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

 
 

I have in my inventory over 55,000 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. Full inventories of both my photography and poetry can only be seen at the a touch of william studio/gallery in Grand Ledge, Michigan. However, the Grand Ledge Area District Library does have a full set of my poems in their collection.
 

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Things pretty much began with my Poetry & Pictures books. Then 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 identifies different dynamics or aspects of the oneness. And although the Teaching & Sharing Center became a non-profit corporation January 1, 2005 with its own board of trustees, it remains a part of a harmonious circle of mutual benefit.

 

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 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 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 our 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 page background, which I decide I don't want to display exactly as it came with the particular program I bought. Unlike my other pictures throughout the site, which will clearly state if there has been any manipulation, backgrounds will not normally be notated.  I give myself a pretty wide latitude with backgrounds - they can be great fun - especially if I'm not in too much of a hurry to complete a page.