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Yesterday (and basically all of last week) was SO very busy. I'm so worn down.

I had fun, don't get me wrong..but a little overwhelmed, none the less.

I got to take some pictures of a 3 month old yesterday. He's a cutie pa-tootie! Check 'em out yo.

If you're a fan, feel free to "like" my page on facebook!! :)

Following the Light

It's been a while since I have blogged! (and I have to say I don't really like how blogger has appeared to have changed..? what's the deal?)

Life has just been so busy.

I took some pictures for two friends last Saturday, and I realized something.

I LOVE light.

In my pictures... I am seriously DRAWN to it.

One of the couples I took pictures for wanted to have pictures taken in the city. We did a couple on a college campus first, and I was in love with the lighting there. When we went to the city, there wasn't as much cool light because of all the buildings (and the time of day I guess)...
we went in this one place though, where the light was streaming through the windows and I just was like..."Over there! Let's go!" haha. They said "man, she is drawn to the light.."

and that's what made me think about it.



Isn't that cool? It's naturally in me, (and probably you too) to want the "light" because light is so much better than dark.

6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a] made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

Umm. LOVE.

I also realized this morning that it gives my blog title a new meaning!!

Following the Light

How cool is that?!


In other news...

-I have been blessed with another babysitting job. It is perfect timing and I wasn't even looking! Someone contacted me about it. It'll be every other Saturday from about 11am-7pm.

-I won two CDs on the radio last weekend!! Kim Goss and a CD sampler. (and I haven't even opened them yet...can you say busy?)

-I'm apartment shopping and hoping to rent one I applied for last Tuesday. Still waiting on that news...

-Taking some engagement photos today at Messiah College.

-Job is going great!! :)

Be blessed today friends!

I'm still here..!

It's been a whole week and a day since I've last blogged...ahh!

I don't know why that happened...it's not that I'm TOO busy exactly..I've just been enjoying my time being home and relishing in it. :)

I'm loving life right now.

Yes. There are still SO many uncertainties and no, I haven't found a job, but I'm still looking and I feel a peace about things and have been able to not think too far ahead.

I've been practicing my photography A LOT with friends, and friends' babies, and at special end of the year/summer occasions. It's a blast! and a half.

I spent alll afternoon editing pictures I took yesterday at a little girls 1st birthday...! Now I can see why people charge money..haa, a lot of time is put into this!
I'm happy with it though. :)

I even created a facebook page, AND a new photo blog! Check it out! It's still not completely finished but it's getting there. :)

www.KariRachelphotography.blogspot.com

Here's a sneak peek at my photos from yesterday...






:) If you want to see the rest, look up my page on facebook! "Kari Rachel Photography" You can also "like" my page right HERE on my sidebar! ------->

:)

Silent Sunday

Have a BLESSED week!! :)

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.