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FCA Leadership Camp – Olathe, KS

The Grand Architect of this Website — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:10:58 +0000

My wife helped out at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes camp two weeks ago at Mid-America Nazarene University and I thought I would swing by to grab some pics/video at a few of the chapel meetings. The camp speaker for the week was Kennon Vaughn of Downline ministries in Memphis, Tennessee. The camp focus was on leadership and challenged middle-school and high school kids to take a leadership role in their communities by serving others, leading by example, and sharing the love of Christ with their peers. A few of the campers from this camp were at the Iowa FCA camp last week where two campers drowned. From talking to FCA staff, it appears that the two young campers accepted Christ the night they drowned. It’s an obvious tragedy, but hopefully lives will be impacted positively through this incident. My wife and I grew up in FCA in Oklahoma and ultimately met through the organization, so this tragedy has hit home with us. If you’re new to this website, you can see our Proposal video which took place at FCA camp in 2006 and is currently the #1 rated proposal on YouTube. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the two young men who passed away this past week. -Barnezy-

Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City

The Grand Architect of this Website — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:22:06 +0000

This past weekend my wife and I had a quiet weekend at home (for a change). She has been wanting to visit the Nelson-Atkins Museum for over a year so we decided to check it out! Because of the proximity of the Nelson-Atkins museum to the greatest barbecue restaurant in the world, we were forced out of practicality to eat at Oklahoma Joe’s. The Jumbo Chicken Z-Man may be the most amazing sandwich in the world. After perusing the long line and enjoying the most incredible barbecue known to man (Oklahoma Joe’s is considered the best Barbecue in the world by several food publications), we headed to the Nelson-Atkins Museum. We checked out the new Egyptian exhibit as well as most of the the museum. I absolutely fell in love with Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” and was blown away by the sheer magnitude of this painting. I’m told there is a Van Gogh on rotation here as well as some other incredible works of art. My favorite photo was easily Nat Fein’s pulitzer prized shot of Babe Ruth waving to the crowd as they retired his number. The new addition to the museum was remarkable and contained some incredible works of art that I was not allowed to photograph. The rest of the weekend was filled with crazy storms, rainbows, and sinkholes on I-470 overpasses, but overall it was a great time just getting to hang out with my wife for a change! I’ll post some photos from last week’s FCA leadership camp in the next day or so. -Barnezy-

“Wisdom Walks” Book shoot

The Grand Architect of this Website — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:16:21 +0000

This past week I had the opportunity to eat some great chicken and do my first “book shoot.” I first met Dan Britton and his family on Easter Sunday 2008 when some friends invited us to come along to their home for an Easter lunch. Shortly after that time, Dan and I began spending time together where he consistently sewed seeds of wisdom in my life. He’s one of my favorite people in the world and has been like a father to me during my time in Kansas City. “Wisdom Walks”, co-authored by long-time friend Jimmy Page, is Dan’s first publication. I have not read the book yet as it’s not available in stores till August, but if it’s anything like Dan’s life, it will be an amazing read! We chose Dan’s desk for the setting for his book. Dan told me the desk was 100 years old and belonged to both his father and grandfather. These men were great mentors in Dan’s life and I thought how fitting it would be to capture a book about mentoring in this setting. I used my Canon 5D Mark II with a Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro lens mounted to my Gitzo Explorer tripod to accomplish this shot. I used three Canon 580EX II flashes with colored gels and PocketWizards to handle the lighting scenario. The coffee mug was added to create the mood for reading a good book. My wife suggested two mugs given the books content. It took about a half-hour to get the shots we needed and I’m very happy with how they turned out. Hopefully these images will be used for a long time in the promotion of this book. I plan on ordering one from Amazon in the next few weeks. I wander if I can get the authors to sign my copy. On another note, I’ll be posting photos from the Olathe FCA Leadership camp my wife worked last week sometime in the next few days. The Tulsa Firecracker 5K photos are still probably a week away. I hope everyone is enjoying their day, well maybe except Mel Gibson. -Barnezy-

Took a Visit to FCA’s World Headquarters

The Grand Architect of this Website — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:10:43 +0000

My wife’s FCA Group at the middle school she teaches at decided to take a little field trip to the Fellowship of Christian Athlete’s World Headquarters in Kansas City, KS for leadership training. Like a good husband, I tagged along with my wife. Ali and I have been involved with FCA since we were very young and neither of us had ever been to the big building off I-70. We were welcomed by some of FCA’s incredible staff and fed some pretty darn good pizza. The kids had several mini-clincs they could go to where they could learn anything from “How to start a Bible Study” to a deeper understanding of the Gospel. I got a tour of the facility from a good friend who works there. It’s structurally a magnificent facility and I one I imagine is a blast to work at! I hope you enjoy the pics. My only regret is that I didn’t bring a tripod. I could have gotten some great stuff!!!
You can visit FCA’s website at http://www.fca.org/ -Barnezy-