September 2011

Camera Phone Friday: Camping Out Edition

September 30, 2011

1. The King (who left @TJMaxx in a Rolls Royce), 2. Playing with new instagram interface (& my camera, obviously), 3. Cheetos & camping, 4. S’mores in the making, 5. Campfire (we’re stuffed with s’mores), 6. Sunday morning services If you think having the last name Camp makes you natural-born campers, you’d be wrong. We [...]

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It’s Not Too Late to Join Scott Kelby’s Fourth Annual Worldwide Photo Walk This Weekend

September 29, 2011

This is my third straight year attending Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk, which is currently comprised of 1113 walks in 100+ countries. There’s no need to be intimidated by a photowalk: it’s a great way to get together with friends, meet new people, discover picturesque locations near you, or emerge from a photography slump. Scott [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: God is in the Details

September 28, 2011

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What I Learned from Sara

September 26, 2011

Sweet Sara passed on from a life of pain and confinement to one of pure joy and freedom late Saturday evening. (Read my tribute and those of many others here.) In February Sara left a comment on one of my first Camera Phone Friday posts, telling how she always followed Twitter photo links and how [...]

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Happy First Weekend of Fall!

September 25, 2011

“And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding” ~Daniel 2:21 (Does it feel like fall to you? What’s the weather like in your neck of the woods? We’ve got highs near 80 and lows near [...]

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Giottos Rocket Air Blower: My New Best Friend (or how to painlessly clean inside your camera body)

September 24, 2011

Although I don’t actually name my gadgets and electronics, I take them very seriously. When my camera hurts, I hurt (maybe I’m guilty of a bit of personification, too). A couple of weeks ago I started seeing dirty spots through the viewfinder of my Nikon. One was very distinct and practically in the center, although [...]

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Camera Phone Friday: High Museum of Art Edition

September 23, 2011

Thank you to the High Museum of Art and Target for offering free admission to the High in Atlanta on the first four Thursdays in September. Our family really enjoyed our free visit yesterday, although I apologize for monopolizing Instagram. That’s just the kind of thing that rocks my iPhone (and I wasn’t in the [...]

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Whoo Do You Love? A Necklace Giveaway from Lisa Leonard’s New Fall Collection!

September 22, 2011

Lisa Leonard not only makes beautiful hand-stamped jewelry, she’s an incredibly sweet and generous person. On our (in)courage authors trip to Hilton Head earlier this month, one of the first things I saw was a table spread with assorted boxes of jewelry and other goodies, gifts from Lisa’s new fall collection. My husband can tell [...]

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Choose Joy: For Sara

September 21, 2011

A week ago I learned that my friend and fellow (in)courage author, Sara (or Gitz, as she is affectionately known), won’t be here with us much longer. Sara suffers from a disease with a long, complicated name. She has been homebound for some time, gets sick easily, and lives with constant pain. Sara’s mother, brother, [...]