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    Saturday, March 22, 2008

    Meet Judy: The Easter Elephant

    Not the Easter Bunny, but the Easter Elephant. That's right. Judy is a 9,000 pound Indian elephant. She came to visit Church by the Glades this weekend to hang out.






    So, yeah. Judy is pretty awesome! So, I know you're probably thinking why in the world would a church have an elephant on Easter weekend??? Well, the series they kicked off this weekend is called "Relationship Rehab". This weekend's topic was on Denial: Denying the Elephant in the Room. So, basically, the whole point of Judy being there was to ignore her.

    Fred Uhl is one of the pastors at CBGlades. Him and I are blogging buddies, so one of his requests was that he HAD to have some pictures for his blog of him with the elephant!

    Of course we had to get some fun pictures. I thought the sign I made him hold was very appropriate given the topic.

    Then Pastor Tom got in on the action. He's not a blogger, but was volunteering as my "human light stand" for Fred's photos, so I made him take one too.


    They have signs up all around Judy with different saying denying that there's and elephant on the front lawn.

    My parents showed up to get a look at Judy. I made them get their picture taken. They probably are going to be mad at me for posting this, but I just couldn't help myself.

    If you don't have any plans for Easter, come see Judy!! You can find out more info on the Church by the Glades website.

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    So yeah. I'm pretty behind on posting. My life has been insane lately. There hasn't been a single day this week that I've gotten in bed before 1AM. Most nights I've been up until about 3AM. I still have some awesome images plus a slideshow from Elizabeth and Frank's engagement session to post for you guys.

    I have a wedding this evening down in Palmetto Bay, so expect some awesome images from that.

    Also, tomorrow I will be covering the Sunrise beach baptism at Church by the Glades, plus all of the Easter services Sunday morning! Expect a lot of posts coming up!

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    7 Comments:

    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    I really like the first photo of the elephant. There's a good deal of depth and just looking at the pic makes the elephant feel monstrous. Good job!

    3/22/08 1:40 PM

     
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    I feel sorry for the captive elephant. Don't you realize how these animals are treated? What a disgusting idea!

    3/25/08 4:43 AM

     
    Blogger Shores Photography said...

    haha, thats cute!
    kz

    3/25/08 9:07 AM

     
    Blogger Melissa Powell Photography said...

    Thanks for the love guys!

    And to the second person who posted anonymous, I respect your opinion. I know that what the Church did upset a lot of people esp those supportive of the PETA organization. I can promise you that Judy was well cared for. I witnessed both the loading and unloading of Judy. She was given plenty of food, water, and shade. She was in no way treated cruel the entire time she was on the premises. She was not made to do any type of tricks or give rides.

    Again, I can still appreciate our differences of opinion. Thank you for posting!

    Melissa Powell

    3/25/08 9:49 AM

     
    Blogger Terry said...

    thanks for commenting on my blog, I have to sit down and explain to people why Judy was there. I loved her!. It was awesome teaching. Hope we meet up soon.
    I get to sit at lunch time at 2am and explain this to everyone that ask me, as they see my shirts, they see my car decal, and know where I go. So, now when I finish the blog for the answer's for them they can also link to you.
    A great thing for our church!

    3/25/08 3:30 PM

     
    Blogger Ginger Murray said...

    It's better that she is taken good care of than in an endangered environment (which is probably why she is being taken care of in the first place). I'm glad that you saw that she was being taken good care of. I think elephants are so wonderful-- I'm a huge animal lover.

    3/26/08 2:26 PM

     
    Blogger Amber Sycz Photography said...

    I love all these images! Such an awesome job! Ok I'm kinda jealous that you got to photograph an elephant. I also really like the message behind it.

    4/16/08 9:35 PM

     

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