January 12, 2014 – 52 Week Challenge – Cars and Bikes

11.06.14 Weekly Challenge-Patterns 1

This weeks challenge theme was patterns. The object is to shoot all week long and then post your favorite photo at the end of the week.

For me this week the favorite is a hard one to choose so I’m posting two! Both were shot in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday, the first day of the polar vortex that brought all the cold weather to our region. It was 7 degrees when I ventured away from the warmth of my SUV to take both these photos, and that’s not counting the wind chill factor.

The big stack of cars came from a salvage yard and I just love the patterns and colors that are represented here in this photograph. I’ll wager that if you were to figure the cost of each of these cars at their new price, there’s a lot of money crammed into this pattern photo.

Exposure info: Nikon D800, 1/4000 @ f/5.6, ISO 500 with a Nikon 70-300mm lens at 300mm.

The second photo of the bikes is pretty much right downtown. Didn’t know the city was doing bike rentals like this, but it’s a great idea and provided me a great source of a pattern picture. Even the sidewalk has a pattern! Another shot that I love.

Exposure info: Nikon D800, 1/60 @ f/18, ISO 720 with a Sigma 24-70mm lens at 24mm.

11.06.14 Weekly Challenge-Patterns 2

01.12.14 iPhone Challenge-Church Doors

January 12, 2014 iPhone Challenge – Open Doors

01.12.14 iPhone Challenge-Church Doors

Today’s iPhone Challenge picture was shot at First Christian Church here in Madisonville, Ky where I have been a member since I was about 2 or 3 years old. I go here every week to “Recharge my batteries for the week ahead.”

My photography has always spilled over into all aspects of my life… church and my faith are just two of them. I video the service as many of you know each week and anyone who has followed my photography know that a lot of my photos have come from my life here in this house.

I thank God for the creative talents he as given me and I only pray that I have and will continue to do these talents justice.

I’ve had people, that haven’t found their faith, ask me over the years how I can believe in something or someone that I can’t even see or photograph? It’s not any different than the wind… you can see the effects of it all around you, but you can’t actually see the wind itself. For me God is the same way. I may not be able to see or capture a image of him on my camera, but I continue to capture his presence in the many people I encounter along my photographic journey.

Peace to everyone on this day and I pray that you have a place to recharge your batteries!