Yesterday I met a young photographer and she showed me some of her urban explorations....pretty cool stuff. Well talking to her I also made me long to get out a shoot myself. You know work and play often don't mix it up very well...and the client projects I did make over the last month were for internal release only!

So after we got home, fed the kiddos and enjoyed a quick date night out I realized I still had some daylight left. Instead of urban exploration I did some deep forest exploration from my backyard. I spent the rest of the night playing with development settings, Aperture, Capture One, OnOne, Nik Suite....just to see what I could do. This is one of the three I liked. I wanted it to make me think I was really deep in a mysterious woods. I hope I fooled you!

So the moral of the day is..as Bob Coates would say...take some time to play and imagine. Sometimes it unlocks doors you would not know existed.

-ehw

PS Fujifilm X-E1, 23mm, tripod mount, Capture One and Silver Effects Pro2.

This weekend my family joined a co-op hybrid school (part school, part homeschool) at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new campus. The event was simple and awesome. Why? Because they opened in thanksgiving, reminded everyone that the core mission of the school is to build the Kingdom of God, and we prayed over the people and facilities for God's grace to reign down on them.

I worked as the "official" photographer. I hope I did well enough that they ask me back! I told my wife that I felt great that I could be a part of the communinty by working. She just smiled at me and whispered, "I know" as she smiled rubbed by head. That wife of mine is a keeper. (She's at teacher orientation today!)

One of my favorite moments was watching the lonely playground quickly fill with over a dozen children. Here I caught just a second of the fun, but you can clearly see my son loving the fellowship of new and old friends. It is a moment of joy I want to hold on to for a long time in my heart.

-ehw

P.S. For more information on this community of faith please go to the Regina Caeli Academy homepage http://rcahybrid.org

Travel into the wild...

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