MONDAY NOTES - Atlanta here we go!

Today is the beginning of a new adventure for Danielle and I, we are moving to Atlanta (should get there tonight after an all day drive).

Yes it will be a challenge to restart everything (new place, new jobs, new friends, new church...) but that's part of life right? It is an exciting challenge!

I'm excited to see what God is planing for all this. Don't have it all figured out yet, but I can say thank You Jesus for the warmer weather, and for all the Brazilian food I'm gonna eat (there is a big Brazilian community in Atlanta!)

So here is the soundtrack for this Monday:

Mary Mary: "Get Up"

Cincinnati: We will always love you!

Atlanta: HELLO!

G.

Kyle Model Pics

When I asked my friend Kyle if I could practice w/ him as a model I had in mind to develop my portrait experience. So I decided to use him as a study case (sorry man, it was for a good cause). 

You will notice that most of his images are from the upper body and head shots. The idea was to identify elements that make a simple portrait attractive to the eyes. Yes, the model helps, but what I mean by “simple” is I didn’t want to show a lot of surroundings, or a big background w/ a little person in the middle of it. My focus was to have creative images, without having to use props around the subject to make it interesting. Does that make sense? So we went downtown Cincinnati for the photo shoot, always remembering to focus on the face expression.

Well, here are the results of my study:  

Thanks again for the help Kyle (Remember me when you get famous ok?)

PEACE TO U ALL…G.

* See more of Kyle photo shoot here
* Contact me about creating your own model pictures here
* Take a walk in beautiful downtown Cincinnati there

MONDAY NOTES: "Meu Pai"

I remember growing up and having my dad’s voice in the answering machine of our house saying one of his favorite verses: Psalm 37:5, "Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you."

He and my mom set the standards for me and my 2 sisters since we were little kids, always seek God, no matter what you are going through, don’t stop seeking Him. And that’s what they are doing in response to the prostate cancer diagnose my father received last week.  I talked to him on the phone and he was all calm and peaceful saying, “I’m good, I’m still playing soccer and stuff, don’t feel anything, God is taking care of it.”

My sister said that when they received the bad news my dad scheduled his next doctor’s appointment for August! (understand that he just received the results of his exams saying he has cancer, and he was all cool enough to wait for a month to evaluate his situation! … just my father…)  “Can you believe he didn’t want to go back to the doctor just because he doesn’t like doctors?!” my sister said. So she rescheduled the exam for tomorrow (yes, that’s how my sister is)

Today I want to ask you all to please remember to pray for my father tomorrow, Tuesday – June 12, as he will be examined about his cancer. The first results said it could be curable after a surgery. Tomorrow they will see if there are more areas infected w/ the cancer cells. 

Here is the song that has been in my mind for the above reasons and so many more:

Gungor: "Beautiful things"

My family and I really appreciate all your words of encouragement, support, and prayers.

THANK YOU…G.

MONDAY NOTES: 4th of July

creative music of God

geese migration

drawing in the sky like live music notes

composing an unending symphony

newness of everyday life

reminds myself the ability to move, to choose, to change, to create n recreate, to look n see

new perspectives, different angles

observing life and finding beauty

it is everywhere

freedom. 

Chris Tomlin (Feat. Christy Nockels) - "where the spirit of the Lord is"

PEACE...G. 

Kyle Model Pics - Teaser

You know experience always help you to get better, in anything, photography is no different. Since we worked together I asked my friend Kyle  if I could practice my skills (meaning learn to take pictures) w/ him as a model. Girls, please wait a little bit, I will finish editing his photo shoot soon k? For now, here is a cool one.

PEACE out...G.