My Father-in-law and his good friend Tom head up a prayer meeting on Union Hill, just outside of Seattle. They let me take a few portraits of them when we were visiting earlier this month.

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2009 has ended in a flurry of wintry cold. Looking ahead to 2010 I have set myself quite a few goals both in my photography and my personal life. I don’t like to think of them as “resolutions” per se because that can leave things ambiguous and I know from personal experience when my goals are vague they don’t get accomplished. I am keeping my goals measurable (as much as possible) so I can plan the steps to their accomplishment and I am able to evaluate myself as I go on a pass/fail grade.

What are my long term goals?

What can I do in 2010 to accomplish them?

What can I do in January to work toward success?

How about today?

One of my goals for this year is that I intend to make my blog a little more personal and to shoot/blog on a weekly basis at least. To that end I took a walk last night around sunset with nothing but my Lensbaby. We are visiting Jennifer’s parents in Seattle this week and it is beautiful here.

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