pre-engagement

(stock texture polaroid)
so I upgraded my main model from girlfriend to fiance. :)

graphic designer

so I bought a new book:

"design basic index"

'a graphic designer's guide to designing

effective compositions,

selecting dynamic components &

developing creative concepts'

(note the 3 c's)

my employer had recommended that I buy some books to really sharpen my eye for design, and I decided that it'd be crazy not to listen to that kind of advice. so I'd spent some time flipping through some of the design books at the book store (after one of the book store employees and I discovered the design section of the book store) and landed on this book - deciding it was probably the best thing I could get for the money at the moment.

and while I was standing in the check out line at the book store, I started to realize that I was about to make my first actual investment in a real future career. it was a really unique feeling...

and I had to battle through some other feelings while I stood there, in line.

"am I loving money?" I had to ask myself. "or am I being a good steward of what God's alotted to me at this point in time?"

and I feel like... often times we'll live out the reality of option a under the guise of option b. and I feel like I'm really trying to battle that. because honestly, the Lord is starting to move me and bless me in this area, which I feel like could be the start of a very versatile career... something that I'll definitely use to maximize my availability for the ministry of the Word.

needless to say, everything started spinning around, and it kept spinning until I got home. I started to see design everywhere in everything, and every color that was or wasn't present in everything that I looked at started to make more sense.

oh, green world

we went to the beach on saturday and I got a chance to take some shots of lauren, jeff's girl friend ('novia'). lauren and tj are both pretty vintage, so I figured... I might as well put her in some vintage photos. (I should've been sleeping)

textures borrowed (because I didn't make them and they were free):

http://avonley.deviantart.com/art/vintage-paper-texture-91466752?moodonly=24
(I don't drink coffee anyways, so how would I get coffee stained textures of my own?)
http://texurestockbyhjs.deviantart.com/art/Vintage-Photograph-Texture-63592731

justin crist

did some head shots and some portraits of a good buddy of mine, today...

it was a lot of fun. God really used him uniquely to get me where I'm at right now.