by Dona Hake
In this age of digital shooting I hear many say they just shoot on their automatic setting. In other words they just let the camera figure it out the settings. I learned a valuable lesson from a photographer that I had the opportunity to work with. One day he said to me, “Dona, you need to shoot manually. It is what creativity is all about with photography.” My response, “Wow! that is too scary to me! What if I miss a good shot because I did not figure out settings correctly?” His response, “Dona, it is more scary to me to shoot on automatic for I know I am not getting the best shot I can get.” From that day forward I have been shooting manually almost 99% of the time.
I embrace the opinion that photography is all about understanding light. How much or how little you need. It has to be perfect. So it is when we encounter situations in this life. We need to have God’s perfect light at work for us in everything we do! First you need to know what kind of outcome you desire and you need to know what to do to make it happen. Along with our desires we need to desire to understand how to get to where we are going. God knows what we need, and His Word has every answer for anything we face. He knows the light we need to bring us the proper understanding in a situation. Thank God that if we do mess up, we can start over with His help and reach for His light. God is the God of ultimate light that can illuminate anything we need in our life.
Psalm 18:28
“For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my
God will enlighten my darkness.”
I am ever so thankful that God is a God of all light. There is nothing I face that He cannot go before me and show me the way and instruct me how to get there safely. Today I praise Him for being a God of perfect light!