Blast from the Past

Guessssss whooo'ssss bacckkkk??? Yeah I've finally returned, hopefully for good. I have a lot on my mind recently, mostly just trying to get all my work done for RC3 Student Ministries. Here is my lastest project, most of you have probably already seen it, but I feel like I need to put it anywhere & everywhere I can.



I'll explain more in the next post when I have more time.... Sorry for the absence.

Rivers Crossing Photo Story (2.22.2009)

This is a slide show that was made for my photojournalism final. I tested a few different styles and decided upon this one. They pictures were taken during the first week of the Reset journey on Feb. 22. I tried to capture all of the aspects of what we go through each Sunday morning when it comes to setting things up and getting ready for the actual service. The song during the slide show is by our worship leader, Brandon Gilliam. He has been a big help with all of this, and I'd like to give him a "Thank You," for all of that.

Let me know what you think! Since no one ever leaves comments!

PS: On a side note, I've been fighting with the video ALL night long. I've tried 3 or 4 different internet video sites to try and get this to work. So if i can find another one besides Facebook I will change it right away, but for now you'll have to bare with the awful "FACEBOOK" up in the top left corner, sorry! Oh and just click on the video an it should start right up.

PSS: Gilliam, here are a few of the photo shoot pictures I took the week I did the photo story.

America, the Land of the Free...

Raja Warren is a native of India, but just this past year, in 2008, she got her U.S. citizenship after being here for six years. Here are some pictures I've taken of her for a class, later on, I'm going to do an actual story on her, because I think her story is just amazing.

Oh Flash

Oh the difference in what flash on a camera can do. The one on top was taken with flash, while the photo on the bottom was taken from the natural lighting in the room. You be the judge on which one turned out better. But my vote is going with the right. I've started to notice that flash just drowns the background out and you never get the details you are really wanting in the picture. And I feel like without the flash you get a much more real shot.

RC3

So for the past year and a half I've been at River's Crossing Community Church, which is located in Mason, Ohio. These are a couple of the people that I now consider to be pretty close to family. Some of the guys i can basically tell anything, while others I can simply hang out with and just have a good time. Now this isn't everyone and that's for sure, there are still a bunch of other people that I really enjoy talking to, I just don't have a picture of them! But I'm going to discuss RC3 more in depth within the next few weeks because I feel like God is really wanting me to tell people about my experience there and how much it has impacted my life over the past year or so.

(Top row: Will Basil, Ginger Hall, Jos Hall, Narnia Soles, Megan Gilliam, Brandon Gilliam, myself.
Bottom row: Tyler Trampler, Travis Soles)