Nature

I am blessed with the dear friendship of Bryan and Kathryn Kuranaga, and it was a great joy to celebrate their beautiful wedding day. May they have many more sweet days ahead and the best is yet to come!

Thank you to Mary Massie for assisting with photos for the wedding and you can see more pictures on her blog at http://beautyheldcaptive.blogspot.com/

Enjoy the photos below and enjoy the video from the big day courtesy of Ryan McDuff at http://mcduffproductions.com/

Bryan & Kathryn Wedding Short from ryan mcduff on Vimeo.

It was a beautiful day!

Thank you to Mary Massie for assisting with photography for the wedding, and for Ryan McDuff for his wonderful video skills to capture the day.

The wedding was at Grace Evangelical Free Church in La Mirada and the reception was at the La Mirada Country Club.

The best is yet to come!

I had a really fun time with Bryan Kuranaga and Kathryn Heberling during their engagement photo session at the Fullerton Arboretum. This was truly a beautiful day with a beautiful couple. Many blessings on their engagement and marriage.

Photo from the Whitney Portal above Lone Pine.

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The sky opened up on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon to reveal rays of light from the sun.

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Hills in the Grapevine area off the 5 freeway in California.

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Farm off the 180 on the way to the Sequoias.

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This shot was taken from the Alabama Hills overlooking the Owens Valley and the White Mountains.

This was my first nature shooting expedition with my new Canon 50D using a Sigma fisheye 17mm film lens.

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The roses continue to bloom on Easter Sunday.

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.” So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb. The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first; and stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in. And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb; and she *saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying. And they *said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She *said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.” When she had said this, she turned around and *saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus *said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing Him to be the gardener, she *said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.” Jesus *said to her, “Mary!” She turned and *said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher). Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene *came, announcing to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that He had said these things to her.
John 20 nasb

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A green fern in my garden Arabella after a rainy day. View on flickr and download here.

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Psalm 19 ESV

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Pink Rose, originally uploaded by bpbp Brian Petersen.