Retreating to my Youth

So this past weekend, my wife Anna and I chaperoned a youth retreat with our church. We tagged along to Five Pines Ministries for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We had a great time with all of the kids, just being a teenager again is sometimes a good reminder of how easy and carefree life used to be for us all. There were a lot of great moments, that I was to busy enjoying to take pictures, but I did manage to get a couple.

This poor kid dressed as Hillary in a suit, he was running around spouting political jargon, it was quite funny!

After a victorious run of the orange game, you know where you have to pass the fruit down a line of people using nothing but your chins…very funny

CoryB, the youth intern making sure his partner does not die…

Here is Danielle, giving me her most evil look she could muster…lacking.

A great one of Cassie, being Cassie

Now this ravenous beauty is my wife, what a stunner, even with a silly helmet on…

Really loved this one of CoryB…

Now Katelin did not like having her picture taken, but she couldn’t hide anymore once she was twenty feet in the air!

Awesome Fall colors!

Now this one is SUPER SPECIAL because my wife took it! I am trying to get her hooked on the photo-life.

Another classic Cassie…

My cousin Megan during our faux-model shoot

One last one of CoryB, I took this without looking through the view-finder and while walking, the focus is off but after some photoshop, I thought it had a really dramatic feel…

So that was my weekend, little sleep, one case of headlice, and lots of fun with some great people!

Fall, Fall, Stay Forever

I have quite a few engagement shoots coming up over the next weeks. October seems to be a favorite, with the changing colors of Autumn, the crisper air, football season. Everyone seems to be more upbeat.

This past Sunday, I had an Engagement shoot get rained out, I was bummed, it was supposed to be beautiful , I don’t know what happened. Anyways, we are going to wait and reschedule in  a week or two and hopefully the trees will be even more beautiful! (Just hopes it stays pleasantly cool, and doesn’t get cold!)

On a more personal note, I was reading a great note by a friend, David Cramer. He was discussing politics and religion and the dangerous mix that this can be. Most notably he was all to well, defying the conservative movement of republicans claiming God is on their side on all issues. His arguments were spot on. The Jesus that we base our lives upon, that we take our name, Christian, from is a far cry from any political party of today. He went on to talk of how Jesus stayed away from any political ties, and chose instead to set forth an example of how we ought to live as humans, as followers of Christ.

Compelling stuff that really goes against the modern conservative political regime.

Since I am a photographer, I certainly should not blog twice in a row without posting a single photo, so here are two from last month’s shooting at Bethel College.

Reflection

After Beto scored the winning goal in overtime against #17 Mid-Continent. Scott Terry, the goalie in green, has a wonderful expression...