Tuesday, July 27, 2010

David duChemin, the Ted Dekker of photography?

So, i'd rather just let this guy and his book(s) speak for themselves than explain. I checked out "Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision" from the library... and it's the best photography book i've ever seen; the one i've been looking for for years and never known it, etc... If you read it and understand, well, then you'll understand.

Here's his site.

Speaking of photography and stuff... I like it. I'm thinking about making a photography blog, either out of this one or a separate blog. But i can't right now... because my camera is broken. I don't think it'll get fixed, but i should be getting a new one around my birthday in January. So, then if not before, someone (Jimmy) should remind me of this.


Big things

Since... Whenever i posted last, i can't even remember when it was, i've gotten busy and out of the habit of occasionally posting on this blog. I guess i don't post a whole lot about my real-life life here (especially not big things), but here's a bunch of things that have been going on.
  • Back in May, my mom left for a while. As in leaving my family... She came back after a few weeks, but that was a weird, upsetting, stressful period of time. Any more detail would be too a long a story and too much information about other people to post publicly on the internet besides. But anyway, that was a big deal.
  • In June, i spent a week at camp in the mountains in Tennessee with my youth group, which was amazingly awesome. And... again, more detail would be too much for me to post tonight. It's three hours later in my time zone than the times Blogger puts on my posts (I don't know how to change that), and i have to go to bed before breakfast time tomorrow.
  • Later in June, i spent a week in my hometown that i moved from in eigth grade, which was also awesome. I got to do fun things with my grandma and cousins and great aunts, et cetera, and i also saw a couple of old friends. I only spent a little time with them, but it wasn't disappointing at all. :)
  • Just last week, i went with my youth group on a mission trip to Jacksonville Beach and did a VBS for the kids at an apartment complex. Another long story that i probably won't get around to telling... but oh, well. There will be others.
  • And... Since the stuff with my mom, my family's not homeschooling anymore. My younger siblings are all going to public school this coming year, and i most likely am too. I was going to still be officially homeschooled and dual enroll, but i didn't pass the algebra portion of the CPT in time to do it in the fall semester. I may still start dual-enrollment in the spring, but anyway, i plan to go to North Marion next month... and i need to get around to actually enrolling, ha.

So, life's been busy and won't be getting less so anytime soon, but i do plan to start posting more again. So take heart, imaginary blogreaders! I've returned.