Lady Liberty

You cant talk about Statue of Liberty without showing her off at least once.

East Coast Photos

This trip was a few years ago but it seems like yesterday. We took it with friends we have known since college. We had started in the twin cities and went to meet them  in Rochester Mn to start the drive out east together. Mn to Pennsylvania then split. they would go to Cape Cod, we would do Liberty and Ellis Island and NY and meet them in Cape Cod before traveling to Maine then Niagra falls, Michigan and back to Minnesota: 2 weeks.

Our Dog had other plans . We had dropped Sadie and Dixie, (our Shitzupoos that think they are rotwiellers) at my sister in laws for the time weld be gone. Sadie decided she must have wanted other accomidations so when janine opened the door with groceries ...boom out the door she bolted. Fortunately we werent far on the trip (2 hrs) so we returned home to help with the search. It took 2 days to find the  little dog. After posters, and lots of looking, coming to grips with the possiblity of not finder her,  my wife and SIL drove by a couple of boys shooting hoops in the yard , stopped and asked if they had seen the little dog and SAID..., sure she is inside. The lad who said it, didnt live there. Im sure they were going to keep her. they had just lost their dog 6 months prior... same breed. Prayer works! 

Anyway, with Dog found, car still packed, and friends 2 days jump on us, we dropped sadie off with ball and chain,(just kidding) ((baby gate with maximum security)) and took off driving straight thru to NY from MINN, witht eh exception of 3 hrs in an OHIO truck stop, (your wayside reststops in Ohio...ROCKS) they are soooo nice. We got to NY, saw ellis island,(last shuttle) took ferry back to landing only wrong landing. It took us to Manhattan Island,(wrong side of bay) we had to run down 1/2 mile to water taxi, which we caught (last one of the day) back to New jersey side. Got back to car, drove straight thru to Cape Cod, MA to meet friends. Memories,,, like the corners of your mind.....Karoke everyone....

These were a couple shots, I believe it was called Portland Lighthouse in Maine, beside it was looking out from said lighthouse.  mountain top was Cadillac Mtn, we got up at 430 to go see the sunrise from there. We were told that the sunrise from Cadillac mtn is the first place in US to see the sunrise. Nice to be ahead of the group for once. The glow was in Acadia Park in Maine.

Acadia Maine

Hands down my favorite vacation Ive ever taken. Memories Gallour. Its my end of the day at work so ill tell later but I could easily live there with no Problem! I think the mosquitoes were larger though.

I mentioned Sonshine in a message before. here is a shot of it at sun down

Morning Fog or Sunshine?

This was taken early morning over the river valley in Shakopee MN. Digital is pretty cool in that you get to appreciatate your image when you shoot it and when you download it. I do not come close to remembering the image as it is here except in the fact that the sun was trying to burn its way through. A few seconds here and there makes so much differance in the results. I used to think of shooting images as you had to plan everything. Im sorry to say that i think photography has a certain percentage of accidental life in it. There would be no puliter prize winners if the photographers had to plan out there photographs. It would take all the excitement out of it too. Good to have some spontenaity. I think that is how God gives us the WOW factor. If we knew how everything was going to look, how boring that would be.

Start of Summer

Today is 27th of april and I have a Grad party coming up so I thought ild get some stuff done outside. One of which is to get the pool going, its a 18 ft above ground that is currently holding 47 degree water, dirty but water all the same (not ice). Anyway.. I threw the garden hose into the pool and came in to play on the net and look at photos while its filling. I came across this photo from last years Sonshine festival, (an outdoor christian music festival). There is over 100 bands on 5 stages, from kutless and switchfoot to smaller bands few have heard of but quite good all the same. http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa142/brianw_photos/Sonshine%20Music%20Fest%2007/ if your interested in it and you live in Minnesota.

This is probably one of if not the most favorite of the weekend.

History... I was waiting for "Sanctus Real" to start and i saw my daughter up front toward the stage and wanted to get a shot of her up there. there were sooooo many people there it was like threading a needle and these 2 young ladies were inbetween us. It was like Ild move right theyld left and they noticed me trying to shoot, so in an instant they grabbed each other and smiled a pose at me, not thinking ild shoot. It was so fun to see such enthusiasm for Christian music and for God. They had such energy and were having such fun with all there friends and people say that Christians are sticks in the muds and are afraid to have any fun. obviously they have never heard of RED or TFK or (not my choice but some do) Demon Hunter. Skillet, TFK, and DAY OF FIRE are a few of my fav's. There is approx 25000 over 3 days and i would guess half of them camp. I did email the photo to them when i got home and I get a smile everytime i see this shot.

First time at blogging

Welcome this is my first attempt at "Blogging". Its been fun to see other peoples thoughts written on the net and how they view things so I thought ild give it a shot and learn how to do this by doing.

I have an enjoyment with photography, and a relationship with God and a wish to learn from both. Unfortunately I have a tendancy to expect that both will just come to me automatically without working on either. You have to read from the manuals of both items to learn about them and see what they are to have you do to make a better image. Im working on it.....