Source*Note: This past weekend, we attended my parents church instead of our regular service. I thought I’d share the lesson from the service we attended, but it is a little different than the series I’ve been following at my church. I may pick up my own church’s lesson later this week and share.*Do you remember this (picture to the right)? That’s right, the “rapture” and “judgment day” was said to happen on May 21, 2011 at 6 pm. Obviously, that day has come and gone…and we’re all here, but those responsible for this message (namely,...

Last week, I shared more photos of Casey from our impromptu portrait session at Duke Gardens. She assures me that she’s got beautiful pictures of me to share soon…so just stay tuned. As it turns out, I found a few shots of me taken by Casey on MY camera…so I thought I’d share the anatomy of a portrait edit.On the far left (above), you see the Straight Out of the Camera (SOOC) shot. Casey is unfamiliar with my camera’s settings, so…I set up the shot and got into place. Also, since I shoot RAW, all of my photos appear a little dull SOOC…thus the reason...