Saturday, December 12, 2009

God's Glass


Without excuses, perhaps purposely...I tend to repeat myself. So was the case this morning as I was reading Exodus 31:3, "And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship."

My glass, that is, my lens, is filled with God's Eye and I truly believe that it is He who leads me to the shots that, to be honest at times blow me away. I'm not saying that I'm not a hard-worker, or that my years of education were feckless, but what I'm saying is this, "it is truly God who fills my lens and gives me the creative for each shot."

That's also not to say that I put my camera in "auto" mode and shoot away aimlessly hoping for a good shot. It is to say this, each shot I take is presupposed with God's Spirit leading, guiding and directing me. God gives me the wisdom, understanding and knowledge of my aperture, shutter, ISO settings. My job is to be educated and learn all I can to give my clients the best....and the best I can give is being faithful to Him, and continue to persevere and work toward post-grad certification as a "expert" in photoshop (June 2010).

An adage adapted in the world of photography is "it's all about the glass". That is, it's not so much the camera but the lens (glass). I agree for the most past...my addendum would be, "it's God's Glass."