Peace...Peace

An image to me reflects many things, particularly my mood in the moment. Most of the time though when I take a picture of water, it is peace I feel. Contemplation. And for a moment it's something I want to capture, something I want to hold on and save for moments of need. This picture is of a morning when I was in Oregon on the coast walking by myself. The wind was warm and blowing nicely and it was early enough that there wasn't anyone else around. It felt like the waves were washing over me bringing me confidence and peace. Those moments often feel like eternity to me, that there is no time present. Those feelings are so powerful no word can express, so sometimes I try to in a piano piece or in a photo. Even now this photo brings me there, I'm sitting in the wet sand by myself, with just my camera, hugging my knees and resting my head on top. Letting the wind take me wherever it's story goes.

Engraved Elation

I was thinking the other day of why I love photography so much, I have as long as I can remember. I think it came from my dad having this huge beautiful camera that I used to sneak into his room and open the big black suitcase it was in...running my hands over the pink foam that protected it, not daring to pick it up. To getting my first rubber covered, blue, Kodak camera when I was eight. I still have those pictures today.

Ive taken two classes, one in high school and one in College...but really just enjoy doing my own thing. The amazing thing about photography is that the picture represents how the photographer feels about its encaptured shots. I love looking at others pictures because it tells me more about them, often times...then they tell me.

And so I wanted to share some of mine and why I loved the shot I took.

This picture was taken of Jacob on his 30th Birthday. I actually had jumped out of the car to get a great shot of the outside of this old barn in Gatlinburg TN. After I was done I was looking for Jacob and saw him at the end of the inside of the barn...the reflecting light was beautiful and for me represented something more...the wonderful walk I will have down that road of life, lit with joy, always with him.