The Dropbox by Brian Ivie and Ted Kluck

No, this is not a book about the cloud storage, Dropbox.  This is a book about a remarkable man, Pastor Lee of South Korea.  Who truly lives out Jesus' calling that he came not to be serve but to serve.

This book along with the movie tells the story of Pastor Lee's giving hope to babies who are abandoned in South Korea by creating a "dropbox' outside of his church so women can discreetly "drop" off their babies.



It's not just a story of this "dropbox" but of Pastor Lee's love for these babies and how he and his wife have personally taken/adopted some of these babies, who are mostly with birth defects.  What was telling is that though he is not rich by world, South Korea standard, Pastor Lee and his family are rich by God's standard.  His love and joy toward these babies are remarkable.

This book tell of this story more in depth but it also tells the back story of Brian's own journey. How he was once lost but through the making of this documentary, was found, like the parable of the lost sheep.

God works in mysterious ways, using the filming of this documentary to soften Brian's heart for Him.

This book is a great read and perfect companion to the movie.

The book was provided by Netgalley for an honest review.

Capture the Moment by Sarah Wilkerson

There are few passions in my life and it so happens that photography is one of them.  I love taking pictures of my family and I have been doing so for many many years.  In addition, I have been asked by friends to take pictures for their families.  I'm not a professional so I know my technical know how are limited so I'm always seeking opportunities to learn about photography.

When I saw this book, I said "Ah ha, a book up my alley.  It's about photography and subjects that I'm familiar with."

The book that I'm referring to is:

Capture the Moment by Sarah Wilkerson.
















Written by Sarah Wilkerson, who is the CEO of Clickin Moms, which was founded by professional photographer Kendra Okolita in March 2008 and has grown to become the photography industry's largest female-photographer social network.

I love this book because this book is a collection of photos, tips and musing from women, professionals, artists or full time mom, who capture these precious moments of their children lives.

As a father, it's priceless when I'm able to capture moments of my kids lives, that I'm able to freeze that moment in time that I know that I will never get back but I can look back at the picture and remind me of the joy, anger, or sorrow at that moment in our family.

Here is an excerpt from the book that I like:

It is said that photographers view life differently. Everything from the businessman striding down the sidewalk to succulent fruit at a farmer’s market to scuffed shoes on the doormat becomes a potential subject in our minds. We can hardly contain ourselves when dusk sets a child’s halo of curls aglow, and we love nothing more than an empty room filled with sunshine, the way shadows dance across our kitchen walls as daylight approaches, or the drama of tall trees enrobed in fog. We view rundown structures as feasts of textures and see evening’s rush hour as an irresistible collection of lines, shapes, and colors. This book intends to help foster this way of seeing: to make knowledge and instruction accessible, to provide the motivation to advance, to help you illustrate your world powerfully, and—above all—to empower you to embrace a passion as creator of beauty, keeper of memories, and teller of stories.

The last sentence is why I love photography, it is ultimately a teller of stories.  This book has very practical tips and ideas to help enhance the story telling and to motivate me to up my game.

This book is broken out into different sections: such as "natural light" "composition" and each page after that is a picture and a "tip" of how to use natural light.  There's not a lot of technical jargon which is good but just straight on tips.

I like this book and would highly recommend to all photographers, whether you are a newbie or season.  It's refreshing to be able to look at things from a different (female) perspective.

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.