Kodak Moments™    

During the second-half of the twentieth century, the Eastman Kodak Company was synonymous with photography. Over the years, millions of their ubiquitous bright yellow boxes of film and cameras were sold. I probably purchased enough Kodachrome slide film and processing to pay for one floor of their Rochester, New York, headquarters.

To further promote sales, one of their advertising schemes was to show a memorable family scene or a beautiful outdoor panorama with the tag line “For the Kodak Moments™ in your life.” The idea was that photographs – taken with Kodak products, of course – would help you preserve and remember significant events and important places in your life.

My images certainly help me recall special spots I’ve been blessed to experience and photograph:

Photographing this bird of prey as it took off from a snag
before flying right over my head was every bit as thrilling as it looks.

The amazing turquoise hue of this water is caused by glacial silt.
The color is unlike any other I have ever seen in nature.

This unusual arch, inside another arch, is not easy to find.
Fortunately, I was able to locate it on a visit many years ago.
Sadly, this formation no longer exists for reasons unknown.

I spotted this rainbow forming while I was filling up our car with gas.
Jean and I quickly drove around looking for a spot to photograph it
without wires or poles. We found such a spot – appropriately enough –
in a church parking lot.

Note: Paradoxically, no Kodak products were used in any of the above photos.
All were taken after I converted to digital cameras.

Although neither film nor cameras were around during Biblical times, there were lots of noteworthy events which were marked and preserved in other ways. One of these occasions is related in Joshua 4:1-7. The nation of Israel had just crossed the Jordan River into the Promised Land. Joshua, the new leader of the Israelites, instructed one member of each of the twelve tribes to select a stone from the middle of the river. These rocks were then used to construct a memorial that would remind these people and their descendants of the momentous, life-changing event which took place on that spot.

Long after film would have faded, this monument stood as a testimony of what God did on that occasion. Similarly, more important than any photographs I will ever take, I want my words and my actions to serve as a testimony of what God has done for me.

™ – Kodak Moments is a trademark of the Eastman Kodak Company