A photographer’s perspective….

*A life of Vision

*What is Photography

*The more decades I do this, the more I realize everything in photography comes down to one word: vision.

*Call it vision, imagination, or seeing; it all comes down to the same thing: the ability to envision a final result in your mind's eye, and then to make it so with your tools at hand.

*It's never been about the gear. It's always been about seeing something, knowing how you want it to look, and making it so.

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*What is Photography

*The word photography comes from two ancient Greek words: photo, for "light," and graph, for "drawing."

*"Drawing with light" is a way of describing photography.

*A camera, no matter how many automatic features it may have, is a lifeless piece of equipment until a person uses it.

* It then becomes a uniquely responsive tool--an extension of the photographer's eye and mind.

*A photographer creates a picture.

*Photography can surmount the barriers of language and communicate through universal visual symbols.

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*What is Photography

*Photography is the art of creating durable images by recording light.

*A lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during timed exposure

*The result in a photographic emulsion is an invisible image which is later developed into a visible image, either negative or positive depending on the purpose of the photograph and the method of processing

*A negative image on film is traditionally used to photographically create a positive image, known as a print!

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*So what is LIGHT?

*The following slides are a listing of scriptures from the word….

*There are 5 slides of scriptures – sjoe……

*Bear with me and see the truth..

*When I looked up why God wanted “five” slides this is what I got:*5 is the number of Grace;

* Grace means favor;

* Favor which is truly Divine in its source and in its character;

* Light is thrown upon it in Romans 3:24, "being justified freely by His grace."

Genesis 1:3

* And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light

Nehemiah 9:12

* By day you led them with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.

Job 12:22

* He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.

Job 29:3

* When his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!

Psalm 13:3

* Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,

Psalm 27:1

The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 36:9

* For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.

Psalm 44:3

* It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.

Psalm 76:4

*You are radiant with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game.

Psalm 119:130

*The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

Proverbs 15:30

*Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones.

Proverbs 20:27

*The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord that sheds light on one’s inmost being.

Isaiah 42:6

*“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Isaiah 42:16

* I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 51:4

*“Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation: Instruction will go out from me; my justice will become a light to the nations.

Matthew 5:14-15

*“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

Matthew 6:22

*“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

Matthew 11:30

*For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

John 12:46

* I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

Acts 22:9

*My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me.

Romans 13:12

*The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

2 Corinthians 4:4

*The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

2 Corinthians 4:6

*For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

Ephesians 5:13

*But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.

Revelation 21:23

*The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Revelation 21:24

*The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.

Revelation 22:5

*There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.

*So what?

*Just a thought…

*If God is the photographer and we are the camera…….

*…a seemingly lifeless piece of equipment…

* ….and if God the Great I AM – the Great Visionary exposes us to His light and make His image, His vision for us become our reality….

*If God uses “negatives” to create the most amazing images……..

*…imagine the possibilities of your purpose in Him!

*If this is this YOU

You were never

planned

You will never be

good enough

Play by the rules or you

will fail

You are always in the

way

You are useless

I hate you

You Idiot

God doesn’t love you

No one loves you

I regret the day you

were born

*If this is this YOU

*And This is our GOD

*This is our GOD

* A God who will go to all lengths to capture Your Light and His Vision for You

*Let His Vision for you become a

reality…

*Genesis 1:27So God created

mankind in his own image, in the image

of God he created them; male and

female he created them.