Baby Marks

I have been asked by the marks if I would be willing to do some pregnancy shots. Since There family schedule is hectic (and the live half-way to kansas), we did some "test shots" after the woman's retreat at El Shaddai.


Melissa had a lot of fun trying to get onto the swing.


This might be my favorite.



They have decided not to find out the sex of the baby, so we spent half of the session talking about baby names, they think Dominic if it is a boy and Brenna if it is a girl.



Doesn't she have the cutest little belly.

More From the Tour

So i just realized, that i never came back to share more of the tour. All of these are from the final stage in St. Louis. If you have not already heard, the circut had to be cut short due to severe flooding in forest park, but in the end it all worked out for the better, because i happen to get a prime shooting spot.

Before the race, this woman was trying to get the autograph of every person from Columbia and Garmin (which made her a perfect person to stand next to) she was really sweet, and ended up talking to Marco Pinotti in intalian, which was quite a shock for him.


Mark Cavendish talking to the same woman, she just seems to have a way with these professional cyclists.


These were the two who lead most of the stage. the rider on the left, Jeremy Powers, took the title for most aggressive rider for the day.



Mark Cavendish, supporting the green jersey, which he is now the current champion. He seemed to have a way of always being in my frame. I have at least two other photos, where he shot through a shot i was taking of someone else.


The whole of the peloton coming through the central west end.


Michael Rodgers and George Hincape of Team Columbia.


the celebration of Team Columbia, after winning the overall team title.



So i said i was only going to be posting photo's from St. Louis. I was wrong. This is one of the podium shots from St. Charles. That is Christian Vande Velde in Yellow, Mark Cavendish in Green, and Bernhard Eisel in Red. (Though i guess since you can not see the colors it probably does not matter to much)
Below the podium pic, is a progression shot of Mark Cavendish's sprint to the finish in St. Chuck (which he won). Though i doubt Cav needs anymore of an ego boost, i can see why many announcers have dared to call him "the fastest man in the world".






That is all for now. I have a few more which might be put up. We will see. . .

Tour of Missouri . Hermann . Stage 6

For the few (many) whom i have not shared the news with, God has blessed me with a new camera, and if it couldn't be better timed, he gave it to me a week and a half before the tour of missouri.
with that being said, I am going to break the photo's up into multiple post simply because the number of shots is overwhelming (i was only there for two of the seven days and i took 1000 shots.


so lets begin at the start of stage 6, in hermann mo. This may be one of my new favorite "little towns". it had the quaintest coffee shop ever.




feeling kind of artistic before the race. I may be persuaded to say liquigas has the coolest looking bikes.




this is the starting corner of Stage 6.




i seriously love the look of the Garmin-Chipotle cars. I was taking some detail shots of the plates, when lo and behold, look who snuck into the top corner of the photo; Mr. George Hincape




this kid was so cute. . . he is waiting (with about 50 other people, all adults) out side of the Columbia RV, to meet Mark Cavendish (who went on to win the stage later in the day)





Christian Vande Velde, looking like he is having a smashing time. There is a story to the laugh, mostly it has to do with the other racers feeling a bit sarcastic, and giving him a 15 ft. start advantage.

Rally at the ranch August 08

so this past weekend, was the last rally for the 2008 summer. the final theme was "culmination". marc came up with this idea to try and communicate the reality of the connection between the cross which Christ died on and the cross that all of us who know him are called to bare. I have tried to explain the imagery to so many people, but have been unsuccessful. so here are the photos.

by way of connection and response during the night, we had the students make a "self portrait". the students wrote description traits on a card. then as they came in we put a big "C" on the card to symbolize curse. and then sprayed red paint over the card to symbolize covenant. Then during the sermon in an act of response, the students tied there cards to the cord that connected the two crosses. then during the second set of worship, we raised the whole cord bundle up.

new camera....?

ok so i do not have a new camera, but this past week i was able (for the rally @ the ranch) to use what might be my next camera!!!















see you all soon. i am off to townsend, tn for the week! adios

the chapel

there are days when i forget how blessed i am. today is not one of those days. I was allowed to be apart of an amazing night of worship. a new venue has been opened down the road from Washington university, "the chapel". the building is owned by memorial Presbyterian, and they have converted it into an art gallery/concert venue. and it is amazing...
they are currently booking shows, so if anyone is interested..



this might be the coolest chandelier ever. many of the papers have original poems on them. most of those are in foreign languages. i kind of want to give them a greek one to add to the group.

this is the front door to the chapel... my guess is that it is original.

i know many others are not as ridiculous as me, but i love there logo and font choices.

this is the band that many of the people i cme with knew... "harlot bride". isn't it a good name. it remids me of ezekeil 16.

harlot bride bustin' out the bubble machine.

this is aimee wilson. her and her band were amazing. they had sitars and digeree doo's!

aimee wilson

there was also a harpist; timbre, who just so happens to be the reason i went to the show. if it hadn't been as dark during her set i might have gotten pictures, but alas i did not. if you have a chance check out her new album. it is amazing.

Matt & Christine

as promised, here are some shots of my first wedding...



aren't her flowers beautiful. the color was vibrant and just so happened to match perfect with the centerpieces at the reception






during the reception, matt and christine wanted to have a time where they could participate in the Lord's supper together as husband and wife for the first time.




isn't she gorgeous...













nothing new. i will always be taking pictures of peoples feet... at least the bride's looked good.


this is my favorite shot of the whole wedding.



the best man giving his toast to the bride and groom. you might be able to tell in the picture... the best man had to go to the ER the night before because he burned his hand... bad.





by request of the groom... a picture of our pastor eating. Matt convinced himself that marc doesn't eat in public, because he rarely eats at church events. well matt, here is your proof!