What I Really Meant To Say: VHS Class of 1965 photo shoot

St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon,
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is darkness, light,and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive--
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Saturday, April 18, 2015

VHS Class of 1965 photo shoot

I had the privilege of photographing some special long time friends, a few ladies from Valdosta High School's class of 1965 on the day of their 50th class reunion. What a joyful, funny, delightful group. Of course, I would be blood kin to the lovely lady in bib overalls and pearls.

The original back drop was slated to be a Valdosta landmark, The Crescent on N. Patterson St., but there was this little policy we were made aware of: we could be arrested if we were on the grounds during a private event. A private event was scheduled some four hours later than we intended to catch a few candids there, but no chances were taken, no pictures either.

We drove down to The Ponderosa for a wooded background. They talked about sex and sang "Amazing Grace" all on one humid southern Georgia spring afternoon. My sweet husband surprised us all with some sweet tea afterwards and that sure beat rations at the Lowndes County jail.