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Love,
Vicky
Archive for October, 2008
Encouraging Note from “My Worship Revolution”.com!
Friday, October 31st, 2008Some Video Stuff….
Thursday, October 30th, 2008It’s been too long since I posted some video on here… I promise to shoot a few new video-blogs soon..especially during my forthcoming ENGLAND trip next week!
The video above was during the Canada tour. The girl to my left, wearing the scarf, came up to me as we were packing away our guitars and amps and said “I’m sad you didn’t sing your song Above All Else!”. So as there was a piano on stage, I said “why don’t I sing it for you now?!” She’s a vocalist at her church, so we did a duet and a friend of hers videod it…so here it is!
I’m also really encouraged to know people are using my songs across the globe. It always surprises me (!) but it’s good to know they are helping people connect with Jesus. Here are a few covers…
Thanks for using my songs…and for your encouraging feedack about them. I’m writing for a new album right now…so it’s always cool to go through the archives and see that the oldies are being used. Inspires me to write more… hoping that they’ll all be of use to people, in helping them connect with jesus.
Peace,
Vicky
Learning To Take Photographs…
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Hey Blog crew!
How’s your week going?
Well… I am getting into a new hobby…. learning how to take photos! I’m pretty stoked about it… so I’m in the process of getting a better camera and wanting to learn Photoshop too…fun times.
Here are a few pics I took in Canada using my cheap point and shoot. I’m trying to figure out what makes a good angle, and what makes good lighting…
As you can see I have LOTS to learn, but I thought I’d share a few pics of “before” I get the good camera and learn some editing tricks… then I’ll post some “after” shots in a week or two, and hopefully you’ll see some progress in my skills!
Thanks to Daley for not minding me snapping pics while he played this grand piano in Victoria BC, Canada… These shots remind me of what a fun tour we all had out there.
In half an hour I fly to Ohio to lead worship at a girl’s conference. I’m traveling all day – leaving San Diego at 10.40am and landing into OH at 8.30pm so I’ll have lots of time to read, pray and think. I love days like this – wide open for contemplation, soaring miles above the earth on a plane….
Anyway, back to photography, I think I’m excited about the concept of it because ‘a picture says more than a thousand words’ (or whatever that old saying is!) I see so many things during my travels, and I’d love to be able to document them. Especially when I travel to the third world and see a lot of challenging sights, like I have in Africa, Mexico and Peru… I wish I’d been able to snap them and keep them to show others.
So partly it feels like a fun new past-time, and partly it feels like a responsibility – that because I get to travel and get to see so much, I have a responsibility to learn how to capture those experiences and share them with others.
Here’s one more shot I took… trying to get a cool reflection…
Anyway, that’s enough from me rambling about my new photography hobby!
Anyone else got any interesting hobbies? I know there are other photographers out there…. Any bungee jumpers, or videographers or surfers or knitters??! Tell us about what you do to relax….
Love,
Vicky
Final Day of the Canada Tour…
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Hey there!
So the Canada tour is almost done…. backstage getting ready for the final show of the tour… I’m happy and sad…. happy to go home to California and see the ocean, but sad to leave these amazing folks who have become family over the past 15 days…
Here are a few happy memories!
The Bluetree guys signed my forehead…. agghhhh!
Flying home tomorrow……
Vicky : )
Canadian Greetings!
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Hey there!
So we’ve seen many cities and provinces in the past week….. Newfoundland, Monkton, Montreal, Toronto and now Winnipeg…. what a huge and beautiful nation.
Got to sleep…. 7am wake up call tomorrow for a flight… but I wanted to say a quick hello!
Here are a couple of other shots from the past few days shows…
Question for you, as I’ve missed our debates recently!….
I’m challenged by the justice message of this tour….challenged to rethink what it really means to live out the gospel and to take Jesus at His word about loving the world…..
So although theological education is really great and important, do you ever feel like we just need to start living out the basics that we already know? ..
I feel like sometimes we get bogged down trying to broaden our knowledge of what the Bible means when if we just lived out Jesus most basic teachings, we would have enough to keep us busy for a lifetime!
I’ve spent years studying Greek, Hebrew and hermeneutics, yet I know people who live out the basic commands of Jesus, and seem to look a whole lot more Him than I do…
Just a thought… anyone got anything to throw into the conversation?
Love and peace,
Vicky
Ps. Big congratulations to my friends Brian Wurzell and Promise Tangeman – both great bloggers! – who just got engaged! Congrats guys – you make an amazing team and are inspiring to me : )
Hello from the Canada Tour!
Monday, October 13th, 2008Hello, or should I say “Bonjour!” from french-canadian Montreal in the region of Quebec, Canada!
The concerts with Bluetree and speaker Phil Cann. Some amazing times of God’s presence!
Daley Hake, who shot the new header photo for my blog & myspace banner, is playing guitar here for the tour. He’s also snapping a few shots during each day too… so here are the pictures he shot today. They are awesome!
Here are me, Montreal and drummer Brandon….
And now for my cheap and nasty shots!…
Ok, gotta sleep!
night!
vicky
Photos from Foster City, California
Sunday, October 12th, 2008Hey friends!
Just got some photos from two weekends ago in Foster City CA, so here they are!
Thanks to “Meyer Photography” for the shots….
Vicky
Two Things That Inspired Me Today
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Two things really inspired me today… so I thought I’d share them both!
I’m packing my cases for Canada here in my apartment, but wanted to blog quickly in between changing guitars strings and figuring out how many teeshirts I need to take for 2 weeks!
The first thing that inspired me today was seeing a totally awesome car…I love old cars… I’d love to own something like this, or maybe an old VW camper van someday… they always make me smile as they look like they have stories to tell from all their travels!
So there are my iPhone shots of the car… You may think I’m crazy if you don’t find that car at all cool… so no worries! : )
This was the second thing that inspired me today… I read a quote by St Francis of Sales:
“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying
To run by running, to work by working
And just so, you learn to love by loving
Begin as a mere apprentice
And the very power of love
Will lead you to become a master of the art”
Pretty cool eh?!
What’s been inspiring you lately?
Love,
Vicky
Canada Tour Starts!
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Hey friends,
Later this week I fky out to Canada and start a 2 week tour with band “Bluetree” and the campaign “Just Add Water” who are bringing clean water to the third world. If you live in or near Canada, come along!
And if you don’t know who Blutree are, check them out here…
You will probably know their great song “God Of This City”..I love that tune!
Photoshoot With Daley Hake!
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Hi guys!
Hope you’re having a great week. I spent a brilliant day today doing a photoshoot with Daley Hake. If you haven’t seen his pictures before, check out www.daleyhake.com.
Daley lives up near LA so he headed down to San Diego for the day, and we shot a bunch of photos down in super vibey area of SD called the “Gas Lamp District”. We shot in a parking lot, infront of a bunch of cool walls, in an elevator, overlooking the ocean… I’m amazed how Daley’s eyes can see exactly which light, background and camera lens is needed at which moment. I watched all day and learned a lot! I’m now watching him edit in Photoshop, and learning yet more!
Check out these shots…..
This was down by the San Diego harbor… it took a ton of tries to get one where my hair wasn’t crazy in the wind!
Me and Daley goofing around with our Zoolander ‘photoshoot faces’! I usually get nervous about pictures and feel really awkward..but he made me laugh and totally set me at ease!
So I’m feeling pretty inspired about photos and thinking of maybe getting a camera and learning a few things about taking shots of people… Any of you guys into cameras? Any advice on what I should get?
Vicky
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