The brilliant colors and the light in this Pepperdine chapel motivated me to take these four shots today.  Which of these four would be your favorite?  Why?

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By the way - Photo #1 features Mitch Wilburn of the Park Plaza church, leading a devotional at the 7:30 AM "Morning Praise" during the Pepperdine Lectures.  Photos #2, 3 and 4 were taken of Ken Nafziger of Harrisonburg, Virginia.  His series is entitled, "Singing With The Mennonites: Another A cappella Perspective."

Thanks for your comments!

While recovering from jet lag and preparing for my classes at Pepperdine this week, we paid a quick visit to the Santa Monica Pier.

I didn't get the focus just right, but managed to capture this young lad during a quick stop in between Dunedin and Christchurch.

While enjoying the beautiful city of Melbourne, Australia, we came across this artist at the Victoria Market.  After asking for permission to snap his picture, I took this HDR of him, working beside his van and producing some amazing paintings.


I am enjoying capturing vivid colors.  Melbourne is an exciting city to visit.

I've been in a dry spell lately as far as new pics, so I grabbed the camera and took advantage of the lovely weather this week.

Recently, life has been so busy (in a good way), that I haven't enjoyed any time off.  After developing the habit of taking my camera everywhere as necessary equipment,  my picture-taking has slowed drastically.  Even our trip to St. Petersburg was filled with work-related catch-up (time to break out the violins, ha)  Nevertheless, the weekend proved to be an unbelievable experience with God's people.  I did manage to break the camera out for a few minutes to capture this dusk scene in beautiful Clearwater, Florida.

I'd like to thank Derek Sachs for all his assistance this year, including helping me with this blog.
I submitted four of my 2008 favorites to a photo contest this morning:

Where is this park located?

What a great turn out in this Texas town.
The Vocal Union also joined us this weekend!



The Kilmers were among the gracious hosts.
Check out the entire Sulphur Springs gallery here.

A few months ago, I did not know what HDR was.  Now it is my current favorite method of photography.  So much so, I have opened a new gallery that is dedicated just to HDR favorites. 

While in Boston on Friday, I captured this view of the Old North Church.

We enjoyed visiting the downtown of this city.

I can't remember how many years it has been (twenty plus?) since we've visited Manhattan.

An encouraging family of God's people in Morgantown -






Check out the Morgantown Praise & Harmony gallery here.

Also, these photos are included in my Portraits Gallery.  I'll keep updating this gallery from time to time which is also at www.AcappellaPhotos.com .

I enjoy capturing the smiling faces found through our Praise & Harmony travels.

Check out my Portraits Gallery.

If you get a chance to visit Kansas City, make sure you take in "The Plaza."



You can check out all of my "Plaza" pics at the Kansas City Gallery.    www.AcappellaPhotos.com

I captured this shot yesterday in Valdosta of this famous house.

I was snapping shots as quickly as I could set them up.  . .

These are not exactly 2008 models!

 

 
 

 

My only experience in driving a tractor was a 1953 Ford Jubilee.