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50 Pics Friday 5.22.09 (recap)
Challenge: take 50 pics on the mobile phone on Friday and share them on facebook, flickr, or your favorite photo sharing app.
Had a great time! Snapped my 50th photo right before bed.
You can view the set on flickr.com here.
Over on facebook as well. Add me.
Some of My Favorite Worship Leader/Songwriter/Photographer Blogs
I have a massive list of blogs that I follow in my RSS feedreader. I follow a ton of blogs through Our Creative Community (a creative blogging community). Most all of the blogs I follow are somehow related to worship, church leadership, or creative arts. Here are some of the creme de la creme. If I follow you and comment regularly on your blog, you’re already worthy of being called a favorite.
But here are my TOP picks (in no order):
MandyThompson.com:
Mandy brings a very transparent and real approach to blogging about her experiences in songwriting, worship leading, and being married. She is an inspiring young woman and I enjoy listening to her music and reading about her journey to be a better songwriter.
FredMcKinnon.com:
Fred hosts Sunday Setlists each Sunday where worship leaders from all over the world share their Sunday experiences each week. It’s an amazing resource in itself, but Fred also offers great worship leadership insight and runs TheWorshipCommunity.com and HighestPraise.com both of which are excellent resources for worship leaders and worshipers alike. I enjoy watching Fred’s video worship confessionals from time to time and it’s neat to read about his great family (which I met last summer).
InProgress (Tammy Hodge):
Tam runs a great blog complete with a carefree writing approach and a real, authentic desire to express encouragement and ministry to her readers. I’m encouraged daily by the questions she asks her readers and I participate in conversation there regularly.
Indian Lake Papa:
Papa isn’t a worship leader/songwriter/or photographer but he always makes my top list! Papa is amazing. I got to meet him in person in December of 08. I wish he were a member of our church family here in Valdosta, but I know that he IS a member of THE church which we’re all a part of through JESUS! Papa writes with authority. Each story he shares is encouraging and thought provoking and when he says he’s praying for his readers I know that he is. His blog is a ministry in itself and you’ll be encouraged just by reading it.
Clarus Photography:
Jon and Carrie are some of our best friends here in Valdosta. They have such a gift in capturing life moments in photography. If you’re in the Southeast and are looking for a non-traditional, but amazing photographer please look them up!
I’m Hooked On Photography…And Alligators Are Scary
I don’t own a camera…unless the one on my mobile phone counts. And I’m pretty sure it doesn’t.
However, my friend, Jonathan Chick, of Clarus Photography let me borrow one of his Monday as he broke in a new one.
(edit: The camera is a Canon EOS 20D)
Together we trekked down south to the Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia. Battling the pre-dawn cold and armed only with a turkey sandwich, granola trail mix, a nectarine, and two cameras we put out in a canoe and explored the swamp. Here’s a few of my favorite photos from the excursion.
Those photos of alligators were taken from very close proximity. In fact, one of the gators could have easily snacked on me if it had chosen to be grumpy. It hissed angrily at our passing. It was thrilling.
You can buy me a camera for my birthday coming up in April. I’m hooked.
