Here is my sample:This guy can sing….and check out his cool hair too.
Check out where the Oilers hang, now hope they can make a Cup Run….
Got to visit with his wife and him for awhile. Overall it was a very social day, we also met another couple, Anna and her boyfriend Stan. Anna wants to practice music with Jenn and do some piano and saxaphone music. Then we attended a Fiddle Concert at the Museum. It was a lot of “old” people but the music was awesome and such talented peeps.
I think that there can be good to come from this. Making healthy choices and wanting to rebuild and strengthen myself is a positive. Some of the things I have been working are the 4 overall areas of the medicine wheel:
I am a great procrastinator – a pro at it. However, I have kept putting all of these rebuilding activities off for so long. It’s “DUMB” because I have known for years these changes needed to be made. I blame myself for not making them, it’s time for me to create this change. I feel that deleting facebook, myspace and limiting my internet exposure has been the best thing for me. I find myself with more time, time I’ve needed to reflect, pray and think. It’s so easy to escape life. A person can do it in so many ways. I think internet, television, video games, movies and so much more are ways I can escape and not face my problems. Much like someone uses drugs I used distractions to keep me from reflecting and changing for the better.
Right now I don’t want to just focus on my own personal problems. I know they seem HUGE to myself, but in truth there are some larger problems that deserve prayer and your positive thoughts. My Mother-inlaw is dealing with health issues. I just found out tonight that she can not have an operation she needs. I really hope she can improve for she is still young and I want her to be around as long as she can. Also, my Auntie Rona is dealing with her health now too. She has been in the hospital and is dealing with some really tough issues. I hope that you can remember them in your thoughts and prayers, they need them more.
Pho·tog·ra·pher n. One who practices, or is skilled in, photography.
Lots of people call themselves a photographer. Some add the word “professional” but what does that word professional really mean?
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; “the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications …
I have a background in art classes and have studied the history of art, I know the skills and techniques involved in most visual arts. I know a lot about how my camera works too, but the key in being a photographer or an artist is that word skill. Skill can be so many things. Skill in having a creative eye and seeing beauty where others do not.
I always think back to a moment in University when I attended my cousin’s grad. The grads were all dressed up and parading around the gym in their fancy clothes. There were a LOT of really beautiful young people there. You could tell who the popular kids were based on the applause and attention they received from the crowd. However that night it wasn’t a popular grad that created a massive impact on my memory. Walking by herself was a very ordinary girl, probably not very popular and no one was escorting her. She walked alone and was not smiling. She had thick glasses, very plain features and not a girl anyone would give attention to based on physical appearance. As she got close to where I was sitting she noticed her family, who were sitting just below where I was seated. I wish to this day I had a camera. She gave the most brilliant and beautiful smile. This girl’s face was lit up with pride and joy. Her moment with her family was all that mattered…that moment taught me that beauty is sometimes hidden. Her smile was the most beautiful thing I saw that night. I felt lucky to share that moment and see that smile. That’s a once in a lifetime smile. It’s moments like that I try to capture when I do photography. Professionals can know lighting, know how to operate the camera, but knowing to see beauty and capture it is a whole other skill that can not be taught in a classroom.
So many artists feel because they attended art school they are in fact “art elite” and this to me is a joke. I saw so many want to be artists graduate art school. I feel this world is full of skilled people without the paper to back themselves up. Some students I teach have more art ability then some very experienced artists. I’ll close with a text that I came across randomly on the web…I feel it sums up how we should live our lives. I am taking it to heart.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.
1 John 4:16b-17 (Read all of 1 John 4)
My website is live….well, it shows up on my computer so hoping others can see it too. Check http://www.randypond.ca/ and if possible try using my contact form to see if it works. I am excited, I want to add more to my galleries and get it looking even better in the weeks to come. I am excited to have my own site. Thanks to Jenn for supporting me in getting this far with my photography. I love you so much. Busy week of work for me this is going to be a tough week to survive. Can not wait until the weekend. Congrats to the Oilers for making the playoff race exciting….they will most likely miss but wow they are close. 3 points out and who knows what will happen. They just need to win, win, win and win and maybe….just maybe.
