a touch of william - the photography, poetry, and philosophies of william
 

"The toughest part of being a photographer is knowing when to put your camera away and simply experience the gift of the moment God is giving you."

- william

 

 

In my inventory I have over 150,000 photographs I have taken and over 1,300 poems which I have written.  The items selected for this site can be but a sampling of my work.  Some of my topical images are offered in gift shops (see links), and the Grand Ledge Area District Library has an almost complete set of my poems in their collection, but full inventories of my photography and poetry can only be found at the a touch of william studio/gallery in Grand Ledge, Michigan. 

 
Special highlight: william's picture of the week
 

william's picture of the week (WOW) is a single image I pick and place online each week (or so) in a larger file size and dimensions not typically used anywhere else in the website. 

 

         
   

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Things pretty much began with my a touch of william Poetry & Pictures books.  Everything else grew out of a touch of william.  I describe myself as a photographer who writes, not as a writer, yet photography is not what it is all about.  It is primarily about my faith in Christ and relationship with God which rests at the center of all I do.  That is why so much of everything seems to be intertwined.  Even utilizing the different names as I do, does not constitute a separateness but simply identifies different dynamics or aspects of what I see as "one." 

 

MISSION STATEMENT

I try to impact (touch) people's lives through my poetry & photography, and one on one teaching, to help them:

Break out of the boxes the world would keep them pigeonholed in.

Discover and develop their own artistic and spiritual gifts.

Grow in their understanding of their relationship with nature.

Get further in touch with their own spiritual reality.

PHOTOGRAPHIC STATEMENT

While I recognize the artistic aspects of photo manipulation, like electronic reconstruction or composition, negative sandwiching, spray bottles to enhance dew, etc., I have chosen not to employ these various techniques in my photography. What is presented is what was there at the time the picture was taken.  It has been neither digitally altered nor created.

wsharing.com STATEMENT

The obvious addition of some photo numbers and title page lettering have been made electronically. Also, images may be cropped or feathered in the process of artistically designing a page or grouping.  However, the images themselves are not altered from the original. Therefore, the above statement still holds for all photos you see throughout the site, unless it is noted otherwise on that page. See note about backgrounds at bottom. 

 

Wherever you use or display my photography (or poetry) it should be accompanied by one of the following acknowledgements:

courtesy of www.wsharing.com © a touch of william
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photo (or poetry) by william courtesy of www.wsharing.com
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or if space is limited, simply:  courtesy of www.wsharing.com

Additionally, if you use my photography in a website, a link to the wsharing site should appear someplace within that site. If you let me know where you have placed the site link, a reciprocal link will be added to this site in my links section. 

 

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Background photo note: The background on this page is a photograph I took which was out of focus to start with.  But, rather than discard it, I reduced the size and flipped it horizontally, then vertically, then horizontally again, using an old Corel Photo House program, then pieced the four "mirror" components together using Corel Photo Paint (so they would create a seamless image when repeated). Afterwards, I added additional blurring with an MGI "glass effect."  I like to experiment with creating unique or unusual backgrounds. I might begin with one of my images or use a commercially produced general background, which I decide I do not want to display exactly as it looked with the particular program it was included in. Unlike my "no manipulation" concerning my other pictures throughout the site, I give myself a pretty wide latitude with manipulating backgrounds.  Most of the time I still use pretty basic stuff for my backgrounds, and obviously have a few favorites.  But, they can be great fun to work on and experiment with, especially if I am not in too much of a hurry to complete a page.