Celebrating a Legacy

 

          

I had the opportunity to capture moments from the celebration of 60 years of marriage for the Scruggs family!  It was a privilege to have a hand in gathering memories for this landmark occasion.

No Picture Today

We are getting into a whole new rhythm here.  Senior picture season is gearing up as are weddings and elopements!  FUN!  Spring is full of change and excitement.
I came across a quote today while reading with my boys and thought it would be appropriate to share here in lieu of an image.

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account
of the present, but is a source of inspiration,
of vitality and hope where others have resigned;
it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the
future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

While we may never face the odds Dietrich Bonhoeffer did, those are great words to take us into the rebirth of spring.

Backyard Safari

 Well, Christmas has come and gone and the toys are getting well used over the break.  Uncle Fish and Aunt Chicken gave some ultra cool gifts to the offspring.  #3 has been wearing out the safari set and has travelled thousands of boyland miles with it.  I had to capture a few moments for posterity.  :)

Time for Understanding

I was going through old images today and came across this man I met in New Orleans. He had a bad leg and was in a desperate situation. I began talking with him and he looked at me and started explaining how his life started falling apart. He is a good man, but has lost hope. He told me"This is not me, I'm better than what you see." I believe this to be true about a lot of people we pass on the street. This time of the year is about the birth of Jesus Christ. So let's remember compassion.

Merry Christmas, Gary Yandell

Grease Wars

One of my favorite nephews wedding is coming up and all of his future in-laws are from up north. We thought it would be funny to expose them to a southern redneck family photo op. We run our truck on waste vegetable oil so we used that as our prop. We had a lot of fun, but it was cold.