Lord of all creation. of water, earth, and sky.

it wasn't until recently that i started admiring nature. i owe my recent nature admiration to my philosophy course.

while in college, i had to take philosophy. at first, i wasn't too thrilled about it. not quite sure why, but it didn't seem too appealing. after completing the course and completing the education program altogether, philosophy ended up being one of my favorite courses. one reason, my professor was quite a handsome and comical gentleman (i know. not very jasmine of me. lol.) and secondly, i had to prove anything of my choice to my professor through a term paper. what i chose to prove was God's existence. it was a bit challenging; i had always accepted God's existence just simply because of my faith. how was i going to convince someone else of His existence solely based on MY faith? there's no justification. and justification is what professor wanted.

i visited google and searched for justification. a lot of what i found was the science of human survival. there was information on such intricate details needed in order for human life to be even possible. i combined this information with thomas aquinas' "the five ways". in summary, aquinas was a philosopher from the 1200's who stated that God's existence can be proved using five arguments.

i was simply fascinated with some of the pieces of information i found. here's some of the goodies:

the earth's atmosphere has the perfect combination of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and several other gases. the size of our earth corresponds perfectly with all the gases in our atmosphere. if the earth were any bigger or smaller, life would be impossible.

although the approximate distance between the sun and the earth is 93,000,000 miles, if we were any closer, we would all burn; if we were any farther, we would all freeze.

the earth is at a perfect distance from our perfect-sized moon. we have the gravitational pull from the moon, creating perfect tides at the right times. if the earth didn't correspond with the moon, we may have certain issues like flooded land.

water. the earth's most abudant resource. without it, we would not survive.

so, what does this have to do with God's existence? there must have been someone intelligent enough to know the exact combination of the size of the earth and the mixture of gases in our atmosphere. there must have been someone smart enough to know the perfect distance of the earth from the sun and moon in order for any type of life to be possible. there must have been someone powerful, knowledgeable, and good enough to allow humans to live in such a beautiful and perfect creation. God. it is all God.

i find beauty in the most simplistic things. i find beauty in things i've seen my entire life, but never gave much time to. i find beauty in everything my God has created for us.

rock at look out mountain, ga. i found this fellow while hiking the trail. he's so lovely. and happy.


flowers in my momma's backyard.


pretty flower, standing out in a patch of weeds.

the tree which stands in my neighbor's backyard. i admire it's beauty.

a flower given to me by a not-so-secret admirer.

a rainbow i spotted while momma was driving to the hospital to visit my cousin jessica's new born baby son, rodney clyde.

old and young. something just amazes me about this picture.

branch of a tree in my momma's backyard. i love the contrast. the clouds look amazing.

beach days. beautiful colors.

thank You, Jesus. amen.

wedding photography::nicole and bryan

this was the first wedding i've done. my aunt mary has always been impressed with the pictures i've taken, and decided it would be perfect if i shot at her friends, nicole's and bryan's wedding.

funny story. i was meeting the bride and groom for the first time the day of the wedding. before the ceremony began, they were playing a slide show of their lives. there was this one picture of a young boy, probably around nine years old. i recognized the boy as someone who i went to elementary school with. i asked my aunt mary who the boy was, and it turned out to be the groom. when i met bryan the day of the wedding, i had no idea who he was; but i did recognize him as a boy i went to school with when they were playing the slide show. life is funny like that, i guess.





this is nicole's favorite. mine, too. :]

come aboard

i've hopped on the blogspot bandwagon. it's been a while since i've done some good blogging, and so much has changed during my blogless days.

i started doing photography about two years ago. it's an absolute passion of mine. it was nothing i studied for. i just decided one day to buy a nice camera and start taking decent-looking pictures. family and friends were pretty darn impressed with what i was capable of doing.

my first dslr camera was a canon rebel xti. i did some "testing it out" photos around the house and in our yard. i fell in the love with the quality if the images. they were beautiful. so, i put my point and shoot (canon powershot sd600) aside, and ventured on out with my xti to see was life had in store for us to capture. here is one of my many favorites:

meet marisol elizabeth. we call her mari. she was born on november 21, 2008. she is my niece and she is absolutely perfect.

there were so many people at the hospital to meet her the day she was born into this world. aah. she was so lovely. quiet. innocent. it felt so nice to see her go around the hospital room. there was that feeling of peace, joy, and all things wonderful. it was a splendid day. holding her in my arms for the first time was just spectacular. it's amazing how you know that a baby is being woven and spun in the womb for nine months and is eventually brought into this world by His timing. we understand the process. but it's more than just knowing and understanding the process that gives it more meaning. it's having a personal relationship with what God has created. it's extremely beautiful.

i love watching her grow day by day. it's already been a year and a month since she's been born. time has flown since the day she was born. she's walking. she's having what she thinks are conversations with us. she loves playing peek-a-boo. she'll find anything from a blanket to a magazine just to play. she's so bright. her laughs are contagious. she'll just start laughing, and you can't help but laugh with her. she's absolutely precious.

we all know the expression, "i love you from head to toe." it's so simple, but it says a lot. i'm a visual learner, so i see things as they are said. on that note, it's hard to have conversations with people who exaggerate, because i see what they say, and in reality, it just doesn't make sense. aside from that. back to the expression. babies are simply amazing. you just love everything about them. and that's how i feel about mari. you can't help but love everything about her. so, i decided it would be pretty creative to combine these pictures together to bring that expression to life; to show people what i see when i hear "i love you from head to toe."

showing friends and family this piece of work is such a delight. i love seeing the expressions on their faces when they see it. who knew something so simple could bring so much excitement?

since it's been a while since i've blogged, there is so much to be posted. i would like to go back and pick out some of my favorites, post them, and share the stories that go along with them.