One of the activities that the Mission Committee (chaired by my Mom) from my church (First United Methodist) does every year is organize animals from the 4-H exhibits at the Boone County Fair to be brought to the local nursing home for the residents to enjoy. When this happened at… Read More »Methodists, 4-H, and a Nursing Home…
A couple weeks back I went with my church’s youth group to Kansas City on their annual mission trip. Here is the video I put together to show the congregation on Sunday: Of course, if you subscribe to this blog via RSS Feed or email, you will actually have to… Read More »2013 Mission Trip
This week was a bit of challenge with the mission trip taking up 4 days of my week, but I still managed to get my pictures in, even if some of them might not make much sense to you as they relate to theme. Day 22: Grey Day 23: I… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 22-28
These images come from the following folder: Backup/My Pictures/Roadtrips/West Bend These pictures were taken April 29,2005. Next week’s folder will be: Backup/My Pictures/Sports/Cyclone Women’s Basketball
I have to confess that I’m kind of pleased with this week’s collection: Day 8: Path Day 9: 3 Things Day 10: Smooth Day 11: I Wore This! Day 12: A Bad Habit Day 13: 4 O’Clock Day 14: Edible The next 7 themes: Day 15: Outside the Window Day… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 8-14
Found My Grandpa Paris passed away a few months after I was married in 2002. All of the stuff in his garage went mostly untouched for several years. Then about 3 years ago some of my aunts and uncles decided to rent out his garage so that Grandma could have… Read More »Personal Photo Project #175
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen all these images. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve seen all these images. If you are my Friend on Foursquare, you’ve seen most of these images. If you are my “Friend” on Facebook, you’ve seen some of these images. If you… Read More »Instagram Dump – March/April
Repurposed After 2 failed years of trying to snag an invite to Love Feast, I finally scored one in 2013. It was a pretty amazing experience (I would tell you more about Love Feast, but you have to ask) and the bonus surprise was the old army radar tower. Funk… Read More »Personal Photo Project #173
As it turned out, we missed a few people the first time we made the rounds of the nursing homes and had to make a 2nd trip. Here are the pictures from that 2nd trip: The last woman pictured is 102 years old!
I recently volunteered to go to our local nursing homes and photograph the members of my church that couldn’t make it down to the church to have their picture taken for the church photo directory. Here are few images from the first attempt to complete this task: This was supposed… Read More »Church Photo Directory Day 1
Nailed I recently had the honor of helping chaperon a youth group retreat for my church. One of the last activities was a worship service where the youth went through several stations. One of the most powerful stations was a crude cross made from two logs found in the woods… Read More »Personal Photo Project #166
I recently had the opportunity to help chaperon a retreat for my church’s youth group. Here are some cruddy cell phone pictures and a few real camera pictures of the events:
Loveliness Arises These images come from a youth retreat I helped chaperon. Many people painted tiles that were taken back to the church to be made into a cross. The rest of the Loveliness Arises Series: I do love abandoned art supplies and paint mixed together. I may have to… Read More »Personal Photo Project #165
Recently the Methodist Men had a brunch fundraiser after first service. Here are a few fairly cruddy cell phone pictures of the event:
A look at a few of my favorite Instagrams since I last shared some of my favorite Instagrams:
Jason Baier contracted me to do portrait photography at Grace Evangelical Free Church for their Father-Daughter Dance. Here are a few of my favorite images from that night: I hope I get invited back next year!
Now might be a good time to check in to my Instagram feed. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen these all before. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve seen these all before. If you follow me on Flickr, you’ve seen many of these before. If you follow… Read More »Instagram Checkup
Merry Christmas – 2012 This week’s Personal Photo Project was to create an image to send out with my “Merry Christmas” message. More pictures from the Merry Christmas – 2012 Series: I was very lucky to have all these people show up at the church on Christmas Eve and pose… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #150
I can’t wait for the Winter Solstice this week. I can’t wait for the days to start getting longer again! Day 134 – In a Tree Day 135 – Sweet Day 136 – Hat Day 137 – Lights Day 138 – A Mustache Day 139 – An Ornament Day 140… Read More »365 Day Photo Project: 134-140
Kind of a dreary, depressing, hard time of the year for photographers. I can go a good portion of the week without really seeing the sun right now, and I hate it. Day 120 – Water Day 121 – Old Day 122 – Vehicle Day 123 – Big Day 124… Read More »365 Day Photo Project: 120-126
I think this is an interesting collection of images: Day 92 – Zombie Day 93 – Spooky Day 94 – Happy Halloween Day 95 – Something Beginning with C Day 96 – Color Day 97 – Breakfast Day 98 – TV Day 99 – Nature Day 100 – Humor Day… Read More »365 Day Photo Project: 92 -105