Portrait Photography and John 10

For the past hour or MORE, I have been sitting at my computer. Doing what you ask?

Well, I've been looking up and reading a lot about portrait photography.

I'm pretty excited about it.

I found that the "definition" of sorts of portrait photography is this:

To capture the personality of someone in a picture.

Thinking about what makes a person uniquely "them" and bottling it up in a photo.

A good portrait photo "tells a story about the person in it."

How awesome?!

My wheels are certainly turning and I really want to be able to do this. To capture people.

I love people.

Everyone is so different and it's awesome to be able to freeze someone's personality.

To "grasp" a bit of someone's story just from a picture.

We are all so uniquely different and this is an amazing way to show that. :)

I can't wait to start practicing!
I especially want to photograph babies and children. But, I think that makes sense. :)

Here's a couple photos that I have taken so far. (Not portraits quite yet, I've still been learning what all the controls do)







I also got some good, quiet God time tonight.

I've realized that I have let the "noise" of all the other things going on in my life drown out God, and I needed the quiet with Him tonight to sort some things out.

Loving this verse especially tonight:

17For this [reason] the Father loves Me, because I lay down My [own] life--to take it back again.
18No one takes it away from Me. On the contrary, I lay it down voluntarily. [I put it from Myself.] I am authorized and have power to lay it down (to resign it) and I am authorized and have power to take it back again. These are the instructions (orders) which I have received [as My charge] from My Father.

Jesus laid down His life voluntarily, and so should I.