Digital Journaling

Thanks to Pinterest, I now have an interest in journaling. This has in turn led me towards digital journaling.
Kali has been helping me get started. This was the first piece I made.

It was followed by this one.

This one came about following a debate tournament. We encourage the students to honor God
in their competition, to be a light to those around them.

This one came about as I was posting pictures of that tournament on facebook. I was actually posting a shoe album :)
and thought this was the perfect scripture to accompany those shots.

The simplest one so far.
I'm having a great time figuring this out. Now, if I could just get this zentangle thing down, I'd be in good shape - hahaha!

Welcome to Shamu Stadium

It's a new show in the Shamu Stadium - - - it's called One Ocean.

This particular day the show included five killer whales.

They were very impressive. Such a wonder to see something so huge, jumping completely out of the water.

It was like they were playing!

This was my favorite photograph from our day at Sea World!

I wonder how many pounds of fish it takes in treats to get through the show?


One huge difference we noticed in this show was that the trainers no longer get in the water with the whales.
They used to swim with the whales and ride them around the tank.
This was as close as the trainers came to getting in the water.



The sun was starting to set, hence the pinks in the water and the pink/red reflecting on the whales in some of the pictures.

The whales still kick up the water - soaking anyone in the bottom section of the stadium - the splash zone.

He is literally spitting water out of his mouth - hahaha!

How can something this huge seem so graceful?

Another favorite photograph.

And, of course, they waved good-bye to us at the end of the show :).

Then we headed out to the parking lot to head back to the hotel. What a beautiful sunset!
If you haven't been to Sea World lately, you should definitely check it out!

And On the Fifth Day God Created the Creatures of the Sea

Not long ago, I won some annual passes to Sea World in a local auction. We hadn't been to Sea World in years.
We had a great day there recently!

The dolphins were a lot of fun! They were circling around - splashing and playing - while they were waiting to be fed.

I was pretty happy with some of the photos I got.

We laughed as we watched them play!

And, they had a little competition for the fish the trainers were throwing out over the water.
Then we went inside to the lower level where we could see the dolphin swimming.
I don't really have a clue how to take underwater shots, these were the best of what I took.



Next, we headed over to the sea lion tank. This was the coolest bird! And I have no idea what kind he is, except fluffy and pretty!

The sea lions weren't exactly happy with the birds getting part of their fish the crowd was feeding to them - hahaha!

I never realized how loud sea lions could be! Unbelievable!

Then there was this little guy - sitting there all alone - waiting - and waiting!

This is a close-up of the water in the photo above. I loved the way the sun was shining on the water -
making little starlight points in the sparkles! More photos to come soon from our day at Sea World :).

Lazy Afternoon

Recently, Kali and I went on a road trip to visit some friends and shoot senior pictures for some that were graduating.

I always wanted to shoot some railroad track shots - and I got my chance!

We met this young lady through NCFCA, where Kali competed in speech and debate. Her entire family is involved with NCFCA.

We had a great time visiting! I'll probably post other sets of pictures from this day later on.
She's even traveled with me a couple times to attend communications conferences where Kali was teaching.

She is lovely young lady of God - with a heart for people. And - she has a great sense of humour!
Here is a link to a duo interpretation she and her partner took all the way to national competition -
Cinderella and the Seven Dwarfs - enjoy!

Easy-to-Make Desktop Collage

Want to make a desktop collage to run as your computer wallpaper, but don't know how?
Recently, I received a newsletter from Scrap Girls which gave simple step-by-step instructions to making a desktop collage.
I used photos from a family photo shoot and compiled this collage. Nothing fancy, nothing hard to do.
Just an opportunity to give this family something beautiful to look at every time they sit down at their computer.

For myself, I used photos I had taken at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando.
To make your own desktop collage, check out Scrap Girls here: http://www.scrapgirls.com/NL/SG_News_120202_Thu_Collage.html
You need to scroll about halfway down into the article. Scrap Girls sends out a daily email, if you are interested,
with digital scrapbooking tips, examples, instructions, and they even have a store.
Have fun making your desktop collage!

Unshakable

Beautiful Freedom

Photos taken at Cedine Bible Camp in Spring City, Tennessee.

God is All Around Us

Photo taken last week at Cedine Bible Camp in Spring City, Tennessee.

Rachel and Justin Are Engaged

Great news for the New Year - Justin asked Rachel to marry him - and she said Yes!

Justin did a great job picking out a ring :) it's beautiful!

We headed to the Ravine Gardens for our shoot. It was a beautiful location, with plenty of locations for awesome pictures!


I loved the rocks that were literally everywhere!

We had a lot of fun!

The thing I enjoyed most about this shoot was that Justin and Rachel were both willing to try anything I asked of them!



As you can tell from this series :).

I talked with them a little about building their marriage around their relationship with Christ.
This is the verse they chose together, to establish their marriage on.


Such a loving couple! But, don't worry, June will be here before you know it!

Rachel literally smiled the entire time we were together. The photos you see where she isn't smiling?
Those were the times I asked her to not smile :).
(I just proofread this post and there AREN'T any pictures of Rachel not smiling :).)

Isn't she gorgeous? The light and colors behind this gazebo was perfect!


And, as my photography students all know, this isn't a true Alice Hendon Photography shoot - unless there are shoe shots and . . .

. . . someone ends up in a tree! hahahaha!

It was sooooooooo much fun!


Rachel ... Justin ... thanks for letting me document this marvelous time in your lives!
God's blessings on your upcoming marriage! Always put Him first in your relationship, and in  your decisions.
He will be faithful to both of you!