Live In Contrast: Going to the Chapel

Monday, October 29, 2007

Going to the Chapel

As mentioned in the previous post, Allison and I attended a wedding this past weekend. Although I had never met the groom (Allie's cousin) or the bride, I still had fun and came away with numerous pictures. A few even turned out! I'm not used to using flash for most of my pictures, so I enjoyed playing around with the settings trying to get things right.

(Incidentally, I think I managed to sufficiently annoy the official photographers, since I was apparently the only other person that brought a camera to the wedding.)

Enjoy!

Mawwaige is what bwings us togevah today

It was a lovely ceremony.

There was some kissing.

Grandma seemed a little surprised by all of the kissing.

Come to think of it, there WAS a lot of kissing.

When you get older, you may not mind so much

And they lived happily ever after.

3 comments:

drh said...: So you’re shooting kissers now?; October 30, 2007 at 4:45 PM
bellwether said...: Welcome to the blogging world. I think I sent you the link already, but if you want to see some thoughs about foreign countries, head to urbana-musings.blogspot.com; October 30, 2007 at 6:31 PM
Live In Contrast said...: DRH- Yup... and next week we're headed to the little orphaned puppy farm...; October 30, 2007 at 10:21 PM

On Light, Contrast, and Focus

Focus draws our attention to something and makes it clear. It helps us to perceive what is important and what is insignificant. It allows us to recognize things as they are and to see them in rich, accurate detail.

But focus is impossible without both light and contrast.

In darkness, no subject is visible, so attempting to focus is futile. It doesn't matter how good your focus might otherwise be, without a source of light, you cannot see anything clearly.

We need contrast to provide definition as we attempt to focus. A well-illuminated subject that lacks contrast no longer provides the information necessary to adjust our focus, resulting in a vague, unclear image, void of detail.

My goal is to be a lens through which God focuses His light on creation, showing how His ways live in contrast to our own, in order that I may learn to do as He does.