a new dream on true beauty.

i have a secret love.

i'm in love with photography. everything about it. i can scroll through photographs for endless hours. in fact, if i visit, the first thing i will look at will be the photos in your home.
i know that might sound a little creepy, but i love the way a camera can capture moments and hold them for ages.
might be why i love, love instagram. i'm slightly addicted to that thing.

the other day, my sister who equally loves photography, asked that we go on a no notice, right then and there photo shoot.
and although i was tired from the workday, i obliged because that's what big sisters do, right?
but i'm glad i did.

looking through the photos, my passion for photography grew a little bit, who am i kidding, a lot more. and i got to wondering, how many more girls out there need their beauty captured to be able to see and understand how truly beautiful they are?

we women get so self critical of ourselves each time we're in front of a mirror. hardly ever do we truly see what others get to see. especially someone else through the lens of a camera. i tell you it's like looking through another world.
we are beautiful, all of us. we were created with such detail from the texture of our hair, to the freckles on our skin. and that needs to be celebrated!

for a while now, my sisters and i have been praying over a girls conference where we can drive this message into their hearts and have them know jesus as their first love.
well, this might be the first step.
i want to get out there with my camera, which isn't a professional one at all, yet capture the beauty of these girls, all while sending them the message of a Man that loves them beyond their imagination and sees them as His beautiful daughters.

i'm pretty excited yall for what this new baby dream may turn into.

i feel like if the Lord places a dream on our heart, it's meant to be pursued all for His glory.
i'm thinking hashtags, motivational cards, heck even a small magazine where these girls and their stories could be featured! dream big or go home, right?

there's so much work that can still be done to spread the word of God into this new generation and i can't wait to see what this will bring.

now, to start up a magazine...

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photography + faith

so this weekend i played photographer.

my baby sister is graduating this year, so senior pictures were a must.

it's pretty ackward i must say, telling your sister whom you are goofy around 90% of the time, to pose a certain way without both of us busting out laughing before i shoot.

the night i worked on them, i couldn't help but smile and grow teary eyed.

her story is one for the books.

in a nutshell, imagine the coldest of hearts who wanted nothing to do with Jesus, transformed into a burning passion for Him.

i could write it all out. but it's not my story to tell.

it's hers. and one day when she musters up the courage, she will stand in front of thousands of girls struggling with the same, to tell of the One that has stolen her heart.

i couldn't imagine not standing beside her as she uses her hands every weekend to lift up glory to Him. the One who chiseled through the layers of ice that once were there and held it close to His to revive it and have every beat tell of His name.

linking up:

Home + Heart

photo crush.

one thing about me that you should know is i'm a sucker for pictures.
if i come over one day, one sure way to entertain me is with photo albums. maybe i'm nosy, but i love looking at other's snippets of life through photography. and photography itself it's such an art i'm obsessed with and the possibilities are endless in capturing what seems like  ordinary and transforming it into something beautiful.

sometimes i snap.

once upon a time around the myspace days, i discovered the world of photography through photobucket and tumblr and was instantly smitten.

soon after, all i would ever do was browse through hundreds of photos just awestruck at all the beautiful shots.