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Snow in Auburn!

Just a couple quick snapshots of some snow in Auburn.

Enjoy!

-m

From the sky- Cameraphone shots.

Here's some shots from my trip to Annapolis this weekend. Those flight attendants weren't about to make me turn my phone off and not take pictures up there.

Enjoy!

-m

Let's rethink this: Christmas

Earlier this year I got to write an essay in my comp class about Christmas-- what it was and what it has become. I got to explore the history of the famous icon of Christmas, Santa Claus right? Unfortunately yeah, that's what Christmas seems to be about nowadays. This holiday, once devoted to adoration and preparation for the Son of God, is now about, "stress, traffic jams, and shopping lists" according to the group devoted to returning this sacred holiday to its original meaning, Advent Conspiracy.

This video can explain what they are all about way better than I can:

Have you ever thought about why we give gifts at Christmas time? Have you ever wondered why this Christian holiday was commercialized as it has been?

People in this world lack the necessities to living, and we're all wrapped up about getting the most 'expensive-just-cause-it-has-a-brand' product. Let our society have a change in heart this Christmas season. Let's give.

There are so many ways to give back this season. Just two that come to mind is the awesome photography project Jeremy Cowert has come up with called Help-Portrait. Another awesome way to really provide is through WorldVision. This group is most known for its child sponsorship program, but for the Christmas season, more options are available for giving. You are able to give cows and pigs and sheep and safety and Bibles and chickens and musical instruments and hope: WorldVision's Christmas Catalog.

Maybe some photos next time around, but this stuff is way more important than some stinkin' photographs.

-m

The Mocha Club.

I am so excited to talk about this exciting way we can serve those really need our help, especially in this Christmas time. I recently joined this awesome group of people who are emulating Christ in giving a helping hand.

I am a fan of coffee, and yeah mochas. Well, white chocolate mochas with the occasional peppermint if I'm feeling extra Christmasy. The Mocha Club's whole deal is that for the price of two mochas a month, you can (with the help of the thousands of people already serving) build wells in Sudan or provide hope for a single mother in Africa by providing job training, counseling, and clinical aide or schooling for a child that would usually not have that opportunity or help to those with HIV/Aids (which in some countries is 1 in 3 people) or provide care for orphans without a home, a life, or hope.

The contribution is $7 a month. "Our vision is to provide a way for people who don’t have hundreds or thousands of dollars to make a difference in Africa. Our community-based website allows members to start a team and invite friends to join them in giving up the cost of 2 mochas a month to support their chosen project" Your involvement in this group is up to you-- you can be a supporter just by donating a small portion of the resources our God has provided you with or this group gives you and opportunity to get our of your room and make this stuff known!

So pray about it. Let the Father guide you in your giving, and if this seems like something you could be apart of, join a project and lets make a difference. Here's a link to their home page: Mocha Club

-m

Some exciting news, a couple shots, and a website.

Hey Guys!

A buddy of mine and I have some pretty exciting news that we can't really talk too much about, but we're really really excited about. 2011 Seniors- keep a look out for us as we're giving Rockdale County's seniors a choice about senior portraits. For the first time in a long time, you will have options. Much much more on this soon to come. Anyways, here's a couple shots from the turkey week.

On a different note, check out Conyers First United Methodist Church's website. I've had the pleasure of helping the folks out there with some web work and we just finished a redesign that hopefully will be simple and clean for the user this Christmas season.

Also-- who else thought Auburn would pull through?!

-M

Round 2 on Product Photography Starting...Now!

This is my second take on product photography. The first item or brand I pretended to shoot for was maybe the most famous brand, certainly the most recognizable brand, Coke. I shot the two photos on my white seamless and went ahead and made a fake ad for the huge brand. It was kinda fun to pretend I had a client named Coke. Anyways, let me know your thoughts about the ad! You can see my first shot at product work here.




The second piece of product photography is vastly different, and It's more of what I hope to be doing in school the next couple of years. The subject for this piece is a coffee table prototype, made 1/4th scale out of cardboard. I designed this table for my dorm room and plan to build it over the Christmas break. I'm so so so stoked about making it a reality! To take this prototype and practice product photography, I shot and designed a very simple truck, or portfolio spread, for the coffee table.


Anyways, I've had the pleasure of shooting a bunch this week, and I'm so excited to get back into it all! I'm also so excited about building this table and then photographing a proper truck for it, this time including developmental sketches, prototypes, and the real deal.

-m