Christian Photographers Community

Welcome, Kathy W!  We may have been posting at the same time yesterday, as I didn't see your post until now.  MY, you sound like one busy gal--I nearly got tired just reading about your myriad of activities.  Good for you!  I am an artist, too, or trying to be, anyway.  You can see some of my work in Creations with a brush here.  I hope to see lots of your photos and your artwork as well.  Great to have you with us!

Kathy:  Where in Michigan are you from?

My son and his family live in Rochester Hills., formerly they lived in Troy. Are you anywhere near that?

Love.,
Judy

Thanks for the welcome from everyone.  To answer a few of the questions.  I am a mom but not exactly young.  My youngest just turned 18 last month and is a senior in high school.  So with him graduating (an hopefully getting a job full time this summer) I am having a lot more time on my hands.  I am in Newaygo Michigan which is a small town to the north of Grand Rapids but south of Big Rapids (if that gives you an idea).  I will try to get on your "New Every Morning" forum if I can.  I sometimes have a few minutes at work before I have to actually start work.  But I will check in from time to time and hopefully be able to get some of my photos posted as well.

Kathy, that's terrific if you come to New Every Morning.  It's sort of like our little Donut Shop where we gather to enjoy a cup of coffee together and sing some hymns together.

I love your area.  I spent a couple of days at Grand Rapids last fall.  We stayed in the Holiday Inn at Grand Haven and watched the most magnificent sunset there.  

I must post a photo of it for you.


Here's a link to today's New Every Morning...  CLICK HERE.

Around midnight, I'll be locking it but you'll still be able to read the messages.  I open a new one every night about midnight our time (yours and mine).

Kathy - To us (well, some of us.,) you ARE young...lol

Do you know where Rochester Hills Michigan is?

Welcome!  Welcome!!

Happy to meet you, Rachel!

We're having a party in New Every Morning to welcome both you and Neal!  LOL

See you there?

Here's a link![/b]

We're just pouring the coffee!  

And we're all singing!

New Member here from United Kingdom  

God Bless ya all

Glad to have you here!  

Come on into the New Every Morning and have a little chat with us.    We would love to get to know you.  Have a good day.

Soni

I finally got here, spent 30 minutes typing and lost it all!!!!!!!!!Hmmmmmmm! 
If at first....This will be brief and not as wordy as the 'lost'one.
Well Thanks for the reminders re site and I am now trying to remember what I said! Originally from Uk live here in Ozarks. I
work from home as an author/illustrator christian childrens books. Design bookcovers, Cd/audio covers. Paint murals and fill commissions in oils etc. photography is main hobby.
Divorced no children 1 dog 2 cats. Saved 23 years travelled 20something countries. Lived in 6...and had many adventures with the Lord. Love the site and have already met Marilyn..how are you Marilyn?..maybe one day I will get some pics online! Ha! Is it just me or does time go faster these days?
Blessings to everyone love to hear from you and ask any questions that I have forgotten to cover here.....

Wow Julie I had forgotten all about you, it is a long time since I have heard from you. I am so glad you have finally made it here. Check my  profile for my new email address and write ok?

Love you girlfriend.

Welcome, Jules!

Great to see you here.  Wow!  What an exciting life you've had.  What part of England are you from?  I remember sending you a Welcome letter back in December I think. 

I'm so glad to see that you've posted.

Come on over to the New Every Morning which is sort of like our local Coffee Shop.  I start a new topic each night at midnight and we talk all day in it.

Again, a great big welcome.  I'm very anxious to hear about your illustrating of children's books.  We have a couple of artists on the site that will be very happy to meet you and see some of your work.

hi I am Alice Wyatt and have been here before for a short time. I have been a born again Christian since 72 but have been in church since a child.  My second husband Cecil and I have had a long and interesting and sometimes wild ride since we married and were saved shortly after.

We have raised 9 children, mine ours and yours plus a few extras along the way  and have close to thirty grandchildren now all over the country and right now the world.  "We are beginning to add great grand children. We have three.  We have been members of several denominations in our walk with the Lord. Baptist. Methodist, Assembly of God and for the last going on 13 years non denominational.  God has taught us amazing things in each one and we had the joy of being in a great revival that lasted every day for 8 weeks.  Lately we have gone through an amazing journey of seeing a church and Pastor having twenty saved a Sunday to seeing  several of the pastors fall and our main pastor walking back through the Bible way of restoration. It has been a warning to a church of 3000 to what the devil can do if you don't pray for your pastors and keep watch. It has also taught us great lessons of faith. We are now watching that congregation being restored to newness and love. Our Lord is a great God. I can't wait to see what is next but my heart is very much beginning to pull toward home.   I will add I nursed for over thirty years in several areas and am now totally disabled . the Lord is also my strength.  Alice wyatt

Alice, what a testimony!  Thanks for sharing it here with us.

Join us over in the New Every Morning.  We have a terrific time there.  Right now, Jenny in England has started the "Papa John Fan Club!"  HAHAHAHA!  (He's shared a nice new photo tonight of himself all in red.)

Keep us posted on that horrific accident, Alice.  Several of us have been praying for your grandson and his fiance.

Hi Everyone,
My Name is Hayley, I am a happily married 35 yr old with 5 children...starting at 15 to 2 yrs of age.. it's never a dull moment .. Actually, life is never a dull moment since Christ changed it....I've been a Christian for nearly 5 yrs now... I was born in England, raised in Australia and for the past 3 and a half years I've been living in the States.

My passion is drawing, (hopefully one day to be a Gospel Artist) and I love to take my own photos to use as reference.
My husband spoilled me at  Christmas and gave me a sony DSC-F717 digital camera and I'm having so much fun with it... but, would love to learn more.

I've read through 3 pages of this thread and hopefully be able to get back soon to read the rest.
I'm very thankful to have found a wonderful Christian website.

I can't wait to get to know everyone here 

Oh, Hayley!  I know one of our members who will be so very happy to meet you.  She's a wonderful artist and some of her photos of her work are in the "Creations With a Brush" area.

Creations With a Brush

I love looking at Janet's work.  I look forward to seeing yours as well. 

Hi Hayley! 
It is nice to meet you.  I also am in my mid 30's and have 4 kids.  Can't wait to see some of your drawings and photos.  Sounds like you have been everywhere.

Soni

Hi Soni it's nice to meet you
Pat I'll have to take a look at creations with a brush.. thank you

Hi, I'm Laurie.  I am a mother of three young boys, ages 4, 5, and 10, and have been married for 13 years.  I work as a school counselor and program director for a program that serves pregnant and parenting teens within our school district.  We help the students reach their goal of obtaining a high school diploma even though they have become parents at a young age.  I have been in public education for 9 years now, first as a classroom teacher (theatre arts and science), then as a middle school counselor (that was an experience, let me tell you), and now in my current capacity.  My family and I live in northeast Texas, about 50 miles NE of Dallas.  I was saved at the age of 15, but have found a renewed commitment to the Lord in the past couple of years.  As far as photography goes, well...I'm learning every day.  I got a camera for Christmas and have been driving everyone CRAZY with it since!  All I know is that it is fun, fairly inexpensive (hurray for digital), and I can involve my kids.  I don't plan on becoming a professional...I just like to take pictures!

Welcome, Laurie~!

So great to see you here.  Please join us in the New Every Morning for our Easter Sunday conversations!

(There's a welcome there for you too, Laurie!)

New Every Morning

Pat

HI Laurie!  It is nice to meet you!  Karmat (Karma) is also a teacher.  You two should have alot in common. 

I can't wait to see your photos.  I love snapshots the best out of any photograph.  They always tell the real story of life. 

You can post in the New Every Morning.  It is a great place to go for a daily devotion and get to know the other folks here on CP.

Hello,
My name is Shawn.

I've read through all the "Introduce Yourself" replies and think that all of you seem to be great people. I'm not sure how often I will be able to participate in this site, but I'm sure glad to find it.

I live in Webb City, Missouri and work at a little print shop in Joplin, Missouri. I am a graphic designer by trade, but would like to be much more for the service of God.

I will be 31 in May and have a wonderful wife, Cherie, and a blessed little boy, Michael, who is almost two. We have two cats, sisters, Tinker and Belle and a Beagle named Skye.

I absolutely love photograpy and one of the things I hope to learn from this site is a way to use photography to help spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Sorry, this is getting long. I feel silly writing about myself. I accepted God's call in my life to join my wife and father-in-law in a southern gospel trio called the Victorymen and we are fortunate to be able to travel all around and sing for churches and organizations to help edify and renew the places we have the priviledge to sing for. If you would like, go to www.geocities.com/thevictorymen to learn about that.

I hope to take enough great photos to have a show in a year. My problem seems to be more in composition than technique, but it sure is a learning process. Hopefully soon I'll be able to post something for you to critique. If you don't mind.

Well, thank you for your time.
Shawn

HI Shawn!

Thanks for posting a little about yourself.  It is nice to meet you.

My youngest son wants to be a graphic designer.  Did you go to school for that?

We won't mind commenting on your work. 

Welcome, Shawn!  When it comes to critique, I'm afraid you can count me OUT.  I don't know enough about photography and techniques to have anything intelligent to say.  But I'll certainly enjoy seeing anything you care to post!   

Welcome Shawn!
     I have just spent quite a while touring the site of The Victorymen and I am impressed.  I love Southern Gospel music, and I recognize every song you have listed there in your "products" line.   

     It is good to have you "aboard" this old CP ship!  Don't be shy with your photographs, now ... Everyone shares here, y'know!   

Soni,
Yes, I went to a four year college here in Joplin for my degree in Graphic Communications. I do have some advice about that for your son if he wants to hear it. If he is serious about the graphics field, he may want to go to an art school that specifically teaches that, and they only require two years instead of four like a normal college. I'll say though, a four year college will give a more rounded education that encompasses more fields of interest.

Jeanne Lee,
You say you don't know much about critiquing photos, but I must say that you probably do know what you like and don't like and that says a huge amount about a photograph. I would like any input you want to offer and that would be great.

Jane,
About the Victorymen, all I want to say is God is good and I want to thank Him for His mercy while we are trying to do the best here we can. He is Good. We're in the process now of recording a new CD and hope to get it completed by November. I will try to keep our website updated and maybe you can visit it again sometime. And I hope I'm not overstepping some bounds here, I'm not trying to promote the group or myself.

Thanks all for your time. Also, I'm new at using a forum, so if I boo-boo, sorry.
Shawn

Hi Shawn, Welcome 

Hello everyone! my name is abigail, i am 20 years old, and i am from a very small town in wisconsin...very small.  i have a huge love for art, but mostly photogrpahy. i have always liked photography but a few years ago i went on a mission trip to haiti and thats where god really gave me a passion for it. last year i went back to haiti and went to a dts in st. marc. i was there and in jamacia for 6 months and from that experiance i know god wants me to be a photographer. i hope i hear back from you on my photo's. i am very glad i found you all....

abigail

Abigail, I'm so glad you found this website as well. 

I'm just about to close down my computer for two days but please go to New Every Morning for today's date and get to know everyone.  You'll be made to feel really welcome, I know.

God bless you, Abigail.  I'm anxious to know all about Haiti.

Hi, Abigail!  Welcome to Christian Photographers.  We'll watch for your photos and hope to see you posting in other forums as well.