Ambohitriniandriana...beautiful countryside...part 2.

So here's part 2 of this latest blog!! I hope you all enjoyed part 1!

While there, I did a bit of exploring around the area. I didn't have to go too far to see so many cool places! The rice fields, which are all over, were incredible!! This was one just down from the school. The photo above is my favorite! I love the bright green fields and the awesome clouds. 

I went those these rice fields two days in row. One, because they are so amazing, and two, because I wanted to bring a different camera each time. Both times the two women were working in the fields. And the second day, their daughters were there as well. The younger of the two talked to me almost the whole time I was there. They both attend the school and remembered me. 

Sometimes it's good to change your point of view when you are looking at things! When I showed my friends this photo, they thought it was coolest thing and had never seen the rice fields at that angle. 

Faly is shucking beans that they have harvested. He said they have been growing these beans for years. He also shared with me that he has been blessing those in the village with these beans, have been planting them all around. He hopes that in the coming years, everyone in the village will have access to these beans to enjoy!

By the second or third day of visiting the school, whenever the kids were out on recess, I could hear my name being said all around me, wanting photos with their friends, with their classmates. 

I love black and white photos, and I love black and white photos of kids laughing and smiling! These girls were so funny...I think I took close to 10 photos of them, in different poses. I took one and they said, another, another! This one was my favorite of them all!

These students were learning to play basketball during their recess. Some of the were really good. Later on, in the afternoon, some of jr high students were out playing and I joined in. I hadn't played basketball in years, but it was a lot of fun. As you see in the photo above, many of the kids played barefoot. The ground was pretty dusty. I had never played basketball barefoot before, just soccer. As I was playing, just in my flip flops, they kept flying off. I ended up tossing them off and it was a lot easier!

Of course the kids were playing soccer at every recess! They really good at this game! And very creative as well, as you see the ball is made up of plastic bags tied all together into a ball. 

I love being able to capture pure joy and laughter through my photos!!

This girl pictured above, she became my little buddy that week. From the first day she would call out my name, she would run up to me and give me a big hug each time we met. She would want me to take her photos, especially when she was eating something! When I left I had to make sure I said goodbye to her. I gave her a big hug! Her Mom (who’s a teacher at the school), asked her if she was going to miss me…she nodded yes. She was really the sweetest little thing!

"You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you" - John Bunyan

"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can"  - Charles Wesley

"Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive"  - H. Thurman

Thank you again Faly and Clara for letting me come and spend 8 amazing days with you and your family!! 

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Ambohitriniandriana...beautiful countryside...part 1.

I spent 8 days in this countryside, visiting some old friends. I've known Faly and Clara and their family for over 16 years now. I have been to their countryside multiple times, but they were always for a short visit. This time, I wanted to stay a bit longer, spend more time with them and the ministry they have going on. 

As you can see, in the photos, it was a beautiful area, lots of green!! Just during those 8 days I was able to do many things, bless them and those around them. I attended and photographed a wedding, explored the countryside, shared my personal testimony, visited the private school there in the village, shared about American and my family to a couple of classes, and taught about American history to the 12 grade class of the school, 

Pictured above is the private school. My friends helped open this school back in 2004. It's preschool age up to 12th grade. Almost every morning I would walk down the hill and visit the kids when they were out at recess. Some afternoons I would hang out with them as well, and play basketball. 

The photo above is my friend Faly teaching English grammar to some of the high school students. I took this photo during my first day that I arrived. I was coming out of the house and Faly was walking down to the school. He asked if I wanted to come along. I ended up sharing about myself, my family and my country, in English. 

My friends Faly and Clara's oldest daughter Mamy got married while I was there. It was great to attend my second wedding this trip! Malagasy weddings are usually long but full of excitement and fun!! Things got under way around 9:30am that morning and ended around 5:30pm. 

Me with the happy couple, Raj and Mamy!

One of the mornings I was there, I took some photos of the teachers, as well as each of the classes. In the photo above are most of the teachers in the school, there were a couple of them missing. The man in the front, and the woman to his left are my friends, Faly and Clara. 

The kids loved getting their photos taken!! I loved hanging with the preschool class, they were so much fun! I would be walking down the hill towards the school, some of them would see me coming and would shout my name and ask me to take their photos. Every time I took a photo they would have to look at it on my camera and they always burst out laughing! Having a camera with kids around equals a lot of fun and a lot of laughter!!

Here I am (above photo) hanging out with a few of the teachers, during the kids recess time. 

The teachers were aware I might be popping into their classroom to sneak a shot of the kids studying. The are used to having foreigners come and visit them. 

During lunch time, most of the kids go home during their break, but around 80-90 of the kids stay at school. They have a canteen that runs for the kids during the week, for those who don't have time to prepare lunch ahead of time, or they live further away. 

Once or twice a week, they also receive a dessert with their meal. Picture above, some of the older students are handing out fresh fruit to the kids. 

Pictured above is the open, covered area where the canteen is. They just hang out their during lunchtime, eating and talking! 

The kids have an area to play basketball as well as a field down below for playing soccer. You can see up in the distance the canteen from the outside. 

I have so many photos that I would love to share, but didn't want to make a huge blog, so I decide to make two different ones. 

Part 2 will be coming soon! Thanks for taking a look!

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the color green.

Sunday I spent the day in my friends countryside. We left in the morning to be able to get to church in time, as it took a bit over an hour to get there. My friends own a bus that usually runs daily, taking people to town and back. But on Sundays, they use the bus to go to church in their countryside. 

Sahaza hanging out on the bus.

Sisters, Sitraka and Tella.

Fita looking cool on the bus!

Brothers!!! Mihary (back), Fita, and Manovo

Their church in the countryside.

After church let out, me and few of the younger kids walked down to the rice fields that were close by. We took a bunch of photos and Manovo took some videos with my phone. 

It was so beautiful and green all around, I loved it!! I could just gaze at all the beauty around me for hours. 

Sitraka walking through the rice fields.

I love this photo above...the rice fields, the large open garden, the bright red dirt and the river running through. 

Sahaza down by the river.

Sahaza jumping for joy!

Manovo taking a ride on his grandpa's bike.

Later in the afternoon, some of us went on another walk up the hill a ways, and found more beauty around us!

Nothing more fun than dancing on the road in the countryside!

Love this shot of Fita riding his grandpa's bicycle!

Down by the river. Thanks Sahaza for taking this!

This shot below I think is my favorite shot I took, with my iPhone. It was in the afternoon, right before it started raining. Ten minutes later I started to rain a little bit. I was concerned because I had my camera with me and no protection from the rain with me at the time. We still had about a 5 minute walk back to the house. Thankfully we had the bicycle, so I jumped on that and raced back to the house before my camera got wet. 

If I get the chance again before I head home, I hope to get back here again and go on some more adventures and explore new areas of the countryside. 

Style and class.

The other day I had another photo session with Fitahiana. I'm glad he loves getting his photo taken as much as I love taking photos! He's a great model!!

This guy really has style and class, just like you see in his photos!!

"Don't give up because of what someone said. Use that motivation to push harder"

"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world" - Robin Williams

"Find something you are passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it" -Julia Child

"Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are" -Brene Brown

I also got a couple creative shots with Fita, or as what I call them, artsy fartsy!

"I try to avoid the ordinary" - Bill Murray

"Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art" -Ansel Adams

street photography

I went to town yesterday with my friends. I had been wanting to take some street photos but didn't want to bring my large camera. I ended up bringing a small point and shoot to get some shots. 

They may not be the best of quality, but I still think they speak a lot, especially in black and white. 

another day. another session.

I had fun yesterday with Fita again, taking a bunch of photos. I'm glad he is always open to the ideas that come to me. And he also has some of his own ideas as well. 

"Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are" - Brene Brown

"Don't think about what can happen in a month. Don't think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be"

I LOVE this shot above!

He's seriously a natural in front of the camera!! 

Everything is going to OK!

A Creative Mind.

"The best people posses a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed." - Ernest Hemingway

Fita came by his aunt's house, where I was staying, to do some photos. Before he arrived, I took time to look around and try to find things I could use to get some more creative textured photos this time. I found some different windows to use, and I was glad he was open to being my model for the day!

When I first took this shot above, I wasn't really sure about it, with all the clouds and shadows. But once I started editing it, and looking at it more, I started to love it more and more. 

Creativity is a state of mind brought about by creating.

This shot above, as well as the one below were taken through a frosted window. I had seen some photos using some type of glass like this, and I thought I would do a little experimenting with it and see what I can get. 

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night" - Edgar Allen Poe

I T A O S Y

Manovo (11)

I was able to have a little break and spend some time in Itaosy, Tana recently, for a couple of weeks. I wanted to spend more time here with my Malagasy family (I’ve known them since 1999), since the time was too short when I first arrived here in Madagascar.

Luca (7)

I was able to visit with many of them, share things with them, listen to them, catch up on life and what God is doing in all of our lives.

Fita with his mom, Lalaina

Lova and her boys

And of course I had the time to take lots of photos, mainly of all the of kids. Kids just LOVE getting their photos taken!

FIta (15), Sahaza (17), Jenny (16)

I look forward to spending some more time with them (and others) later on, before going back home to the states.

Nancy

F I T A H I A N A

‘Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the common place, the slaves of the ordinary.’ -Cecil Beaton

Fita is 15 years old now and I remember when he was just a little baby. I know I’ve told this story before, but when was a toddler, around 2 or 3, he would love visiting me. One time when I went home on furlough, he still went to my room trying to find me. 

Later on, when he was around 5 or 6, he would come over and talk to me after he got home from school and tell me all kinds of stories. 

Of course there was a time where I was absent and didn’t see him for a number of years. When I saw him back in July after I arrived, I almost didn’t recognize him. He’s grown into an amazing young man. 

I was visiting him and some of his other family the other day. I brought my camera gear along, hoping to get some photos of the kids playing around outside. Later in the day, he asked if we could do some photos. We both had different ideas for the photo session, and I was very happy and satisfied with many of the photos. He’s a born model!!

"Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread through shadows to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

"With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity"  - Mark Twain

I hope the best for you Fita, and I hope you can accomplish the things on your heart!

Adventures in the village.

The church in Marotandrazana

Saturday morning we left early to head to the village of Marotandrazana. It’s the same village where I attended the 7 wedding celebration. 

Laundry day!

This village is around 1 1/2 hour drive, plus a ride on a ferry across the river. It normally wouldn’t take that long, but with the state of the roads, it takes a bit longer. After around the first 30 minutes, we came across a river that we have to cross. There is a ferry that cars are able to drive upon to be able to get across. They have canoes as well, for people, mopeds, bikes, etc. With the river being so low, we weren’t sure if we were really going to be able to make it across and back. Going across was fine, but we had a bit of trouble coming back. There were a couple of times that the ferry started to get stuck in the low areas, and so thankfully some of the guys from the village were with us and help push the ferry across the river. As we were getting closer to shore, those were weren’t pushing the ferry, got off and onto a canoe to get back to shore. Once we all got off, it didn’t take them much longer to reach shore again.

I snapped this my phone once I got to shore.

One goal of my time was to take photos of the church leaders with their families, which are around 10. I also wanted to get a little video footage, and photos of the village and it’ surrounding areas. 

One of the church leaders with his family. Their little baby is just under 1 month old!

Making coal.

When we arrived, we went into the church and visited a little bit with some of the leaders. After a while, along with a few of the leaders, Sharone (Victor’s oldest daughter) and I went with them to the other leaders homes and take their photos. The only thing I didn’t know (and neither did Victor) was that we were to walk up and down mountains and through rivers to get to the leaders. 

One of the leaders with his youngest of 5 children.

The church leaders that took Sharone and I all over the place! Thankful to Patrick for carrying my backpack for me!!

Over a period of 2 hours or so, we walked through the jungles of Marotandrazana stopping through a few other smaller villages. Each time we arrived at a home, they invited us in for a minute and I explained what I wanted to do. I took their photos just outside their homes, and than we continued on our journey. 

Another church leader and his family.

One point as we were walking up a mountain, one of the leaders took off on a side trail, and soon came back with a bunch of bananas to share. And in one of the smaller villages they offered us a fresh coconut to enjoy!

A machine to clean the rice. They just received this recently and had been praying for it for a while.

Even though it was hot at times, and I was tired from walking up mountains, the views were gorgeous and it was wonderful to visit the leaders homes and the rest of their families. 

Bright green rice field.

One time the mountain was so steep, I almost fell backwards twice and quickly grabbed the arm of one of the leaders. There were two different times we had to forge through two small rivers. The first one we went across, I ended up stepping in the wrong spot, and my right foot ended up falling in around 4 inches of mud. I couldn’t get my foot out with the flip flop on, so took my foot off to get it out of the mud, and I had to dig around for it. Since they were so slippery wet and muddy, and the mountain was steep, I went barefoot for a while until we reach the top. 

Sharone and I having fun in the jungle!

I think I will remember this day forever!

Street Photography: Tamatave

On the way to Las Palmas, since we had to pass through areas of town, I took this time as an advantage and captured some street photography.

The road leaving the center, heading to town.

Boys playing ball down a sandy dirt road near one of the churches Victor and his team started

'He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every part was an improvision and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching one’s feet' - Lord of the Flies, William Golding

Get your motor oil!

Rice, beans and other things.

Along a dirt road.

Sponges, rice, beans, brooms....

Wood, gravel and other building supplies.

Las Palmas Village

‘Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the common place, the slaves of the ordinary’ - Cecil Beaton

This past Saturday afternoon I had the privilege to visit the village of Las Palmas. It had been 2 years since I had been there, and it was great to be back again. Our time there was short, just a couple of hours, but even in that amount of time, we could bring smiles to the peoples faces, especially the kids.

Most of the people in the village remembered me visiting them back in 2013. One of the village leaders, Solo and his wife Zafteny, invited us into their small home to sit and chat a bit, as we arrived. I expressed to them how happy I was to be back and visit them. I told them how important I felt it is that I am able to visit them more than just one time. I told them I wanted to take photos for their families and get as many photos of the kids around as I could.

The kids seemed to have a lot of fun as I took their photos. I think the best part was when I would show them their photo, they would all burst out with this amazing laughter. I wish that I had thought of having someone video their laughter, it was priceless!!!

I had a lot of fun with this little guy (in photo above). I wasn’t sure if he would let me hold him, but he had no fear of new people, or white people. I carried him around for a while until I was offered some coffee by Zafteny, and than I put him down. Once I put him down though, he wasn’t very happy, he wanted me to continue holding him, so I picked him back up and we walked around. Later on, his mother was holding him. He noticed some of the bigger kids playing around in the back of Victor’s truck, and he kept reaching, and wanted to join them. I went and took him and brought over to the truck, and sat him in the truck bed. He loved it and was talking up a storm, telling me stories I supposed, in his own little baby language.

Soon before we left, I sat down by Zafteny who was shucking beans for their dinner. I asked if they grew the beans there, she said they do. They don’t grow them right now to sell, but just enough to have for themselves for meals. 

I started shucking the beans along with her, and Victor snapped a shot of us.

The local store in Las Palmas

Local church in Las Palmas

While there in the village, I was really in my element, I loved every bit of it, taking it all in. I can’t wait to get back to Las Palmas again and give them copies of some of their photos and get to the next village. 

‘You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you’ - John Bunyan

Mr. DJ, can you play my song?

I thought these photos deserved their own blog!!

I had this idea for Jo, and of course he loved it!!

I let his personality totally come out in this session!!

This kid is seriously the funniest little 3 year old ever!!!

And he loves looking at his photos...he smiles and gives a little laugh. And whenever he sees my headphones that he sued in these photos...he tells me, those are the things I was listening to music with!!!

Beach life.

I have been to the beach a couple times now since I’ve been here. Most was just to bring the kids and play in the sand. 

The other evening though I went with my friend Douce and the kids to walk along the shore. It was about sunset, the weather was beautiful, the sun was about to set and I loved hearing the waves crash against the sand. This was the first time I took my camera along. Even though my battery died before We got back home, I still was able to get some great shots of the beach. I look forward to getting back soon and get some more shots.

I could go to the beach every day and not get tired of it. Being in Tennessee we don’t get to the beach as often as we would like, so to have it here so close, I try to go as often as I can. 

We had a bit of an adventure though at the end of our walk. I wish that my battery hadn’t died, so I could have gotten it on film (next time I need to check my battery life:).

As we were about to head back home, we noticed a couple of guys that had been walking their small herd of zebu, there on the beach. We weren’t super close to them, but one started getting upset, started jumping around and running away from the guy. As we weren’t sure which direction the zebu was headed, we ran the opposite direction, as fast as our feet could take us. 

Photo above: Jo, Ariel, Sharone and Douce

Some of us were laughing, some screaming and some were tripping and falling in the sand. We go far enough away from the zebu to be out of harms way, though we kept looking back every few seconds to make they weren’t coming back in our direction. 

We laughed about it all once we got home and were thankful that nobody was hurt.

Another day while I was at the beach, and this time there weren’t any zebu’s running wide this time, but I fell into a booby trap. It was literally a booby trap!!! I was walking in the sand and all of a sudden my right leg fell into a large hole in the sand. It was up past my knee. As I had help getting out of the hole, there were some small pieces of wood in the hole and pieces of plastic as well. Those things were covering the hole, so all you could see was the sand. As I pulled my leg out, my sandal had fallen off and we had to dig to find it. 

Fun times at the beach here in Tamatave!

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The kids of Itaosy.

My first week in Madagascar I stayed in Itaosy, a suburb of Tana, the capital. I have known these kids and their families for years now and have watched them all grow up. They are an amazing group of kids!

This here is Princy. His is 22 now, but I remember when he was just a little guy, always talking to me in French and was super friendly. He would always come up to the room where I was living in at the time, and would tell me story, after story. And now, he is going to medical school to become a doctor!

This is Fita, who just turned 15! This kid is pretty awesome and a great model!! I remember when he was just a couple of years old, he would always come and visit me. And if I was gone for some reason, he would go throughout the house, calling my name!

Jedidiah, 11 years old.

Mihary, 6 years old.

Miandritiana, 18 years old

Sahaza, 17 years old

Manovo, 11 years old....too cool for words!

My time in Tana was a bit short because I have to start working on my visa, but I hope to get back over there sometime while I'm here and spend a bit more time with my friends. I am glad though I could have last week with them!

Mr. Handsome

With this little guy turning 2, I had to take some new photos...and he did an amazing job!

If you have never met Vonn, you will most likely get to know him through these photos, his personality is awesome and so much fun!!

He seriously has the best smile ever!

This kid LOVES dancing!!! As I was taking photos, I asked him if he wanted to listen to some music and dance...he answered yes, and started singing. I put on one of his favorite songs to dance to...and as you can see here, he really gets into it!

Keep smiling Vonn!!! You bring joy to all those around you!

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Happy birthday, buddy!!!

Yesterday we had the privilege to celebrate Vonn's 2nd birthday!!! 

He is seriously one amazing kid!!! He is funny, and has the best character and personality I have seen!! He's always full of joy and laughter, he can always make you smile!

I think he loved his cake!!

My sister has been Vonn and his big brother's nanny, since his big brother was about 2. They are like family to us, they come over all the time to play. 

As you can see in this photo above, he has some awesome funny, exciting faces!! Like I said, I LOVE his personality, so much fun!!! He was so excited opening up his presents and loving them all. 

I think my sister deserves the 'Nanny of the Year' award for making Vonn's amazing 'dirt' cake!! He loved it...even playing in it!! I mean come on, a cake you can play with and eat!!!

Cousins and friends!!!

When Vonn comes over to the house, if you give him a mop or broom, he loves to help clean!! So, my grandmother got him his own mop...and it was a hit!!!

Big brother had fun all afternoon on the jump house water slide with the other big kids!

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la cirque

I had this idea to do with Elijah since sometime last year. I came across a photo one day that inspired me to come up with this idea. 

It look me a while to find the right material I needed for the costume. I ended up ordering it online. I designed the costume and my Grandmother made it...she's pretty amazing!

I also wanted a specific hat. I was in a store last year in a small town in Georgia, and once I saw it, I knew I had to get it, it was just what I was looking for!

Don’t forget-no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell. -Charles de Lint

‘My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest’ - Charles Dickens (David Copperfield)

'I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.’  -Lewis Carroll 

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Let your imagination run wild!

'Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are' -Mason Cooley

King Max, from Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak

Ever since I was young, I loved reading. I remember the summer when I was introduced to the Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery, and read all eight of them. I couldn't put them down, and when the last one was finished, I wanted to read more of them. 

For me, when I read, it's like I jump into that book, wherever it may be, and it's like I'm right there. My imagination pretty much runs wild, and I can picture in my mind all the things happening in that book, whether I've seen a movie about it or not. 

Most of the time I usually read the books after the movie, but I always thoroughly enjoy them either way. It's like I'm on an adventure and can't wait to see what happens next. 

There was a time when I got older, that I didn't read as much. I think mainly because I was living overseas and I didn't have access to many good books, except only the few that i had brought with me. Now though, I have the chance to get my hands on pretty much any book. 

My favorite though, are definitely the classics, just like my taste in movies. I don't know why, but I have always enjoyed those more than any type of books that I have read in my life. Most of the time the classics are much longer, but that just meant that the adventures would keep going.

The Lost Boys from Peter Pan, by James Matthew Barrie

Like I mentioned earlier about Anne of Green Gables series, those are my top favorite by far. Others that I have enjoyed would be...the works of Mark Twain (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, etc. ), Swiss Family Robinson by Jonathan David Wyss, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, the works of Jack London (The Call of the Wild, The Road, etc. ), the works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island, Kidnapped, etc. ), Peter Pan by James Matthew Barrie, and one of my all time favorites, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. 

There are others that I can't remember, but these are ones that I can recall, and some are more of my recent reads. 

My most recent was The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. I don't know why I never read it before, since I love the movies. I actually just finished it as of last night. There have been times when I see the book on my desk, and I think, I need to read today and the day goes by and it doesn't happen. And than there are those days when I go pick up the book and read for a while, and I can't seem to put it down. Last night was the latter, I couldn't stop reading and ended up finishing it.

After I finished it though, I automatically wanted to start a new book, with new adventures, but it was too late and I was falling asleep. It would have to wait until the following day.

There are so many things you can learn from reading a good book. Your mind expands with knowledge as well as it let's your imagination go crazy wild!

Today I started reading the Hunger Games trilogy. I got into those movies kind of late. The second movie was already out by the time I started watching them, and I pretty much fell in love with them. They are full of excitement and suspense! So now is the time to read the books and go on a journey to the Hunger Games! I know it's not a classic book like I prefer, but with such a strong interest of mine, I know that I will enjoy them.

If you are reading this, and you never really took time to read a good book, or you keep putting it off. I want to encourage you, take the time to read! Take time to set aside the things that are going on around you and dig into a good book. You won't regret it! I say, start with a great classic, you can't go wrong there!

'Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread through shadows to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight'. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Fantine, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

'But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself.' C.S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism 

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a man and his guitar.

So recently I got to do some awesome work with a friend of mine. He's a talented music producer and wanted me to take some shots of an artist he's working with, while in his studio. 

'Art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take risks. -Mark Rothko

It was fun hanging out with these guys, and it was a great experience for me! I'm thankful for this opportunity!

Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art. -Andy Warhol

Sometimes you have to have fun while in the music studio...even hanging out with Rancor!

Thanks again David for letting me hang out and document Josh in the studio!!! And good luck Josh in your music adventures!!

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