by Dawn Camp | Oct 31, 2014 | 31 Days of Daily Grace, photography, wallpaper
My husband and I visited a winery and vineyard on our anniversary and thankfully we found a few clumps of grapes still on the vine. Although it wasn’t the best time of day, photographically speaking, I was able to crouch down and get some backlit images....
by Dawn Camp | Oct 30, 2014 | 31 Days of Daily Grace
We all have gifts. Some naturally sing, write, run, cook, or throw better than others. But no matter the amount of talent, there’s a level of performance you won’t exceed without practice. Today’s daily grace uses an alternate definition of the word:...
by Dawn Camp | Oct 29, 2014 | 31 Days of Daily Grace
Hospitality was the overriding theme of last week’s Allume conference: both hospitality in your home and on your blog. But the final night I received a visible lesson in where its home truly lies: in your heart. One of the attendees, Amanda, planned an...
by Dawn Camp | Oct 28, 2014 | 31 Days of Daily Grace, Family
My sister asked me to photograph her wedding just two months after I got my first DSLR. Boy, was I nervous. I carried Scott Kelby’s digital photography books in my camera bag and read them every spare moment; drove to Nashville to attend a NAPP (now KelbyOne)...
by Dawn Camp | Oct 27, 2014 | (in)courage, 31 Days of Daily Grace
“No one wants to talk about God,” he says, and something in my heart breaks both for him and the world into which he was born. In a culture obsessed with knowing the latest celebrity gossip, taking the perfect selfie, and living in the moment instead of for the...
by Dawn Camp | Oct 20, 2014 | 31 Days of Daily Grace, a day in the life, marriage
It wasn’t my intention to start a 31 days series and let it fizzle after 10, but keeping up with that schedule showed me what I’d otherwise missed: I’m burned out right now—physically and mentally—and the late nights spent writing made it worse. I...