Happy New Year!

01.01.08
I know this blog doesn't look any different than my previous photography blog but I just wanted a separate one for this upcoming season.

On thursday Jan 3rd I will be headed to Kona Hawaii to participate in an intensive 3 month photography course. (For more information click here.)

This school is run through YWAM (Youth with a Mission) which is an interdenominational Christian missions organization that was started in the 60's with the desire to see young people sent to the nations as missionaries. You might have heard about YWAM in the news recently with the shooting in Colorado, I was at that base in 2004 doing a school of worship, I did not know anyone involved. Here is an article that talks about the shooting and the organization.

I've been looking into this school ever since I started with YWAM in 2003. They only accept 16 people a year. Even though tomorrow will be my last day here in the continental US it still doesn't quite feel like a reality.

Along with updating this blog (how frequent I don't know, that will be based on how much free time I have) I will be sending out monthly e-mail updates. If you'd like to get those you can send me an e-mail to ywamjim@yahoo.com with "subscribe" in the title.

I've also committed to doing one self portrait a day for 2008 (it's a flickr thing) you can follow that here.

Here's to an awesome 2008.
jim baker

p.s if you leave a comment please leave your first and last name so I know who you are!

Sunday, January 6, 2008

01.06.08 - Bethany and Zade

What's up everyone? I'm safe in Hawaii... i went out today and shot (non assignment) an engagement shoot for a friend of mine that is here visiting her family and her fiance. Classes start tomorrow... so far we've done orientation and work duties. Our weekend work duty this weekend was cooking and cleaning up breakfast and dinner for about 400 people. :) So this one will be short, I'm pretty tired.

Onto the pics...

Zade and Bethany
Hawaii in Jan. :)
Which I had a wireless flash I could have lit them up better...

The ring

desat and contrast

b/w
(my personal favorite image from the shoot)


on the hammock

sitting at tables

Zade and Bethany!

Jim Baker

4 comments:

Cheryl said...

Especially loved the desat and contrast photo, both artistically and for the interaction of the couple.

Are you loving being in Hawaii?

said...

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I'M JEALOUS
everything is beautiful.

Sarah said...

alsdfhaskjlfhas its looks like gorgeous
hows it goin though?

bonnie said...

Glad to see you're diving right in with your camera and that you have set up a new site. I hope you have a lot of people to share your work duty with. Do you cook a good breakfast?