Live In Contrast: Birthday Hijinks

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Birthday Hijinks

Four birthdays in a week and only one blog in which to celebrate them...

What to do...

Unfortunately, I don't have too many recent photos of any of these guys (at least not many that I haven't already posted) so I'm digging deep into the vault.

May 14: my best friend Dan

May 20: my old roommate Matt

May 20: my Dad

May 21: my brother, David

[Editor's Note: Apparently May 21 is one of my coworkers' birthdays as well. I don't have any pictures of him. Then again, he doesn't read my blog.]

1 comment:

drh said...: Okay, the “stock photograph” made me laugh out loud.; May 21, 2008 at 3:18 AM

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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.