Softball season has begun

Once upon a time, in a softball field far far away (actually not that far away), lived a man in a beater shirt. He hit the ball.

The ball went over a couple people’s heads and then, whoever went to get it fumbled around with it for a while, causing a grand slam to result.

Celebration ensued.

The fans went crazy…

…except the girl on the left who doesn’t seem to be too super duper excited.

Then some other random stuff happened, people walked around, words were spoken, and a few guys made some faces.

The end.

~ Jon

The mixed bag life

Life is exciting. My life has always been changing. Every year of college has been totally different. Different environments, activities, friend groups, things I emphasized, and so on. This year might be the most different. My outlook on life has changed so much these past few years.

I’m just holding on and trying to make the most of each day.

Hopefully these posts will start being less random and have more of a concise idea, but for now, here are some of the things that I’ve come across:

~ Jon

Lights, rocks, and walls

Shot some rock climbing last night. Despite the batteries dying, the hot conditions, the light stand failing (he left), and my tired state, we were able to come away with some decent shots.

~ Jon

Up from the grave…

Finally going back to my Tuesday / Thursday blogging schedule. Life’s been hectic around here and I’ve been without internet in the room for a while.

This year will be a lot different photographically, as I’m now working for the Bison, Harding school newspaper. I’ve never been much of a photojournalist, and I’m still not a huge fan of pursuing it. I’m still really excited for the opportunity. I think learning different types of photography will help ALL my photography improve. So far it’s been a kinda rough start for me. Don’t expect anything too amazing from me in the Bison’s first issue. But it’s a journey. It’s a road. And it can only go up. =)

It’s been pretty busy around Harding too.  There’s the hypnotist.

The illusionist.

Et cetera.

~ Jon

Come back from California

I’m back from California.

It was a blast.  It was good seeing the long lost two sisters of mine.  We did a lot of sight-seeing and having good times.  These pictures are mostly touristy pictures…so beware.

I almost wrote a list of what I like about California.  I got bored. In short: 1. Interesting People  2. Sweet landscape / topography.  The rest…in picture.

[Note: most of the pictures have captions when you click on them (or mouse-over).]

Leeland.  great guy. 

The family minus me minus the parentals.

This was one of my favorite parts. We ditched the paths and just headed straight up the mountain.

This happens to be a fun road to drive down.

The sisters!  They’re all awesome, for the record. 

The bros, plus David.

This kid looked pretty awesome.  You could say he’s a baller.

A pano I took from the plane.  I really love all the mountains and crazy landscapes in CA.  The topography and look changes so much from place to place.

~ Jon

From coast to coast

Heading to the airport in the morning. I’m pretty excited. I’ve never been further west than Texas. Heading to NoCal to visit the long lost nomads aka sisters. I’m just a wee bit excited.

Sorry about neglecting the blog.  Not very sorry though.    Tootles,

~ Jon

Camp Highlights: Top 20

It’s no secret that a lot of pictures are taken in a week of camp.  I took 5671 pictures, a little less than expected.  Here are my Top 20 favorites:

~ Jon

PCC 2010 Senior Week

Pennsylvania Christian Camp Senior Week 2010 has come and gone. It went by super fast. I had a super time and it was amazing to see God working in so many lives.

Here is my PCC Picture checklist.

• Upload slideshow
• Upload slideshow pictures to jonyoder.com/pcc2010
• Upload slideshow pictures to facebook
• Upload “good” pictures to jonyoder.com/pcc2010 (close to 1000–well, more like 370)

All done.  =)

PCC 2010 Slideshow:

Song Credits:

Telescopes -  Mae  (videos)
Happiness -  David Crowder Band (campers)
Hey, Soul Sister -  Train (campers)
Sunny Days -  Jars of Clay (staff)
Everybody -  Ingrid Michaelson (campers)
You’ll Always Be My Best Friend -  Relient K (seniors)
Follow On (unreleased)  -  Christian Yoder (goodbye)

Pictures

• Slideshow Pictures on facebook (part 1)
• Slideshow Pictures on facebook (part 2)

• Slideshow Pictures on jonyoder.com! These are much better quality than facebook.
• Extra Pictures on jonyoder.com! These are the pictures that I rated/tagged to maybe put in the slideshow–but they never made it.

Thanks for making it a super week.  Also, thanks Justin Harris for letting me use your camera all week.  Carrying around a second camera made me look a lot cooler. 

~ Jon

Heading out, again

oh yeah.

This summer has been pretty crazy. I have my random times of having free time (ie: this week), but I’m always going from one thing to another.  That’s how I like it.  Keeps me on my toes.

In the morning I’m heading out to Blue Knob state park for PCC! It’s always a great time being out in the wilderness for a week.  I’ve been doing the slideshow there for a few years now, and hopefully this year’s slideshow will be the best yet.    Throughout the week, I’ll take approximately 6,000 pictures and come up with a 20 minute show of a few hundred pictures and maybe a few videos.  But enough of that–the slideshow will be on here soon enough.  Now, I need to begin packing.

In other news, I got a car!  It’s my first one–a Chevy Malibu.  Hopefully it lasts me years and years. 

~ brief Jon

p.s. feel free to send me mail. 

Megan & Chris

I’ve had the opportunity to 2nd shoot at a couple weddings this summer. It has been a good chance for me to take all my learning and speculation and test it in the real world. Learning things online from other photographers is great, but nothing beats real world experience. It was also neat being a 2nd shooter/assistant, as I didn’t have to worry about getting the “essential” shots, but had more room to experiment.

Here are some of my favorites:

~ Jon