Growing Up

Edison...Edison , Edison. The school Ive gone to for 4 years. This school has changed just like i have changed over the years. It’s quite amazing how i was a young depressed child to now a God loving, caring, and good young man. I’ve learned a lot about life. I had many life changing moments and it’s all lead to this; God used many people to teach me things whether negative or positive. I have lost many friends and made a lot of friends to having God in my life , they passed away, and or they just left. These people in the photos above have made a key impact in life. It’s going to be hard to leave them but it says in the Bible Luke 10:27 “ And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” ” and in Luke 14:26 “ “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” What God is trying to say is that we have to love him more than anyone else anything else and even ourselves ( Plus hate is a sin and everything in the bible can’t be taken literally there’s a more deeper meaning that you get when you ask for the Holy Spirit to be with you ). I know this is going to be hard to leave people, leave Rochester, and leave everything i know but it has to be done God has a purpose for me to be a pastor so it’s time , time to live my life and move on with the Lord who created all of us and to minister. I left my mark here and though i walk into this world with uncertainty i have to trust the Lord for it says in Proverbs 3:5 “ Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.”

What is freedom?

Breeze

Path

Nature

Light Of The World

Tree Of Life

Happiness

Moon

Green Leaves

Earth & Heaven

Sun

Freedom is not what the world preaches about freedom , Freedom is in Christ the one who died for our sins so these spiritual blinders can be removed if we so accept him as our Savior. The freedom we have in Christ doesn't allow us to go back to the very thing that leads to spiritual death but yet to live and be like him and serve others for 1 Peter 2:16 says “Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.”and in Romans 6:22 “ But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.” True freedom is being slaves of God see are definition of freedom has been destroyed ever since Adam & Eve sinned against God now we come to the conclusion that freedom is whatever we want to do and that we determine whether it’s right or wrong and if it makes us happy etc. and that’s simply not true. When i say slaves of God look at Romans 6:18 “And, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.” So once you repent of your sins, admit Christ as your Savior, get baptized as a showing of your faith (As you do more things closer to God the blinders come off quicker and quicker until eventually it’s gone), then you will experience the true freedom of which are father that dwells in heaven has for you and the spiritual blinders that this world has put on you will come off. These photos represent freedom in what God creates and symbolism of Freedom & Happiness in God.

Album Cover (Extra Credit)

Mobile Photo Award Inspiration

The Light Of God Shines

This photo was taken by mistake but great masterpieces come in the form of mistakes.This photo really represents my always so curious personality.Using the filters on my mother's phone i really enjoyed playing around with different effects.

My Rochester: Potrait

You Took The Pic

Adventure

Wolves

Adam & Eve

Side

Not An Animal

Smile

Ey Look A Human

Nature Of The Hidden Frog

In this project i illustrated the idea of portraits with animals ( not on purpose but eh here you go). Many of these animals God created and we as his ultimate creations never really get to appreciate them as fellow creations of God.These animals are so beautiful in there own way they have there own personality, some are serious and some are fun.I looked at these animals and think to myself wow this is amazing but sad because there caged for our own entertainment but besides the sad truth i took these photos with a mild sunny day, but it was tremendously cold. Most of these shots were took with cages in front of them so the rule of thirds wasn’t displayed at it’s best ability because i couldn't catch the animal at a good angle.I loved how i caught some of the texture of the body of these animals and the applied movement as well.These animals are beautiful and have so much purpose just as we do so let’s appreciate/love what God has made.

Street Photography

Mark 28 19-20

The Choice Is Your's

Light Through The Branches

Hands Of Steel, Oh and Gold

It was at that moment

Arresting Peace

43.4

Stop

Church Shoes

In this project I kind of took street photography to a new meaning in way it wasn’t really street photography in way it was more personal than that. Many of these photos have a deep conceptual meaning that I was trying to project toward various crowds of interest. In one photo I have a Bible and a PS3 controller it was entitled “The choice is yours” it basically means that do you choose the world over God or God over the world it’s really up to you. Some of these photos were really mistakes and ey I learned that mistakes can be the best art, this was really the case with a photo called 43.4 I was trying to get the camera up and it flashed rather quickly plus I wasn’t trying to get looked at by the driver while doing it as well but it made a great photo so. I love that this project really projected my love for photography and God that everything we do in him will always be successful/blessed beyond are wildest of imaginations.