Thankful Thursday ~ Joy

“There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and wine abound.”
~ Psalm 4:6-7 (ESV – emphasis mine)

In the month of October we are meeting over at my friend’s Lynn place “Spiritually Unequal Marriage“. Hop on over to add your link to your own Thankful Thursday post.

Lynn chose the theme of joy for this week and I am gladly chiming in with her (check out her story – she is a silly gal *snort*)…

Why am I so joyous? Don’t know, just making the happy dance in my chair while typing – hubby is saying I am wacky. No, just happy, not wacky. The temperatures finally cooled down to under 100 degrees (we had a major storm yesterday).

Oh, and I am working on a portfolio for Visual Peacemakers (I finally signed up with them). Can you believe that I have photos on my external hard-drive that I never formatted? Silly me. The portfolio is coming together nicely (yeah).

The other thing that makes me dance for joy is a potential photo session with a newborn boy. I hope that I can get together with the parents and little Sol on Sunday afternoon. Have you seen some of my photos from my very first newborn session? I like them, but then again I am partial to my work 😉 .

So, what you are thankful for this week? Share with us by hopping over to Lynn at “Spiritually Unequal Marriage“.

Thank you for stopping by this week. Remember: if nothing else brings joy, look at the cross – He nailed your sins there; always brings my feet to dancing 🙂 .

Craft & Vision ~ New EBook “Iceland”

ICELAND, A Monograph – The Print & The Process is the latest eBook by David duChemin. The Print & The Process series is the perfect format to show David’s photographic vision and creative process behind his recent trip to one of the world’s most stunning places. Moved by the incredible landscapes, the vastness of the open spaces, and the extreme weather, David created photographs that first and foremost inspired him.

ICELAND, A Monograph – The Print & The Process is larger than usual – a full 65 spreads of photographs and insights that will inspire as you develop your own craft. This is easily one of the books about which we are the proudest! The down-loadable PDF is just $5USD.

For the first four days only, if you use the promotional code ICE4 when you checkout, you can have the PDF version of ICELAND, A Monograph – The Print & The Process for only $4 OR use the code ICE20 to get 20% off when you buy 5 or more PDF ebooks from the Craft & Vision collection. These codes expire at 11:59pm PST September 12, 2010. Visit Craft and Vision to get your own copy of David’s new ebook.

Thankful Thursday ~ Photography

In the month of August the Thankful Thursday community is meeting over at my friend Laurie’s blog “Women Taking a Stand“; in September I will be hosting, and my friend Lynn at Spiritually Unequal Marriage will be hosting in October.

“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” ~ Colossians 3:15-18 (ESV)

ButtercupsPhotography has brought my husband and me together after our son moved out almost 3 years ago. I am very thankful for that.

Although my husband and I like to photograph different subjects (I like the pretty things as my husband puts it), we have something in common. Some times couples grow apart when the kids are grown and move on. I was first afraid that this would happen to us as well, but God had different plans 🙂 .

There is another part why I am thankful for photography: I can capture the beauty God created around us. Like the photograph I am sharing with you today. I like it because of the different flowers in one photograph. It reminds me of followers of Christ. We all have different colors, shapes and forms, but we all belong to Him. We are all beautiful in His sight, no matter how we look on the outside.

By the way, I created some postcards several weeks ago from some of my ‘pretty‘ photographs. In September (my big 50 birthday month) I will be giving away one set of five postcards…

What are you thankful for this week? Please join in by visiting Laurie at “Women Taking a Stand“. Thank you for stopping by today. Remember: God created beauty all around us, capture it.

Craft & Vision ~ “The Magic of Black & White III”

If you ever wanted to know how to convert your color photographs to black & white, check out Andrew Gibson’s new ebook “The Magic of Black & White III“. Personally I love portrait photos in black & white. Andrew shows you the process in Photoshop and 5 of the images in Photoshop Elements. He walks you through toning, split toning, exposure blending, textures, and the creation of diptyches and triptyches, all without losing sight of your vision.

For the first four days only, if you use the promotional code WHITE4 when you checkout, you can have the PDF version of The Magic of Black & White – Part III for only $4 OR use the code WHITE20 to get 20% off when you buy 5 or more PDF ebooks from the Craft & Vision collection. These codes expire at 11:59pm PST August 22, 2010. Click on the above image to take you directly to Craft & Vision’s website.

Thank you for stopping by today. Remember: photography is your vision of the world around you…