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Anna is one of those friends that even if you we don’t hang out as much as we want, we still have a blast every time we *do* get together. Annnd, she has a really sweet ride. Friday night we went thrift store shopping, picked up a couple of accessories, drove up to some peoples house, and asked to use their drive-in movie theater, and had some fun. I’m still working on editing the rest of these… but here’s a little preview :)
Read MoreThis post over at Chase Jarvis’ blog was really good. He puts the thoughts down bluntly, and yet encouragingly at the same time: SO YOU WANT TO BE A PROFESSIONAL? TUESDAY – 5TH OF APRIL, 2011 So you want to be a professional? Photographer. Director. Golfer. Belly dancer. Designer. Waiter. Model. If you’re wondering if you’ve got what it takes to go pro, try it. Seriously. Quit what you’re doing now and go there. You’ll know soon after you’ve tried to go there whether or not you’re in the right spot. If you don’t have what it takes, it will be obvious – going pro will be too hard, other things will seem more interesting, more pleasurable, more fun. On the other hand, if you do have what it takes, you will be reborn. All setbacks will seem small, all goals achievable, all hurdles put there only to keep out the others. You will know you’re on the right path. One thing for certain is that both paths–trying to go pro and steering clear of going pro–will be full of fear. In one case the fear is that you’ll fail and not be good enough. In the other case the fear is that you’ll never have lived your dream… When you think of those two, which one is worse? So…
Read MoreMy entry for Jess LC Design Your Look Competition I’ll let you know when you guys can vote for it :)
Read MoreOh, and blue skies. It’s finally warm enough to play frisbee… the snow is almost gone, the sun has been shining the last couple days, and today it was 51! Yay!
Read MoreThere’s been a lot on my mind lately. Questions that aren’t always answered, thoughts floating around, answers coming slowly out of the fog. A 13 year-old friend of a friend that died in a car accident. A dream that made me re-visit the memories of a family friend’s newborn baby going to heaven too soon. Feeling God’s overwhelming love. Seeing tragedy in the world, in Japan. Hearing my Aunt’s story of two babies saved outside the Planned Parenthood this morning. God’s love will conquer. Lord, make beauty out of these ashes. __________________________________________________________ What is our heart? When we’re happy we say our heart is full. When something bad happens, we say our heart hurts. When we get hurt by someone, we say its broken. Can we break our heart? Part of me is inclined to think when we use that, we really just have mental issues. If we magically had a switch, that turned off our brain or our thought process, would we still end up with pieces? If we convinced ourselves that nothing was really the matter, would our heart still hurt? Solomon told us to “Keep our heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.” Is he really telling us to guard our mind? Our thoughts? Our feelings? The same word used…
Read MoreI’ve been working a lot these past weeks on my brand, and re-designing my blog, moving on to my website, and working on some new offerings and designing a logo, all of which I’ll be sharing really soon [can’t wait!]. One of these, that I’m very excited about offering are the new Mini-Sessions. This is something that I’ve contemplated for a while, and am finally getting around to offering. :-) Perfect for someone who wants quality pictures of their family/senior/couple/kids, but doesn’t need a complete package. I’m offering $15 off if you book your session before June 31st!
Read MoreThese three were born on one of the coldest nights this month, and they have a bad mommy, so they were in our house in a big box for 4 or 5 days. I don’t think they realize they are goats ;) They think they’re puppies. These three were also in the house for a while… until they started hopping out and running all over the place. There’s never an end the excitement here.
Read MoreI need more faith. Not because more faith would make more things happen in my life, mainly because more faith would make life easier. I tend to worry, and wonder and complain, instead of resting, and trusting while being content. It’s funny how faith is more for us, and not for God. The strength of our faith doesn’t affect the outcome, remember all we have to have is a mustard seed, and that’s not much at all. I remember one time at church Mr. Gillson said, “The outcome of a situation doesn’t rest in how much faith you have, but it rests in how reliable the source of your faith is.” If I decide to step onto a thin sheet of ice, despite how much I believe that the ice will hold me… it probably won’t. But if I choose to step out, trusting in God, He will always hold me. Our God never fails us, no matter how much faith we have. He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. {Luke 17:6} ____________________________________________ {Originally written for the Red Ink Challenge over at Paper and Ink Spots}
Read MoreMy sister Amy is a high school senior this year, and she’s also in her second year of post-secondary. The other day she asked me to take a picture of her “life” right now. Of course I couldn’t stop at one image, and made a little series out of it :-)
Read MoreRuth Ann is another IPSite. [You make good friends there, just sayin] She does some beautiful photography, and I always enjoy her blog, but this post is about something new. This girly is starting to pursue a dream she’s always had of having a stationary business with her photography. Right now she’s offering five gorgeous designs which you can see here. She also wrote a beautiful blog post on God, and dreams, and you should read it :) Dreams are beautiful things, and you shouldn’t be afraid dream! Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. I’d love to hear what dreams are floating in your head, or which ones the Lord is working right now, or even your forgotten dreams… email me. Anywho… she’s going to give away a set of five notecards to one lucky reader… but you have to enter: 1. leave a comment saying which is your favorite design (and you *could* mention one of your dreams…) 2. Facebook/Tweet/Blog the link to this post or the link to her Zenfolio account (http://photographybyruthann.zenfolio.com/p692180170 ) {You may leave two separate comments for each} Give away ends next Saturday, April 2nd. Dream big!
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Hi, I'm Kelley, a MN portrait and wedding photographer located in the greater Brainerd Lakes Area. Welcome to my photography blog!