A quick update

A quick update. Sales... enough said.I was contract to do my first engagement photo-shoot. I learned a lot about the whole process. Next time I am definitely going to have specific places and posses in mind before I go shot.

 

The Yawning Lion Wax Seal Promotion!

I've finally finished carving the yawning lion wax seal, so I'm doing a special promotion! Any one that donates any amount will get a hand written note from me with a seal on the letter from me! Or if you just want to write me a letter I will write you back sealed and signed!

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To just write me you can send me a letter to:
Taylor Phillips
10 Perimeter Park Dr. APT 364
Atlanta, GA 30341

Atlanta's Heat

The heat and the long hours are starting to get to me a bit. I am also about to go crazy not having my own car and not being able to go do what I want to do. I think that by my next paycheck I'll get a car.

 

 

Lost Photos

 During my travels in Taiwan I tried to shoot only in RAW for a moment only to discover that the current soft ware that I had didn't process RAW image format. So for months these photos have collected dust in the vast database of my hard-drive. I hope you enjoy these as much as I have.

GaoMei Wet Lands

Neon fishing net buried in the sand after a wet season

Texture of the Sand

Dress shoes are my adventure shoes

Barnacles hitching a ride on a fishing post

Learning to fly

Taoist temple flag

Taoist Temple Carving

Prayer sticks - You pay money to write your prayer on the stick.

Down Town Blue Lights

I finally got to go down town and shoot some of the people of the city. With-in 10 minutes of being in down town I was offered "good weed" by a guy that got obnoxiously close to me before he whispered his offer. It shocked me so much that he had to repeat himself 3 times before the reality of what he was offering to me kicked in. Later I was also offered pirated HD copies of every movie that was in theaters currently at this hole in the wall pizza restaurant that was AMAZING! (the food)  I started to make the connection that if you wanted anything of the shady nature you could get it in Atlanta and no one would even blink twice ( I am not in Utah any more).

I also recently acquired a new set of light reflectors that I am really excited to have. As we were walking around the city we found a pool that was full of blue lights, so I whipped out the reflector and went to town. 

In thought of mothers day. I've been thinking about this a lot of late and that is anything that I still consider useful knowledge I ultimately learned from my Mother. How to keep a clean house, build a basement, install tile, build a deck, tie my shoes, press a shirt, cook food, fold sheets with kissy sound effects, to be a man, to never give up, to create new ideas, and the list goes on. I owe all of this to my Mother.

 

 

 Thank you Mom!

Off Again - part ii

After 32 hours on the road from Colorado to Atlanta Georgia I made it safe and sound to my new apartment. I have 13 of the best co-workers and roommates: they are either return missionaries or getting ready to go a mission. It's empowering to be with a group of really good guys that are all striving to serve God. It has been a long time since I've knelt down with a circle of men and felt the power of the priesthood so strongly as we prayed for one others safety during our trip. Then to kneel in prayer again when we had car troubles relying on God's strength to help us solve our problems. I haven't prayed this much for such little things since my mission. It has been a humbling experience and reminder that I need to rely on God, to seek His help, and to remember Him through out my day. As I continue to watch the examples of all of my roommates as they kneel again in prayer every morning and night  making God an important part of their lives it has inspired me to allow God in my life more fully. I am so grateful to be where I am right now and to realize how much God is placing the people in my path that he has and is guiding me to where I need to go.

Off Again - part 1

Surprise! I'm going to Georgia!  My life is starting to feel like the Dr. Seuss book  Oh The Places You'll Go. I got a summer job in Georgia with Alterra out of the blue and now I'm on a 3 day road-trip with twelve return missionaries traveling cross country. Life takes so many twists, turns, and unexpected ups and downs. I guess the two things I still need to learn are: to be elastic and to prepare to be surprised.

 

 

 

Oh! The Places You’ll Go!

by Dr. Seuss

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know. 

And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.
You'll look up and down streets. Look'em over with care.
About some you will say, “I don't choose to go there.”
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down a not-so-good street.
And you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that
case, of course, you'll head straight out of town. It's
opener there in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen and frequently do to people
as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't
stew. Just go right along. You'll start happening too.
Oh! The Places You'll Go!