Ken Ham, world renowned speaker and president of the Answers in Genesis, speaks at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, Poppy Pavilion in the Lancaster, CA. His message is one of the importance of the biblical record of Genesis and how it is really the foundation or bedrock of all that Christians hold dear.

Ken's engaging manner and candid approach to presenting the creationist viewpoint on what works and what doesn't in modern science. Using examples of fossilization, the differing dates resulting from comparative analysis of things ranging from sedimentary rock, lava flows and other geologic formations, Ken expands on the scientific details in an easy to understand but convincing fashion.

In between sessions, Ken took time to talk to individuals and small groups who waited to discuss his position and other areas of interest.

The audience was comprised of many local residents including a number of aerospace engineers, government personnel, and many homeschool parents. It was encouraging to see the diversity of people who chose to attend and participate in the event.







Ken will be speaking again tomorrow at the Poppy Pavilion from ~6:00pm to 8:30pm and there is a store on site where educational materials can be purchased.

So, why so many photos this time out? Well I thought I'd comment on a few things and celebrate the 'first' win of the season for the Lady Knights JV! Evan, Grace, Abby and the rest of the crew fought a pretty close battle with the Lucerne Valley Mustangs and closed it up at just two points in the lead for the victory!

Grace and Abby were on fire and everyone contributed to the victory with points almost all the way around.

The number of attacks was way up and we maintained control for most of the game. A fantastic three point shooter from the Mustangs who also hit almost every free throw was the enemy du jour and kept us on our toes.

As you can see, celebration was rampant and ecstatic. I am willing to bet that if gatorade had been available it would have been dumped!

Now the bad news, on returning to shoot the varsity, my Mark III fatal Err99'd. Yes, thus far it appears fatal and I am bummed. I am contacting Canon as I am in the serial range for the mirror check anyway but it won't reset, battery cycle, on/off, different memory card, lens, it just doesn't matter.

So my varsity shots (see next post) were all done with my 5D and actually, other than some split second subtlety it performed very well. Well, let's hope Canon customer service really stands up on this...I'm not as upset as I could be so we'll just see where it goes.

Darkness falls on Sythera and while Kathryn is caught outside the wall, at least she is more prepared having brought her trusty blade since her cestus would draw too much attention.

Kathryn caught in the moonlight, determined not to be taken by surprise should Blade, the Dark Wurm, or a dire wolf show up in her passing through the village late at night.

Learning with my Photoflex softbox and using my Kenko meter. Trying my hand at just playing and sculting with light. Kathryn (her latest stage name) had fun.

My friend Duane is suffering through my high contrast phase but I decided to go for some dramatic high contrast last night using just my softbox from the left. I did end up with a couple of 'normal' shots as well but the young ones had fun with these 'action hero' shots.