Today I got to take pictures of Emily who has the most beautiful strawberry blonde hair you’ve seen. All natural ladies & gents! Check out her session:
Monthly Archives: March 2011
{Who am I living for?}
This question plagues me.
Who am I living for?
Where does selflessness fit into my lifestyle. {Hint: Selflessness doesn’t ‘fit in’. It requires all} What about surrender? How have I made a way for His kingdom to come and His will to be done in my life? Or am I holding on to MY dreams, MY hopes?
The goals in my life, what do they help gain? Financial gain for self? Self promotion? Comfort? Why do I want to do what I want to do?
Whose voice am I listening to? The reasoning voice of the world, justifying selfishness and comfort? Or the the voice of the selfless lover who just so happens to be the King of Kings who came humbly to the world as a baby?
What do I truly view as most important in my life?
“If I have not love, I have nothing”
Am I ignoring His call on my life because I think I have it all figured it out? Do I truly believe God is who He says He is? So many questions to ask myself. Maybe you to have asked yourself these questions as well. There questions I think we all need to ask ourselves. When I go to be with God, I don’t want to realize I wasted my life for selfish gain. I would rather ‘waste’ my life in total abandonment to Gods call on my life. Whether I think it makes any sense at all.
Do we dare sacrifice ALL for His sake.
Do we dare trust Him & the words He spoke thousands of years ago?
Do we dare believe?
I don’t know about you, but I am on a journey to do just that. That my life would be a sweet offering unto the Lord. It requires every last part of self to die to a greater purpose than my mind can comprehend. Guess thats why its called living in faith after all 
l.o.v.e.
Kymberly
{Beach Day}
Today was a beach day.
I forgot what it felt like to to do NOTHING. To have no agenda in going somewhere. But today, I re-discovered that bliss. And oh does it feel amazing!! As I pulled into my parking spot I just smiled. BIG. Not because I just saw someone, not because of any reason but I was at the beach.
I parked. and just sat there in my car and stared out. I was in heaven. Now granted this is the pnw and my heaven was really less than 50 degrees, but there is water, and some sand. So im good:)
The thing I like about the beach is how it is such an invitation to just BE. Unless your a crabber or a fisher you don’t go with a job to do.
You go to relax, to laugh, to join around a campfire, lay in the sun…I like it. I took my time. Watched as old men dug for crabs, little kids flew kites, tour buses drove by…I just peacefully walked along the beach and snapped pictures just because I could. I would stop at random shells
and holes
and wonder who made it…Apparently this is what I do when I do ‘nothing’. It was wonderful! I highly suggest it. If beaches are your thing. The City use to be my thing, don’t get me wrong. I LOVE sky scrapers, downtown, lights, the busyness. But I LOVE the beach. Sand, Sun, Water. Im there.
Yes those are my red toms peeking in picture.
This big trunk has been here for years. Decades really.
This big Tree has also been here for decades, as me, my brother and cousins would climb all over this every summer when we were younger. Good memories.
This was my beach day. Today was more than I could have asked for. Oh and before all this I took pictures of a friends beautiful new baby girl and her daughter who I use to nanny. Here are a couple pictures from that:
l.o.v.e.
Kymberly Janelle
{Hosanna & brother;}
Here are a couple more pictures from yesterdays shoot. Hosanna, the beautiful young lady has her own lil blog right on over HERE.
Young Photographers. Failure. & Everything else.
Today I just kept ‘happening’ to come upon young photographers. I mean young, not like 20 year old young, I mean 15 years old. And there amazing. As in, I want to be that good amazing who credit JESUS as the giver of there talent. Today I was blown away and wanted to share a couple of these young photographers work. Maybe you live near them and could give them some business, or maybe this will inspire you like it did me.
Each time I take pictures, whether it be for my portfolio or to simply practice I go through the same process. Insert memory card into computer, check how many pictures I took, rate the ones I want to edit, and begin editing. This is were the not literal hair pulling comes. Between inserting memory card and sending off pictures to the family I have hundreds, thousands of thoughts. Good, bad, horrible, happy, its all thrown in. I stare at the pictures, then stare some more trying to figure out if there good enough. Then I realize I need to let go of the “good enough” and just practice some more cause there is no harm in that.
You also come to this point were you know there will always be someone better than you. In the photography industry there are hundreds, thousands better than you. But do you not start something because of that? At what point is it fear of failure or wisdom to not jump, to take the leap. Im not quite sure myself. I have my own personal goals. Goals that I made up, goals that I think sounds good. Yes, this is were you would insert the :me me me me me: But there is someones wisdom that is WAY better than my ideas of how life would look best. Gods. So I practice & I wait.
On to my next topic.
I read this blog entry HERE which is such a good reminder. I love reading blogs, I have a good 25 blogs that I check daily with the help of BLOGLOVIN I highly recommend it if you read more than 5 blogs a day. It tracks them, shows you the updates and all you have to do is click. Its GENIUS! Anyways, back to what I was saying. With loving to read blogs I have to be careful to not get caught up in thinking that there lives are perfect, with all the beautiful pictures, the friends they talk about hanging out with, the things they buy, the houses they decorate, the children they save…In my eyes its like a celebrity magazine of sorts. If were not careful we can put others up on pedestals idolizing there life/lifestyle…yah, thats all on that topic. thoughts?
l.o.v.e.
Kymberly
{Big D Family}
Today I had a blast taking pictures of some of the BIG D FAMILY. They are a real life Big Fat Greek Family. One word to describe them? FUN! {Mama D has a great blog over HERE you should check out;}
Here is a sneak peak.
“COME MAKE WAR”
No more sleeping love, no more sleeping bride
No more white washed tombs with the bones inside
Thereʼs a new breed rising with fire in our eyes
We ainʼt scared of nothinʼ ʻcause weʼve already died
…Young ones full of visions, old ones dreaming dreams
Be warned all you judges, be warned all you kings
Rid the land of altars setup to other gods
Blow the trumpet in Zion, awaken every heart
RICK PINO – “COME MAKE WAR”
When I remember…
{photo credit: me}
“Theres a peace that comes to my soul, when I remember your in control
Theres a joy that comes to my heart, when I remember Im not my own”
{Laura Hackett}
