The rain brings the blooms

The rain brings the blooms., a photo by jtobiason08 on Flickr.

Back in May, after hiking along the Pacific Coast Trail with Erika, we went to down to Cannon Beach. It was a weekend when I was really trying to find new angles to photos I have taken before. I really love how the rings and pedals of this flower stood out to me and I feel like the aperture of my camera really brought it out. This photo really represents my experience with this flower (wow, that is a hippie sentence).

Washing

Washing, a photo by jtobiason08 on Flickr.

During the last few weeks, since Easter, Bethany Community Church has been participating in the Spiling Hope campaign. This encourages everyone to learn, participate and give in regards to water needs in Africa. This boy is washing his hands in lifegiving water and is diving into Spilling Hope. For more information, see SpillingHope.org.

Hiking the Oregon Coast Trail

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to hike along the Oregon Coast Trail with Erika and we (obviously) took lots of photos and video. I finally got around to putting it together into this little video.

No Meat

No Meat, originally uploaded by jtobiason08.

This is oddly enough not related to my vegetarianism, but just happens to be Erika's non-meat cutting board. This, among many others, is one of the photos that I'm enjoying with my new DSLR. It is a strange situation to take skills that I had developed (film joke) with my manual/film cameras and use those in the way that I use my digital. I am thankful for all the things I learned and am really having fun with the camera and the digital darkroom. I'm sure there is lots of photos to come because of this new partnership.

On a completely different note, I saw Ira Glass of This American Life today heading into someone's house near Greenlake. I was sooooo excited. I am acutely aware and repidly reminded of how nerdy this type of star sighting is, but don't care. That program was one of my main connections with the US during my time in Peru (along with Wait Wait Don't Tell Me). So, Ira, though you will never read this blog, thank you!