Consider the Lillies

These pictures are a couple of months old, and I just remembered about them! These beautiful flowers make me thing of this verse,

Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
Luke 12:27

Ah! I love that verse! It's so wonderful!

I needed to clean my lens :)

Oh and did I mention 2 days till Christmas! How exciting!! This shall be our first Christmas to celebrate in Uganda :)

11/11/11!

Yesterday was 11/11/11!! Woohoo! Sad thing is though that I forgot to make a wish :( But it was still fun! We didn't do anything exciting except for cheering when Benji's watch went to 11:11:11 :D It was WONDERFUL!

The Mary Engelbreit daily calender :)


11-11-11 11:11:11!!

How was your 11-11-11??

Day 7, 8 & 9

Day 7 || Fruit
Yummy pineapple fanta! Now yes we do eat fruit, but of course the one time I needed a picture of it was the one time we didn't have it in the house :(

Day 8 || A Bad Habit
I have a bad habit of getting angry fast and not stopping and listening.

Be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to grow angry.
James 1:19

Day 9 || Someone You Love
I love EVERYONE in my family very dearly! So taking a picture of someone (not someones you love) was a hard task. But I ADORE this picture of Annie! She is going through this phase where she loves 'The Little House on the Prairie' books <3

Day 5 || From a High Angle

Kingy came to our home today running a high fever, so we laid him down, put a cold rag on his head, and turned on Baby Einstein (his favorite movie).

MMPC || Anything Finalist

Wow! Last week I got some BEAUTIFUL entries! Picking the finalists was a bit of a challenge. But with my mommy's help we have picked the top 5 :D
But before I announce them I want to let everyone know that I only have ONE entry for this weeks challenge!
So be sure to check it out :)
The theme is Inspired by a Book or Movie.
You can enter HERE
Thanks so much!

Now for the finalists :D

Carli
This is wonderful! I love the focus, and the fact that the plant is growing out of the concrete ;)

Erin
This is really awesome! Now i'm not the biggest fan of bees but i still think it's beautiful! I love the pop of purple and yellow :)

Rebecca
I really like this! I love how the sun flare streaks itself across the picture :)

Adeline
I love this! I love the close up angle and the bright pink :)

Sharla
This is BEAUTIFUL! I love the sun in the water drop and the focus! So pretty!


Thanks everyone for the awesome entries! Finalists you can get your buttons here

And don't forget to enter in this weeks challenge

Day 1 || Self Portrait

I have decided to start doing a 30 day challenge :) So I went on Pinterest and searched '30 Day Photo Challenge' And this is the one that I found :)

Day 1 Self Portrait | Day 2 What I Wore | Day 3 Clouds | Day 4 Something Green | Day 5 From a High Angle | Day 6 From a Low Angle | Day 7 Fruit | Day 8 A Bad Habit | Day 9 Someone You Love | Day 10 A Childhood Memory | Day 11 Something Blue | Day 12 Sunset | Day 13 Yourself in 13 Things | Day 14 Eyes | Day 15 Silhouette | Day 16 Long Exposure | Day 17 Technology | Day 18 Your Shoes | Day 19 Something Orange | Day 20 Bokeh | Day 21 Faceless Self Portrait | Day 22 Hands | Day 23 Sunflare | Day 24 Animal | Day 25 Something Pink | Day 26 Close Up | Day 27 From a Distance | Day 28 Flowers
Day 29 Black and White | Day 30 Self Portrait

So Day 1 is Self Portrait!

MMPC || Self Portrait

Hello everyone :)

Hope you guys had a good weekend! My weekend has been..catching up on school, reading, and..yup that's pretty much it! Oh and we went our friends house on Saturday :D
So the theme this week is..

SELF PORTRAIT!
Yes, that means a picture of YOU :)

As a photographer I know that I barely have any pictures of myself, so finding a decent picture of me was definitely a mission! But here is my entry-

This is picture of me and Kingy (who is like one of the coolest little kids ever!)

Rules

-One photo per person please.

-You can link up using your blog or flicker, or anything else.

-The photo needs to be taken by you, and you only.

-All photos need to be appropriate.

-You need to link up to the direct post/photo.

-If there is more then one picture in your post, please specify which photo you are entering.

-Please comment on at least 3 other entries.

-Each photo needs to be linked back to Captured Moments photography or has to have the button in the post.

-Entries need to be linked up by Saturday night.

-If it's still Saturday there and you'd like to enter and the linky thing is closed, email me your entries at sillajophotography@gmail.com
-Since we have limited internet, if you're going to email me your entry please re-size you picture to LESS the 500kb! Thanks so much :)

Here is the button :)

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Friday Foto Edits

This week i've decided to enter Kelly-Marie's Friday Foto Edits challenge!

So here is my before and after :)


BEFORE-



AFTER-

All I did for this picture was use Presets Heaven's B&W beach preset and I turned the exposure down a little bit :)

This picture was taken while we were in Jinja! Our hotel was RIGHT on the Nile! It was SO beautiful! And the restaurant at the hotel was wonderful! We had a beautiful view and it was open air! It was really pretty :)
I'll post more Jinja pictures next week after my blog changes ;)

5 MORE DAYS TILL CAPTURED MOMENTS CHANGES!!

Capture Gratitude 1-5

Every week Mandie posts her Capture Gratitude list. Last week my mom and I decided to begin capturing gratitude. It really makes you look and be thankful for the little things!

For those of you who know, our water has been out for a month. So my dad called the water company and they said that they aren't going to fix the water until the road is fixed next to our home. Now 3 weeks ago a bulldozer came tearing through the road next to our house, it took down trees and totally destroyed the road next to our home, and apparently they broke a water pipe..so until the road is fixed we aren't going to have any water...and from what we've heard, that could be in 2 months OR MORE!
So when my mom and I decided to do capture gratitude, it was really hard for me to be thankful for anything..but i learned that having you water out isn't THAT bad! I mean I wouldn't choose for it to happen, but if it happens i can live with it! I prayed that God would help me keep my eyes open, and look for things to be thankful for.

#1
Rain to fill up our jerry cans!

#2
Our cat sleeping in a funny position :)

#3
Bibles in Luganda to give to Mama Benna <3

#4
Playing in the rain

#5
Fun (FREE) crafts!


Be sure to check out Mandie's capture gratitude!

{A Photo} Challenge || Black and White

Here's my entry for black and white :)

I took this picture yesterday when God blessed us with rain!! I'll post more pictures later!

Macro Monday || Close Up

Here is my entry for Macro Monday!

Ferb slept ALL day today! And now is is 6:30pm and he won't sit still! Right now he is attacking my camera...he's very curious, and a little rebel. But he also has a soft side. He can't go to sleep unless he is lying against something or someone, and whenever he is doing something he knows he shouldn't do, he stops and gives you this 'i wasn't doing anything' meow..But i love him <3

Pupsqueak || Simple

Here is my entry for Pupsqueak's photo challenge 'simple'!

This picture is of 2 fishermen on Lake Victoria :)

MMPC || People WINNER!

Hey Everyone!!

Sorry that i'm SO late on posting this! But i've not been feeling good the past couple of days. No more stomach bug!!! So that's good :D But i've had a chest cold. But i'm feeling much better! So thank you for all the prayers <3

Oh and we still have no running water :(

So at long last the winner of last weeks challenge (people) is...

Mercy!!

Congrats! This picture is wonderful! I love the black and white and she is so beautiful! Great job :D

You can get your button here!

Lately i've been...

That past few weeks have been slow...but we have an exciting week ahead of us!! We are going to a friend's baptism tomorrow (over in Entebbe, at Lake Victoria!). Then we're taking a trip up north to Gulu!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!

But lately i've been..

Doing school (blah), blogging & editing pictures, drawing & writing :D, and reading Red Bird by Stephanie Grace Whitson , the final book of the Prairie Winds series...i'm going to be so sad once they're over :(

I've just finished reading Soaring Eagle the 2nd book in Prairie Winds! It's my favorite book so far in the series! I definitely recommend reading this series! They are wonderful Christian books :)

Please pray that we have a safe trip to Entebbe tomorrow, and a safe trip to Gulu on Tuesday :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!