Thursday, May 24, 2007
Oh no! Half black pictures! What's wrong with my camera?! It was the second day of my vacation, and I think I was too much in shock to panic properly, though my family could testify that I was not totally serene. Experimenting with different lenses, memory cards, and batteries did not help. "Camera crisis" calls to photographer friends did not help either.
My nightmare was coming true! A couple of months earlier I had had vivid dream of my camera breaking leaving all my new lenses worthless. A week after the dream a little boy stepped on my bag and cracked the back housing. Now on my vacation it was taking half black pictures. A new fad? I think not!
But the situation caused me to evaluate my motives for photography and the priority it had taken in my life. In the end I realized I needed to refocus on my true goal--as a Christian and a photographer--to glorify God. I cannot say I have stayed true to the goal though this is just weeks away. I have already struggled and failed too many times to my shame. And yet God has continued to bless me. Today I received my new Canon 30D, but that's another story.
Labels: Living for God, Photography, Vacations
