Rest…Replenish…ReEnergize (Thoughts from sabbatical)

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Here I sit... Week two of my sabbatical is coming to a close. I was really looking forward to this time, but even I did not realize how much I needed it. Let me back up though. Some of you hear the word sabbatical and you think a myriad of things. Some think... VACATION NOTHINGNESS TIME OFF LAZY Even though all those things seem to be what we would label "sabbatical" it is so much more than that. This is what I love about my church. At the ten-year mark they give each of our staff members a one month sabbatical. However, this is not a vacation. This is not nothingness. This is not "time off". It is rest, but is not laziness. This is a time to rest, replenish, and re-energize. In fact there are some requirements on our time of sabbatical. Not a list of rigid rules, but some guidelines in order to make us truly get the most of it. REQUIREMENTS OF SABBATICAL: Week 1: You must spend one week at another church simply serving. For me that was a trip to Nashville. Some … [Read more...]

MELTING PAINT OFF OF WALL…

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Yesterday I had the privilege of shooting some photos for my boy Cal Knapp. If you have ventured around these parts very often then you have probably seen the occasional photo of him. However, believe it or not, this is the first legit shoot we have actually done for him. He was in need of some new photos for some promo stuff he needed and we both had a vision for what this could look like. I have to say that it surpassed both our expectations with the finished product. Here are a few of my favs from yesterday: OUR SET FOR THE DAY!!! … [Read more...]

OVER THE RIVER AND PICS OF THE WOODS

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The title of this post may lead one to think that I took a picture of trees... However you could not be more wrong. Even though I do love the occasional picture of woodland goodness, these photos are actually of my good friends Ben and Crystal Woods. I have known this fine looking couple for the better part of 13 years now and have to say that I love them more and more as time goes on. Ben and I spent a brief time of life traveling and playing music, but have spent even more time enjoying life and pouring into each other. While in the frozen tundra of Illinois I got to spend a day taking some rad new pics for my friends and their family. Check em' out. … [Read more...]

CRYNES FAMILY SNEEK PEEK!!!

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Yesterday was a crazy day to say the least...and part of that awesome crazy was getting shoot the pics of my good friends Craig and Stephanie Crynes. Here is a little sneak peek...ENJOY!!! … [Read more...]

THE GOTCHER FAMILY

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Today was the perfect day. No wind... Blue Skies... Fall colors... Great family to shoot photos of!!! The Gotcher's are one of those families that I know that I will be friends with the rest of my life. Three years ago they commissioned me to take their family photos when I was first starting out in photography and today was our annual moment in time to shoot some more photos of their rockin looking family!!! Here are a few of my favs of the day. To see the rest go to my Flickr and check them out and leave some love. … [Read more...]

COREY BLADE: HISTORY OF HUMAN FLIGHT EPISODE #1

I have a good friend from THIS CREW...that has made some awesomely hilarious videos. Here is episode #1 of five!!! … [Read more...]

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

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My cohort in crime and Rhythm In Twenty friend, Aaron Freer snapped some pics of me at the summit of the mountain we climbed in Crested Butte, CO. Check em' out!!! One of my best friends on this earth, Mr. Josh DeVine. We have done a couple of extreme things together. I like that about our friendship. … [Read more...]

LIGHT…LIGHT…AND MORE LIGHT

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If you read last nights post you know I put up some long exposure images from my time in Crested Butte, CO. Here are a few more. The last image is with two of my favorite people...Tyler and Josh. Enjoy my friends!!! … [Read more...]

FINDING THE RHYTHM OF LIFE

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Some of you may know that over the past couple of years I have had the privilege to be a part of a group of men that are taking a journey of life together. Two years ago none of us knew each other. We showed up in Estes Park, Colorado in hopes that this was not an Amway Scam or some sort of "leave us in the woods for dead" kind of thing. Sure enough it was neither. It was simply this vision of one man to help bring rhythm and pace to lives of young men before they found themselves burnt out and ready to quit. I have to say that at first my desire was nothing more than to come, get refreshed and replenished, and come home. I had no real desire to make friends. I had no real desire to pour out. I had not desire than to get refreshed. However, what actually happened was that I began to absolutely fall in love with group of guys they had assembled. They were all so legit, so real, so humble, and so willing to pour into others they had ever met. Out of this my heart began to soften. I felt … [Read more...]

DEVINELY GILBERT

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So I am in Colorado this week for a little thing called Rhythm In Twenty that I have been a part of for the last two years. Today I am spending my time with two of my favorite people from this crew, Mr. Josh DeVine and Kyle Gilbert. We decided today to go out and take some new pics for these guys. Believe it or not these were taken behind a Holiday Inn Express!!! Enjoy!!! … [Read more...]