Street Musician

"A painter paints pictures on a canvas.

But musicians paint their pictures on silence."

~Leopold Stokowski

I took this picture in Downtown Dallas

almost a year ago. I'll never forget going up to this really nice

man. I was wandering around the West End with some friends looking for good pictures. 

Then, I heard the music and took off! When I got to the man, he was putting

his saxophone up. I offered him some money to re-assemble it

and play for us. 

As he was pulling it out, something fell down into the instrument!

We stood there for quite a while as he dug around in it, trying to get out whatever

had fallen in. We were nearing the end of the allotted 

time for our shoot, so I asked the man 

to go ahead and pose for the picture. The poor man. I think 

he was a little embarrassed. 

So, I'll let you in on a secret: he's not playing in this picture. 

He's just posing. :) But don't tell anybody!!! ;)

Every time I come into contact with someone

on the street like that, I can't help but wonder about their stories.

This sweet man is probably a grandfather. He may have

been a business man. Maybe he has 

traveled the world!

I will let you in on a dream of mine. I would love to visit people like this man

and listen to their stories and take pictures of them, and then

post them here. What do you think?

Is that something that would interest you?

This weekend, I'm heading to Chicago!!!

I will probably be there until

Christmas. So, I'm hoping to get some pictures of

the big city!

LIVE. LOVE. LAUGH. CAPTURE IT!

~Bethany Truth

Wet Fun (Root Beer Included) :)

Thursday was my little sister's birthday.

To celebrate, we had cake in the morning (a family tradition), 

we had a tea party and lunch on the dock with a cousin, then in the afternoon/evening

we went to the pool.

So, here are just a few

pictures from the pool.

The birthday girl. . . . .

Totally random, I know. But y'all

know how much I like randomness, and ROOT BEER!

Others enjoying the pool. . . . .

Y'all are probably wondering why

I haven't posted any "real" shoots lately, why it's all been personal. Well, it's kind of a long story. 

You see, I was starting to get shoots rolling for the spring/summer season, then I decided 

to go to Chicago for the summer,

so I told everybody that I was leaving within the next week or two.

Wellllllll, that was a few months ago.

For some reason, I haven't gotten up there yet!

All that to say, if you haven't 

contacted me about doing your pictures

because you thought that I was in Chicago,

I do have some weekends available!

So, contact me 

so that we can get a shoot set up!

LIVE. LOVE. LAUGH. CAPTURE IT!

~Bethany Truth

New "Portraits" Page!

Hey y'all, check out my new

"Portraits" page right above! And, keep an eye

out for a blog post coming soon!

LIVE. LOVE. LAUGH. CAPTURE IT!

~Bethany Truth

Dates With God | Personal

Isaiah 26:3 - You keep him in perfect

peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he

trusts in you.

It is very difficult for 

me to concentrate when I'm reading the Bible. Sometimes 

I find myself reading backwards. I'll read something that sticks out to me,

then I realize that I had been thinking about other

things the whole time. So, I read the verse before it, then the one

before that, and before I know it,

I'm reading the whole chapter

backwards! You know what I mean?

Or while I'm praying for someone, I remember that

that person's father got a new car. Then, I remember the guy telling

him that he needed to replace a part on the car, then I 

remember the van needs a car-wash.

Then I remember the dog playing in the water last time 

we washed the car, and oh!, speaking of, the dog needs its

heartworm medicine! And then

I look down at the Bible in my lap and

remember I'm praying!

Ever happen to you?

In that verse, it seems that

those three things work together - perfect peace, 

the mind resting in God (literally), 

and trusting in God. 

(This verse is very interesting to study, by the way.)

So, I did a self-evaluation, and it was

true that I was not completely

trusting God, I was not at perfect peace,

and I definitely could not

keep my mind on God for an extended

period of time! I was excited to find the reason for not

being able to focus, but humbled by the fact that I did not trust

God like I thought I did, and I was not as at peace

like I thought I was. (I realized this

when God sent a trial. You know, those 

trials that are more often reminders

to trust God than anything?)

I purposed to work

on trusting God, and I asked Him to give me

the grace to trust Him. He has been faithful in bringing about

peace, and He has given me extra

grace to keep my mind on Him during these

dates, and all day long.

I am learning the importance of

having these dates in the morning. It sets the day off right.

Not to mention, my mind is clearer and better 

able to concentrate early.

I challenge you, if you could relate to any

of this, to examine and ask yourself, "Am I fully trusting

God? Am I at perfect peace? Does my

mind stay on God?"

LIVE. LOVE. LAUGH. CAPTURE IT!
~Bethany Truth