December 2009

The 12 Days of Christmas

December 31, 2009

We attended a New Year’s Eve eve (my cousin tells me they call this date “New Year’s Adam”—the date you start cooking) party last night at our pastor’s family’s home. Our pastor’s wife had the idea of organizing the whole mass of folks of all ages into one big rendition of the 12 Days of [...]

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Pardon My Dust

December 29, 2009

I’ve been meaning to switch to the Thesis WordPress theme, but just haven’t had the time to research all of the customization options. I’m just going to go ahead and install it, figuring it out as I go. Things may look a little wonky at first, or if they look exactly the same, it means [...]

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I’m a Guest Fan Judge for this Week’s iHeartFaces: Hilarious Outtakes!

December 27, 2009

As a participant in the iHeartFaces weekly photo contests since the beginning, I am honored and thrilled to be a Guest Fan Judge for this year’s final contest, week 51: Hilarious Outtakes! The photos should be really crazy this week; I imagine my kids and I will spend lots of time laughing and going through [...]

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

December 25, 2009

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Childhood Memories of Christmas Eve Today at (in)courage

December 24, 2009

Please join me at (in)courage today as I relive memories of childhood Christmas Eves.

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Finding Beauty in the Mundane

December 21, 2009

[Originally posted at (in)courage.] Soft breeze at my back, I set forth with two daughters on an afternoon walk, second day of fall… Fallen leaves crackle and crunch beneath my feet as the beauty of God’s creation is revealed anew in the change of season. Mushrooms inspire a childlike wonder as their delicacy and intricacy [...]

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Setting the Metering Mode on Your Camera

December 17, 2009

As much as I would love to tell you that I’ve read my camera manual cover to cover and that every secret of this amazing piece of equipment that I am blessed to own has been revealed to me, that would be a lie; somehow the FTC would become involved; and you would never read [...]

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Help-Portrait this Saturday

December 12, 2009

I’ll be working in post-processing (image editing) here in Atlanta tomorrow for one of the Help-Portrait events. This is a wonderful service project and I’m really excited to be involved. If you haven’t heard of Help-Portrait, check out this video and the website, which explain it all.

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Straight No Chaser: Christmas Cheers CD Giveaway

December 10, 2009

{This contest is closed.} You may be thinking, “Straight No Who?” but chances are you’ve heard the music of Straight No Chaser whether you realize it or not. A video of “The 12 Days of Christmas,” recorded in 1998 when they were a 10-member a cappella group at Indiana University and posted to YouTube in [...]