End of last week I attended a two day photography workshop taught by a couple of instructors from The Institute of Photographic Studies. These two crazy guys travel around the world taking amazing photos, teaching workshops, and and documenting and helping missionary and charitable efforts in far-flung corners of the globe. Both of them come from very safe, very “sane” backgrounds — straightforward day jobs and whatnot — but at different times they felt called by God to switch gears completely and enter into a far more radical lifestyle. Their names are Will Thornton and Rowan Gillson. I really admire people who throw caution to the wind and pursue their dreams, wherever they may take them.

On a note closer to home, I got a chance to get back into photography for a bit and play with my woefully-neglected Canon Digital Rebel XT 350D. Man, I love that camera! It’s so-o-o-o cool. And another thing: I finally got around to downloading the latest beta of Adobe Lightroom. It’s not without its faults, but overall I’m highly impressed and love using it thus far. BTW, I haven’t used Apple Aperture yet, but unless Lightroom ends up costing the same or more money (I highly doubt it), I don’t feel too interested in switching. Sorry, Apple.

At some point down the road when I have enough decent photos to assemble into something resembling a photo album, I’ll probably set up shop on Flickr. Hope to see ya around!

(Special thanks to Shannon Taylor for setting up the workshop. I had a great time!)