poverty Friday night, service projects all over Atlanta Saturday morning, a scavenger hunt type activity Saturday afternoon where team members played the roles of children being sold in to slavery of different types, and a 2 hour long prayer walk consisting of 14 stations.

it was a huge eye-opening experience for students and adults as we went without, prayed for others, and served our community and local city

here are some shots i took prior to the event...i realized through this process that i hate waiting to put up shots, but i'm glad that i did so that kids could see them at the event first

i like finding old pictures that i have never touched and messing with them a bit

here are some more shots from the live EP recording for Brett Younker....check him out at www.brettyounker.com

there are more pics located a little bit farther down as well

say hello to miss mavis

or as many of us like to call her...mave-a-flave

such a cutie

had the pleasure of shooting Brett Younker's live EP...

they recorded at Sublime located at North Metro Church in Marietta

we had a good time and the guys sounded unbelievable

here are a few shots from before the recording:






gotta love this kid...very expectant:



then there was the recording:






look out for Brett Younker people...he's coming

we had a great weekend up at Global Retreat Center in north Georgia for SHIFT Winter Retreat '09
there were about 125 middle schoolers running around crazy getting muddy and running through the woods

Joey Hill, out of B-Ham, came in and spoke some amazing truth in to the students lives

we also had the privilege of our good friend Brett Younker bringing along his band to lead us in worship
all that together created for an amazing weekend


here are a few pics of the Brett Younker band:


Brett


Paul


Brian


Evan

welcome to back in the day



first up: junior high basketball days



next: senior year of high school soccer
i miss those days

not motivated to shoot for fun very much anymore....could be that i have a lot of other stuff going on between church, younglife, and moving in to a new place

i have had more fun i think waiting for those shoots with clients though and thinking more creatively and what i can do next...i wonder if that will continue to happen the more i get in to this.....that is, spending less time just shooting for the fun of it



i hope not

Jenica and i found a new park today...

finally we had some time to just chill, walk, laugh, and enjoy each other
it was so relaxing since we both feel as though are lives are going at 200mph

beautiful sunset, new park, time with the wife...it was a good afternoon