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Tag: photography
Black & White Wedding
Eat, Drink, be Merry… and Dance
My favorite part of weddings is the end. The bass hits, laughter is thick and all pomp from the ceremony has faded.
Then people dance almost as boldly as the joyful audacity of marriage itself.
Portrait of Hannah
Somewhere in the Pacific Northwest there’s a hill just big enough to be called a mountain. On that mountain there’s an old abandoned barn with a loft and broken windows. In that abandoned barn theres a white porcelain bathtub. In that porcelain bathtub, there’s a pretty lady. I took her picture.
Reflections
I was told to reflect on myself as I do those I paint. Suddenly, I found myself to be a difficult subject.
Today
I will pray for those who have harmed me.
I will pray twice for whoever has harmed me the most.
I will say something kind to a stranger and I will mean what I say.
I will do one silly thing for no other reason than it makes me smile.
I will read a book that settles in my soul, as good books tend to do.
I will find one interesting thing about something that disinterests me.
I will say, “I love you.”
I will love more than I can say.
Miranda Rae
Day dreamer, head turner, lifelong friend.
When we were kids we used to play dress up, name trees, talk about boys and run away from home (until we felt like going home again of course).
Miranda Rae and I never really grew up. I don’t think we ever will.
…Alright so we grew up a little.
Caleb
This is Caleb. His super powers include taking great photos and being surprisingly effervescent. His weakness? Being way too easily distracted by beautiful things. But that helps with the photography aspect of life… So it’s not such a bad weakness to have.
It is uncommon to find people who really see the world, who actually see others. How many times a day is the old Admin building passed, glanced at, overlooked? How many times a day do individuals look at one another and fail to truly see anything worthwhile? The best artists show the world what they see, and Caleb sees a lot. I have an assumption that his camera can never keep up.
I’ve had a few shots of him for several weeks from a brief adventure we took to welcome the new year. They’ve been used to practice sketching buildings and stairwells. Usually I dislike drawing anything that can’t answer back. So… when is comes to architecture I doodle and break every shading law in existence because I prefer to scribble without thought.
But a couple sketches, while lacking in plenty of ways, turned out to be at least interesting. So here’s to many moments of sketching in coffee shops without diligence and sneaking a sharpie out of my backpack in class from time to time. A line at five, a shadow at ten. It’s not much, but it adds up to plenty of scribbles which I’m going to go ahead and call art.
What Should be in College Brochures
We’ve all seen it, the lovely little college brochures that advertise university life. Pictures of smiling students reading and learning spread across the pamphlets. The groups are always diverse; the sun is always shining; and the grass is always green.
Such photographs are quaint and represent any given university to an extent. But here in my snowy Northern town, I’ve come to view our campus in a different light. The following is a quick glance of what I have observed.
It’s only a few unedited shots, but it’s the campus I know.
Here are the dorms. This is where they want you to live.
This is the wide grassy yard they show you. Across the way are just a few places where they want you to buy food, topped with more dorms where they would like you to live.
This is the long path where they capture countless pictures of students merrily walking along, chatting on their way to class.
This is where knowledge is king.
I have met with my English professor in this building. It is a maze. But the view from the top window is beautiful.
Here is one of the buildings for the theatre department, conveniently located by a fire hydrant in case it ever spontaneously combusts.
These bikes are star models in the average college brochure. Cheerful, friendly looking students zip in and out of the frame, seemingly eager to learn.
However, most students prefer a car. There are always strangers rushing by. You see them, but you will never know their name.
Mickey and Minnie
These are the women I look to when I want to know what friendship is. What laughter is. What kindness is. What faith is. For years they have taught at the same Preschool week after week and shown countless children what joy looks like. They love endlessly and are loved endlessly.
Also, they happen to be very fun and very pretty. Which is why it took all of two minutes to take their picture.
where we will grow 