Playing with Lights and Colours
(Canon 5D with EF 24-105mm f/4.5 L Lens)
I took the above photos at The Central Shopping Centre along Clarke Quay this evening. I was playing with my new camera and lens while waiting to meet a friend (whom I have not met since Pre-University days) for dinner. I did not plan this but as I was walking along the Singapore River, I chanced upon the cylindrical designs of a shop and decided to play with the repetitive patterns using my camera, the existing light and backdrops. Well, it was fun as I took several shots.
There were people walking past me and I think they might be wondering to themselves how come this photographer is so vain to take reflections of himself. Well, I thickened my skin and just went on with my photography session. Haha.
Anyway, I am very pleased with my new equipment and I have also learnt to appreciate the quality of the new premium lenses that I have acquired. It took me several years to decide on buying these lenses. Now that I know I am serious about this hobby, it is time to invest in them. I pray the Lord will constantly remind me to use these that He has given me as a ministry tool to the church and friends who need my services.
Early this morning before I started work, I spent about two hours worshipping the Lord -singing praises, reading His Word and also praying. I was seeking Him as to what songs to sing for this Sunday's 11:15am service which I am leading. The 120 minutes of communion with my God Almighty were refreshing and the list of choruses was drafted and confirmed.
The sermon title for this Sunday is "Compassion for the Lost." I was also reading the theme passage taken from Mark 6:32-44. My heart was deeply moved to see how Jesus showed compassion to those who were there listening to Him and how He fed the 5000 though it seemed impossible to the disciples to feed so many mouths.
One thing I learnt from the above-mentioned - showing compassion to others sometimes means having to go beyond our means to help them. Many times, I feel, Christians calculate what they have and can give in order to show compassion to those who are in need or lost. That is not compassion. That is selfishness!
I pray the Lord will continue to convict me as I ponder further on this. I hope I will be able to grasp the true meaning of this word "Compassion" and may I follow the footsteps of the Person who epitomises it!
Though the past two days have been busy for me, I am thankful to God for having pulled me through thus far. I was so busy yesterday rushing through some assignments that I did not even have time to blog. I slept early and like a log till this morning.
Three more days of busyness and I should be able to breathe better after that. :)
"So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. "This is a remote place," they said, "and it's already very late. Send the people away so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat." But he answered, "You give them something to eat." They said to him, "That would take eight months of a man's wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?" "How many loaves do you have?" he asked. "Go and see." When they found out, they said, "Five—and two fish." Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand." Mark 6:32-44
There were people walking past me and I think they might be wondering to themselves how come this photographer is so vain to take reflections of himself. Well, I thickened my skin and just went on with my photography session. Haha.
Anyway, I am very pleased with my new equipment and I have also learnt to appreciate the quality of the new premium lenses that I have acquired. It took me several years to decide on buying these lenses. Now that I know I am serious about this hobby, it is time to invest in them. I pray the Lord will constantly remind me to use these that He has given me as a ministry tool to the church and friends who need my services.
Early this morning before I started work, I spent about two hours worshipping the Lord -singing praises, reading His Word and also praying. I was seeking Him as to what songs to sing for this Sunday's 11:15am service which I am leading. The 120 minutes of communion with my God Almighty were refreshing and the list of choruses was drafted and confirmed.
The sermon title for this Sunday is "Compassion for the Lost." I was also reading the theme passage taken from Mark 6:32-44. My heart was deeply moved to see how Jesus showed compassion to those who were there listening to Him and how He fed the 5000 though it seemed impossible to the disciples to feed so many mouths.
One thing I learnt from the above-mentioned - showing compassion to others sometimes means having to go beyond our means to help them. Many times, I feel, Christians calculate what they have and can give in order to show compassion to those who are in need or lost. That is not compassion. That is selfishness!
I pray the Lord will continue to convict me as I ponder further on this. I hope I will be able to grasp the true meaning of this word "Compassion" and may I follow the footsteps of the Person who epitomises it!
Though the past two days have been busy for me, I am thankful to God for having pulled me through thus far. I was so busy yesterday rushing through some assignments that I did not even have time to blog. I slept early and like a log till this morning.
Three more days of busyness and I should be able to breathe better after that. :)
"So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. "This is a remote place," they said, "and it's already very late. Send the people away so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat." But he answered, "You give them something to eat." They said to him, "That would take eight months of a man's wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?" "How many loaves do you have?" he asked. "Go and see." When they found out, they said, "Five—and two fish." Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand." Mark 6:32-44
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