My daughter attended an art camp this summer where the children were asked to draw their families. For each person, my daughter chose an accessory to go along with the drawing. My wife, was holding a paper heart. My son, was holding a pillow because he likes to sleep [...]
The first time I ever let my son walk into a building by himself I panicked. I pulled away from the church where I was dropping him off for choir and I freaked out. He was eight at the time and up until then I had walked him in [...]
So you know all about the aperture now. It's time to take a look at the second most important feature of every camera, the shutter. To make a workable camera, you only need three things: a light tight container, a hole for the light to enter, and a door that you [...]
Photography quite simply comes from the combination of “photo” meaning light and “graph” meaning writing. Light writing all comes down to having knowledge of two things, your shutter and your aperture. A shutter is a door that opens and closes in your camera, it’s that sound you hear in old [...]
The four walled room is completely dark save for one small hole on the opposite wall, the light filtering in harshly like a laser beam forced through the tiny opening. Beyond that hole the world seems golden and bright. The brilliance is too much for your eyes to take [...]
A post on Forbes ranked the nine toughest leadership roles that someone can hold. Stay at home parent was number one. It beat out Corporate CEO, United States Congressperson, Editor for Daily Newspaper (whatever that is), Mayor, Rabbi, Pastor, Mullah, or other Holy Leader, Football Coach, Second In Command of any Organization, and [...]
Her blue eyes twinkle in the sunlight and a sly smile forms at the corners of her mouth. Her shirt, may be close to being a size too small, rides up as she tries to straighten her back against the door frame. Her chestnut brown hair falls in little [...]
You know that feeling when you really belong to something? That sense of camaraderie? It's knowing that your teammates have got your back and the sensation of you, as an individual being a part of something bigger than yourself? I can honestly say that I've felt that many times in [...]
I took my girls to an early morning storytime at our local library. The storytime was for kids ages two-three. That, in itself makes the journey perilous; that the terrible twos and threes all gathered in one room for twenty minutes of reading, dancing, and playing musical instruments is [...]
Dear leaf, You are truly one in a million. There are no other leaves like you and no leaf that looks exactly like you. Everything about you is special and is what makes you special. You were created for a purpose; to give us life and through your life, give [...]
