When I Grow Up I Want to Be a...

As a kid, there were so many things I wanted to be when I got older. Some of them are utterly ridiculous, and a lot of them I've experimented with only to later find that it was not my calling. Here's a small list (a.k.a. what I can remember) of some of the things I wanted to be when I grew up...

An Inventor- I wanted to be the crazy guy like Edison, or da Vinci, and create all this crazy stuff and do insane experiments, and have my contributions be something beneficial to society. To my memory, this was the first thing I ever wanted to become.

A Skater- After watching Mighty Ducks when I was seven, I wanted to learn how to skate. I've been through hockey, figure skating, and speed skating, and after ten odd years of training for it, it just wasn't for me.

An International Businessman- Upon entering college I entered school, I changed to International Business. My first year at AMI Revolution, God revealed to me how much I could do I followed this path.

Something something Advertising- My current pursuit. I really enjoy playing with the words and creating the pictures for the campaigns I get to work with.

A Lawyer- Something my parents want more than me. I could see myself doing it, but I'm really not sure how I feel about this yet. I guess it's something that definitely needs prayer.

While these things I listed are more of career pursuits, there are some other things that I've wanted to be...

A professional video gamer, an artists/designer for manga, pro chess player, musician, friend, husband, father, and *insert a bunch of random things to fill up this line*.

Today I add to my list... Passion inspired and now God driven... a photographer. While I have been playing around with cameras for a while, ( and while I am really still not that good at it) I really love photography and taking pictures. While I was killing time before going out to dinner with Marvel at Chima today, I was sitting around the bookstore and paging through photography magazines. I could not help but sit in awe, with my jaw dropped, as I saw all the amazing landscapes, and scenic views, that people have taken. The variety of colors and scenery that I got to look at was an amazing reminder of God's creation. It really made me want to travel, explore, and capture these things. To be able to show people scenes of God's creation and the beauty surrounding them throughout the world, seems like such an exciting thing. I really hope I get a chance to do this and continue to improve at it :)

Here's something I took when I was still using my D60 and an 18-55 VR AF-S lens. I love the smile on this boy's face as he's jumping up and trying to get the hula hoop over the tower of buckets. Also the contrast of the basketball court and the shadows on it is really nice :D