Well as usually its been a busy few weeks since my last post. On Easter Sunday I got a bit of a break and went out to King William to visit with my in-laws. The really cool thing is they live on property that has been if the family for over 100 years…right next to the house my wife’s dad grew up in. I think the house was built in the 1930’s. I was able to get a few good shots, but got distracted before getting a full picture of the house. Guess I need to go back out there one day and finish the shoot.

So if you have been following me on twitter or my blog you might have noticed I’ve been kind of quite lately, however, that does not mean I have not been busy. I’ve reach a place in my photography where I needed to make a decision. In life we periodically find ourselves at these discerning points. Do I continue doing what I am doing or do I change course….do I continue walking down the alley or go through the door.

I reached  a point where I decided its time for a little something new. Like the doorway in this image, I have no idea where it will lead me. You might have noticed a little switch up in my blog. I am currently putting together a gallery using Photoshelter and will be making my images available for sale as both prints and rights-managed. So far I’ve been working on the basic look and feel in integrating the two sites. I’m currently testing the AdoramaPix print option and will know shortly if things are going to work out.

Also, after 4 years of shooting with a Canon 30d I have invested in the 5d Mark II. I am a firm believer that the camera does not make the photography, however, this is one nice camera and I look forward to the many images it will help me produce. The Open Door is the first one that I’m sharing….I’m already behind, but soon my entire collection will be available.

If you are a follower…thank you! If this is your first time stopping by…thank you! Please check back often as there is more to come!

Religion is one of those untouchable things like gravity, you can’t see it, taste it or smell it; but you know its there.  It comes in some a wide array of sizes, shapes, and colors yet it has no mass, form, and is for the most part its invisible. Why is this? No matter who your “God” is; whether you believe in a Christian God, Allah, Mother Nature, Science, or your Wife; we all have that larger force that guides us through life. We have no control over it. We can’t ignore it. It has survived through eons of eons.  Its just one of those things that is larger then life.

Comment with your favorite determination quote…

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” ~Mahatma Gandhi

“Strength is a matter of the made-up mind.” ~John Beecher

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” ~Vincent T. Lombardi

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~Winston Churchill

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” ~Og Mandino

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” ~Harriet Beecher

“Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow — perhaps it all will.” ~Albert Einstein

“Some are destined to succeed, some are determined to succeed.” ~H. H. Swami

“When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” ~Wilma Rudolph

“When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God’s help.” ~Robert Half

“I don’t think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.” ~Lillian Carter

“If you keep at it, one day something which at first appeared impossible will become merely something very difficult indeed.” ~Danny Paradise

“The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed” ~Richard Brinsley

“Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.” ~Abraham Lincoln

“Other people and things can stop you temporarily. You’re the only one who can do it permanently.” ~Zig Ziglar

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” ~Eddie Robinson

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” ~Samuel Johnson

“There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them.” ~Clare Boothe Luce

“So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.” ~Og Mandino

“We will either find a way, or make one!” ~Hannibal

“Nothing of great value in life comes easily. The things of highest value sometimes come hard. The gold that has the greatest value lies deepest in the earth, as do the diamonds.” ~Norman Vincent Peale

Another one from the Pump House series. This was a shot of the interior of the bottom floors of the Pump House at Richmond VA Pump House Park. This space was very interesting, but dark. This exposure took a  full 30 seconds at f/11. I’ll continue to post images of this excursion as  I get them prepared. Enjoy!